In a new article dated Dec. 17 in the American Conservative, coauthors Douglas Macgregor and James Carden write that, following the collapse of Assad’s Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “determined to expand the war.” “Netanyahu’s top priority is the destruction of Iran before Russia wraps up its victory in Ukraine and Syria becomes a new battleground for Turks and Israelis,” they write. Netanyahu now “believes he has the wind at his back,” they add, and quote from the Times of Israel from Dec. 12 which reported that the Israeli Air Force has “continued to increase its readiness and preparations” for “potential strikes in Iran.”
The two authors warn the incoming Trump administration to stay away from this at all costs, as it is a war that has “no strategic benefit.” Netanyahu desires to start the war soon, which will present Trump with a fait accompli, making it such that: “Israel’s ongoing conflict with Iran and Türkiye’s potential confrontation with Israel will make [American] disengagement impossible.” But Iran is not Iraq, they warn, and this will guarantee a wider Middle East war, even bringing in larger actors like Russia and China.
The most important advice Macgregor and Carden give, however, is their situating of the unfolding chaos in Southwest Asia within the context of the new “multipolar world.” They write:
