Middle East Update - What Next?

 

Middle East Update - What Next?   There are reasonable arguments to be made for Israel to think carefully about the kind of response to Iran's decision to escalate the ongoing conflict between the two countries. But the notion that Israeli security is best served by doing nothing--always Washington's advice whenever Israel is attacked--is not as reasonable as both Biden's apologists and Netanyahu's critics seem to think.     A Resounding Strategic Failure For Iran   The fact that 99% of the threats were intercepted means that a central pillar of Iranian force projection--its missile and UAV arsenals--has been proven to be no match for Israel's Air Force, its multi-layered air defense system, or for regional cooperation with allies.     Multiple Global Pestilences Threaten To Spiral Completely Out Of Control   Do you remember the nightmares that we experienced in 2020 and 2021? Nobody wants to go through anything like that again, but right now multiple pestilences are raging all over the planet, and one or more of them could potentially spiral completely out of control.     LGBT Can Discriminate Against Christians Because Of Mental Health Reasons?   Lawyers argued that they can't employ someone like Felix because his views on sex and gender might 'damage' the mental health of people identifying as LGBT. They take their argument to the extreme when they assert that those identifying as LGBT might kill themselves if they discover Felix is a Christian.