M.K. Bhadrakumar, the former Indian diplomat and regular strategic analyst in his website Indian Punchline, published an article under the title “Israel’s War on Iran Has No Future,” which was republished in Consortium News on June 18. He launches the article with an insightful jab at the European “Coalition of the Willing:”
“An unnoticed undercurrent of the Israel-Iran war is that three Christian nations in Europe—U.K., France and Germany—have joined the fray with alacrity on the side of Israel.
“Strange, isn’t it, that these European countries comprising the so-called E-3 have a well-established exclusive path of dialogue with Iran but are joining Israel’s warpath? It’s a Crusade, stupid!
“The three ‘Crusader nations’ share Israel’s obsession to check the rise of a Muslim nation as an emerging power in the Middle East that could radically transform its geopolitical alignments. Simply put, destroying the Islamic regime in Iran is the real objective of Israel’s war—and of the three Christian nations from Europe.
“Reportedly, Israeli fighter jets which attacked Iran used the British air base in Cyprus; British refueling planes are on deployment in Syrian-Iraqi airspace for use of Israeli fighter jets; French President Emmanuel Macron, as defender of Roman Catholicism openly vows that he will act to prevent Israel’s defeat; Germany, the fountainhead of Protestantism, has also similarly positioned itself behind Israel.”
Israel, he asserts, is in a tough spot, as Presidents Trump and Putin continue to build their cooperation, even while Putin denounces Israel. “But will Tehran allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to get away with murder? That’s the million dollar question. Putin will have to use all his persuasive power doing the planned visit to Iran, if it still goes ahead.”
