The Political Calculus of Arson
The Zionist regime is currently navigating an unprecedented internal crisis, with its leadership facing severe threats to its political survival. According to recent geopolitical assessments and statements from former US military officials, the entity is reportedly considering a direct military aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran to meet domestic electoral pressures. The underlying logic is as cynical as it is dangerous: instigate a massive regional conflagration to force Washington’s hand. By launching a unilateral strike, the Zionist leadership hopes to entrap the US military, compelling the White House to provide direct cover and fight a war of survival to prop up a failing colonial government.
The Collapse of the US Forward-Basing Strategy
A critical factor driving this desperation is the shifting military geography of West Asia. Historically, the US relied on a sprawling network of military bases across the Persian Gulf to project power and threaten Iran. Today, those forward operating bases have been largely neutralised or rendered useless by the precision strike capabilities and deterrence posture of the Axis of Resistance. Consequently, the US has been forced to consolidate its military assets directly within occupied Palestine. This strategic vulnerability means that any aggression against Iran will immediately expose the core of the Zionist entity—and its embedded American forces—to devastating, inescapable retaliation.
The Illusion of a “Limited” Strike
Zionist planners operate under the delusion that they can execute a “limited” strike on Iranian infrastructure and rely on American hegemony to deter a response. However, strategic analysts close to the Resistance axis make it unequivocally clear: if Iranian infrastructure is targeted, all bets are off. The Islamic Republic has spent years fortifying its economy and military apparatus for a protracted, high-intensity conflict. The response will not be confined to the borders of occupied Palestine. Iranian missile and drone forces are fully prepared to obliterate US military installations across the entire region, target American naval assets in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, and dismantle the economic and military lifelines of the Zionist entity.
A Collision Course with Reality
Washington’s unconditional commitment to the Zionist project has blinded its strategists to the new realities of the battlefield. The US is being dragged into a collision course not out of strength, but out of a desperate need to maintain its hegemony through proxy aggression. If the Zionist leadership gambles on a war with Iran to secure its political future, it will not find the swift, decisive victory it seeks. Instead, it will trigger the very nightmare scenario that the Axis of Resistance has meticulously prepared for—a comprehensive regional war that will finally shatter the myth of Zionist invincibility and accelerate the collapse of American imperial dominance in West Asia.
Reference: Al-Mayadeen