A provocateur ally is trying to draw the United States into a large-scale military conflict. 

In the early morning of July 31, after attending the inauguration ceremony for Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated at his residence in Tehran by Israeli loitering munition launched from the territory of Azerbaijan. This was followed by the assassination of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi earlier this May by Israeli security forces. He was killed while returning from a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the border between two countries.

The transition to the tactics of political terrorism against top officials of the anti-Israeli resistance axis shows Israel’s inability to resolve security issues through military means. Israel does not have enough military power to attack Lebanon. The IDF can only control the northern border and carry out local operations in Gaza. Israel cannot resolve the issue with the Houthis or the naval blockade on the Red Sea.

Residents of Northern Israel were evacuated to central areas of the country. Hundreds of thousands of reserves were drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces, causing a serious blow to Israel’s economy. Israel has never fought protracted wars, and its economy is not capable of sustaining a long conflict with a serious adversary.

Israel escalated the conflict in an attempt to provoke Iran into direct armed conflict. The Israeli leadership expects the United States to intervene and solve their problems if this happens. Two carrier strike groups have aready been sent to support Israel in the Middle East, including aircraft carriers Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and Abraham Lincoln (CVN -72), as well as more than 10 destroyers and cruisers. Additionally, the F -22A Raptor squadron is being deployed.

Another war in the Middle East would be disastrous for America. We must force Israel to solve its own problems. Enough is enough.

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