Fasten your seatbelts as conflict escalates

(JNS) — So far, it seems like there is a dichotomy between the U.S. and the Israeli positions on the Islamic Republic of Iran.

For better or for worse, Washington is adhering to what is left of the Memorandum of Understanding. The United States wants to “mow the lawn” and open the Strait of Hormuz. Israel, however, believes that the Islamic Republic and all its terror proxies have to be eradicated for it to survive.

At one point, it will get down to either the Islamic Republic survives or Israel does. It will become a zero-sum game.

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