Trump's threats are repeatedly ridiculed, and Iran's Islamist regime now dictates the agenda, emerging victorious from this war against the United States, the world's most powerful nation. The Chinese are rubbing their hands together, skillfully advancing their interests and gaining ground on the international stage, while Europe remains absent.
Despite the Israel Defense Forces’ impressive military achievements, the Iranian regime survived, Hezbollah is recovering, and Israel has been left without a clear diplomatic achievement. Why do many feel the campaign ended far from the goals that were set?
The forced ceasefire finds the IDF in exposed forward positions, with its hands tied for fear of Trump's wrath, while Israel's enemies see the weakness and intensify their fire. Attempts to achieve results by force alone, without attainable goals or transparency with the public, are crashing into the reality on the ground. With 24 soldiers killed since the "agreement," Israel is being dragged into the worst of all worlds and reviving the trauma of the old Lebanon security zone.
Jerusalem tells Washington the IDF is committed to the Lebanon ceasefire and responding only to Hezbollah violations, as diplomatic sources accuse Tehran of orchestrating the attacks to widen the rift between Israel and the Trump administration.
Sources told the Lebanese newspaper Al Joumhouria that the Syrian president sees the neighboring country to the west as “a Sources told the Lebanese newspaper Al Joumhouria that the Syrian president will not send his forces in to confront Hezbollah, as US President Donald Trump has demanded. “Everyone understands the nature of Trump’s methods and knows full well that any direct Syrian role in Lebanon requires understandings among Syria, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, making this scenario unrealistic,” the sources said.” and will not send his forces in to confront Hezbollah, as US President Donald Trump has demanded. “Everyone understands the nature of Trump’s methods and knows full well that any direct Syrian role in Lebanon requires understandings among Syria, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, making this scenario unrealistic,” the sources said.
