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his tweet share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr more like loading posted in judaism tagged bible charity responsibility leave a reply america s greatest and quietest military victory in nearly a century posted on july 9 2026 by first one through 1 the debate over american support for ukraine and israel has largely focused on the cost politicians argue over billions of dollars appropriated weapons transferred and whether american taxpayers are carrying too much of the burden far less attention has been paid to the return on that investment since 2022 the united states has authorized roughly 195 billion related to ukraine and approximately 16 22 billion in supplemental wartime assistance for israel critics see enormous expenditures strategically however those dollars have enabled two allies to inflict historic damage on two of america s principal adversaries russia and iran without the united states deploying large combat formations or suffering the thousands of battlefield casualties that defined vietnam iraq and afghanistan that comparison matters the wars in iraq and afghanistan cost the united states more than 5 trillion in direct and related costs with broader post 9 11 war obligations rising above 8 trillion when future veteran care interest and long term commitments are included nearly 7 000 american service members were killed more than 52 000 were wounded and what was the lasting strategic benefit afghanistan ended with the taliban back in power iraq removed saddam hussein but the aftermath empowered iran fractured the region drained american credibility and produced years of instability the united states paid in terrible blood and treasure and the final balance sheet is hard to defend ukraine and israel present a very different model consider russia more than four years after launching its invasion of ukraine russia has suffered an estimated 1 4 million military casualties including approximately 450 000 dead its armored forces have been severely depleted the black sea fleet has largely been driven from its historic operating areas ukraine has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to strike deep inside russian territory the military once regarded as nato s greatest conventional threat has been dramatically weakened the number of russian casualties and fatalities are astonishing since world war ii no major power has suffered anywhere near these numbers of casualties or fatalities in any war russia s economy is in distress and russia s wartime spending may be increasingly untenable center for strategic and international studies july 2026 now consider iran for four decades the leading state sponsor of terrorism invested billions of dollars constructing what it proudly called the axis of resistance a network stretching from iran through iraq and syria to lebanon and gaza hamas hezbollah shiite militias the houthis and the assad regime were components of a single strategy designed to project iranian power surround israel and challenge american influence in the region and threaten much of the global oil supply that strategy has suffered a tremendous setback hamas has lost much of its military and infrastructure hezbollah has absorbed devastating blows to its command structure and missile capabilities the assad regime in syria tehran s indispensable arab ally and the geographic bridge connecting iran to hezbollah has fallen shattering the land corridor that iran spent decades building the regional network that once appeared to surround israel and terrorize america s arab allies now is dramatically weakened iran s nuclear ambitions have suffered major setbacks as well israeli and american strikes severely damaged key nuclear facilities disrupted important elements of iran s enrichment infrastructure and forced tehran to devote enormous resources simply to rebuilding capabilities it once assumed were secure intelligence agencies continue to debate precisely how long the program has been delayed but there is broad agreement that it suffered one of the most significant setbacks in its history none of this diminishes the immense human suffering ukraine has endured staggering casualties and destruction israel suffered the deadliest attack in its history on october 7 and has paid a heavy military economic and emotional price ever since but viewed through an american lens of grand strategy another reality emerges rather than sending hundreds of thousands of american troops to fight russia or iran directly as was done in afghanistan and iraq the united states enabled allies already under attack to defend themselves those allies have imposed extraordinary military and strategic costs on governments that have spent decades challenging american interests this is what is so often missing from the public debate the wars are typically discussed separately ukraine is presented as a european conflict while israel is portrayed as a middle eastern conflict yet both russia and iran were strategic partners cooperating militarily economically and diplomatically while sharing an interest in weakening the united states and the western alliance seen together ukraine and israel have not merely been fighting for their own survival they have been successfully degrading two pillars of a powerful anti western axis the long term upside could be enormous a surviving western aligned ukraine would become one of europe s most battle tested militaries a major reconstruction market an energy and agricultural partner and a permanent barrier to russian expansion a stronger israel with iran weakened and syria and lebanon no longer functioning as tehran s strategic bridge could help reshape the middle east around technology defense cooperation energy corridors trade and normalization with arab states that increasingly fear iran more than they resent israel that is the opportunity iraq and afghanistan never produced those wars consumed american power and america left no assets behind these wars fought by allies may extend american power with powerful allies at the vanguard history may conclude that this period represents one of the most effective uses of american alliance power in generations for roughly 215 billion less than one twentieth of the direct and related cost of iraq and afghanistan the united states helped enable allies to severely weaken russia s conventional military fracture iran s regional proxy empire remove syria and lebanon from tehran s sphere of influence and significantly set back iran s nuclear program all without committing large american ground forces or sustaining the massive battlefield casualties that characterized previous generations of u s warfare america s greatest military victory in the past 75 years may ultimately be its most subtle type your email subscribe share this tweet share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr more like loading posted in iran israel opinion usa tagged hamas hezbollah iran israel russia syria ukraine usa 1 reply when words erase a people posted on july 9 2026 by first one through reply the united nations is right about one thing words matter this week the un will commemorate the genocide at srebrenica under the theme from words to violence the lesson is that language is never merely language the words societies choose shape how they understand people history and ultimately what actions become acceptable that lesson should not stop with srebrenica over the past month another campaign of words has accelerated not directly aimed at the destruction of lives but at the erasure of history a month ago i wrote about the battle over solomon s pools at the time the concern was that one of judaism s great archaeological treasures was being detached from the people who built it today the campaign has moved far beyond stewardship the palestinian authority s official news agency wafa now repeatedly describes solomon s pools as palestinian archaeological and heritage sites palestinian cultural heritage and an integral part of the palestinian people s national identity it accuses israel of attempting to erase the site s palestinian identity while announcing plans to seek unesco protection for that very narrative this is historical revisionism for more than two thousand years solomon s pools have been recognized as part of the ancient water system that supplied jerusalem and the second temple yet the new narrative increasingly erases that jewish history while attempting to replace it with a palestinian arab one that is how historical erasure begins with words it continues with cultural appropriation taking another civilization s achievements and presenting them as one s own a site built to sustain jewish jerusalem is no longer described as part of jewish civilization but as an expression of palestinian national identity solomon s pools is not an isolated example over the years palestinian rhetoric has increasingly described biblical figures and ancient jewish sites through a palestinian national lens ancient israelites and jews have been called palestinian hebrews jesus has been falsely recast as a palestinian arab the jewish temples are falsely described as being located in yemen ancient jewish heritage sites have increasingly been recast as palestinian heritage such as the jewish temple mount being only called the al aqsa complex and as a purely islamic site to prevent jews from praying at their holiest site the cave of the jewish patriarchs and matriarchs in hebron is only called ibrahimi mosque also solely an islamic site individually these statements may appear rhetorical collectively they reveal a sustained and malicious effort to replace one people s historical memory with another s national story when a people s documented history is systematically erased it reveals a bigotry directed not only against living jews but against jewish civilization itself it reflects national chauvinism elevating one national identity by absorbing the achievements of another and it does this with particular purpose to strip jews of their indigeneity in their holy land to recast them as interlopers and european settler colonizers which is deeply infused with a righteous sense of xenophobia that is why unesco s role matters an organization created to preserve humanity s cultural heritage should never become an instrument of historical revisionism if it legitimizes narratives that obscure the well documented jewish origins of sites like solomon s pools it is no longer merely protecting monuments it is helping redefine what future generations believe those monuments represent turkish media trt lies to the world that solomon s pools are a 6 000 year old canaanite site as palestinian arabs have attempted to recast themselves as ancient canaanites to pre date the jewish forefather abraham the danger is larger than a single archaeological site words are attempting to erase jewish history and heritage throughout the jewish homeland the united nations is correct words can lead to terrible consequences and these words and actions have a particularly dangerous strain of antisemitism it does not involve attacking jews physically which palestinian arabs have done repeatedly at scale it is an insidious attempt to get the world to endorse a narrative that jews are foreigners in the land to frame a future without the jewish state this is the destruction and genocide that emerges from language when international institutions lend their authority to that process they cease to be guardians of history and become participants in its erasure type your email subscribe share this tweet share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr more like loading posted in israel opinion palestinians united nations tagged genocide jerusalem palestinian authority solomon s pools unesco united nations wafa leave a reply tel aviv between war and ordinary life posted on july 7 2026 by first one through reply the train rolled quietly toward tel aviv its rhythm broken only by the soft buzz of conversations and the glow of phone screens across from me sat two young soldiers their rifles rested casually against their legs while their attention was fixed on their cellphones one scrolling through messages the other smiling at a photo someone had sent it was a striking image of modern israel a generation carrying both the tools of war and the ordinary routines of youth israeli soldier with cellphone and gun created by first one through after two years of war the sight no longer seemed unusual uniforms had become part of daily life the soldiers were not isolated behind military bases they were students siblings and neighbors riding the same commuter trains as everyone else stepping off at tel aviv s hashalom the peace station another reminder of the country s debate awaited stickers were plastered on walls and signposts declaring גיוס שווה לכולם the draft should be equal for everyone the slogan was impossible to miss it reflected the growing frustration of many israelis who believe military service should be shared by all citizens particularly as the controversy over exemptions for many ultra orthodox men has intensified during a prolonged war sticker on train station in tel aviv about the draft created by first one through from the station i walked up the street toward sarona the mood shifted almost instantly the urgency of the train gave way to quiet streets lined with restored nineteenth century stone buildings their green shutters and warm walls carefully preserved families strolled through the park office workers carried coffee between meetings and children played on the lawns sarona with its mix of old buildings and new skyscrapers created by first one through rising above this tranquil scene were gleaming glass towers headquarters of technology companies investment firms and startups reaching into the mediterranean sky the contrast was remarkable the old templar colony had not been erased by progress it had been woven into it history remained at street level while the future climbed overhead from sarona i continued west beneath long rows of jacaranda trees the sidewalks were broad and shaded despite the afternoon heat cyclists glided silently along dedicated bike paths while dog walkers stopped to exchange greetings in hebrew english french and russian the city moved at an easy rhythm confident and unhurried tel aviv street winding its way from the train station to the beach created by first one through by the time i reached the mediterranean the sky had begun to soften into cooler shades of blue a young woman played a steel drum near the promenade the caribbean melody drifting above the soft crash of the waves just up the gentle hill an ultra orthodox man sat quietly listening his eyes wandered beyond the music toward the sailboats slowly crossing the horizon their sail...
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