DEBUNKED AND CONFIRMED: MYTHS AND REALITIES FROM THE U.S.-ISRAEL WAR ON IRAN

By Arnaud Bertrand

The war on Iran has not merely opened a new military front in the Middle East. It has shattered long-standing myths that have shaped U.S. policy and regional politics for decades. What has unfolded in the past days is not simply a battlefield confrontation; it is a historical rupture.

Several narratives that once appeared unassailable have collapsed under the weight of reality. At the same time, theories long dismissed as ideological or exaggerated have been confirmed with startling clarity.

THE MYTH OF U.S. PROTECTION

For decades, Washington has portrayed itself as the ultimate guarantor of regional security. U.S. military bases, aircraft carriers, air defense systems, and bilateral security agreements were marketed as shields protecting allies from existential threats.

This war has exposed that promise as hollow.

Despite an overwhelming U.S. military presence across the Gulf, regional allies have faced missile alerts, drone incursions, and maritime threats. American troops themselves have been killed. Energy infrastructure has been threatened. Shipping routes have been destabilized.

The presence of American forces has not prevented escalation; it has invited it.

More importantly, the nature of the U.S. presence has been exposed. It is not rooted in partnership but in dominance. Yet even dominance has proven illusory. Military superiority does not automatically translate into strategic control. When a regional power like Iran chooses to retaliate asymmetrically, the illusion of total American command evaporates.

THE FAILURE OF ‘CONTAINMENT’

For years, U.S. policymakers framed Iran as a state that could be isolated, sanctioned, and gradually weakened under a prolonged containment strategy. The assumption was that Tehran would remain strategically boxed in.

That assumption has now collapsed.

Iran has demonstrated that it possesses both the capacity and the willingness to disrupt the entire regional order if pushed to the brink. Missile capabilities, regional alliances, and maritime leverage give Tehran tools that extend far beyond its borders.

Containment presumes passivity. Iran has proven anything but passive. This reality carries a fundamental implication: Iranian rights, interests, and security concerns cannot simply be dismissed. A sustainable regional order cannot be built on the permanent marginalization of one of its central actors.

Normalization agreements were sold as a new architecture of stability. Israel was presented as a technological, military, and intelligence power capable of protecting its new Arab partners from regional threats.

The events of recent years—from the genocide in Gaza to the widening regional war—have dismantled that narrative. Israel has not stabilized the region. It has destabilized it.

Its wars have drawn neighboring countries into cycles of violence. Its confrontations have triggered regional escalation. The notion that Israel could serve as a security umbrella for Gulf states now appears deeply flawed. Instead of becoming a regional protector, Israel has become a catalyst for broader conflict.

THE ALIGNMENT MISCALCULATION

The United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states were told that full alignment with Washington and Tel Aviv would ensure security and prosperity.

Yet news reports now suggest widespread anxiety among residents. In Dubai, expatriates reportedly scrambled in mass numbers to leave amid fears of regional escalation.

Security cannot be outsourced. Total alignment with external powers does not immunize states from regional consequences. On the contrary, it can entangle them in conflicts not of their choosing. The promise that alignment equals safety has proven dangerously simplistic.

END OF THE POST-IRAQ WAR ORDER

Since the invasion of Iraq, Washington operated under a strategic formula: permanent military bases, rigid regional divisions between “allies” and “adversaries,” and unconditional support for Israel. That model is now under strain, to say the least.

Permanent bases have become targets. The binary division of the region has produced polarization rather than stability. Blind support for Israeli military adventures has entangled Washington in repeated crises. The post-Iraq order was never sustainable. The war on Iran may have finally exposed its fragility.

ISRAEL’S INFLUENCE OVER U.S. POLICY

Although Israel carries out the strategic aims of U.S. imperialism in the Middle East, the war has laid bare the decisive role Israel plays in shaping U.S. tactics. Washington’s rationale for entering and sustaining this particular conflict has extended little beyond reflexive alliance language, offering no coherent explanation that stands independently of Israeli priorities.

At a time when public opposition to another Middle Eastern war remains strong across the United States, American tactics have nevertheless aligned almost seamlessly with Israeli strategic objectives. This is not a coincidence. It reflects a structural reality.

Congressional and executive backing for escalation has remained firm despite widespread domestic fatigue with foreign wars. The calculations driving this support are political, not popular. Electoral financing, lobbying influence, and long-standing strategic entanglements outweigh the preferences of a war-weary electorate.

For years, analysts have argued that Israeli influence over U.S. policy is profound. The war on Iran has transformed that argument from theory into observable reality.

IRAN’S MILITARY CAPACITY

Iran was widely portrayed as weaker than it truly is. The expectation in some Western circles was that swift decapitation strikes would paralyze the state. Instead, Iran has demonstrated substantial military capability. It has retaliated with precision and scale. It has threatened shipping lanes. It has activated regional alliances.

This does not mean Iran is invincible. But it does mean that assumptions of easy dominance were deeply flawed.

INSTITUTIONAL RESILIENCE

Perhaps most strikingly, Iran’s political system did not collapse following targeted assassinations of senior leadership figures.

This confirms a critical reality: Iran is a state built on institutions, not solely on personalities. The killing of top leaders did not produce chaos or fragmentation. Instead, state structures adapted. The expectation of immediate internal disintegration proved misguided.

DURABILITY OF REGIONAL ALLIANCES

Iran’s allies—including Hezbollah—remain consequential actors. Despite setbacks and strategic calculations, these groups continue to shape regional outcomes. They have not been neutralized. They have not disappeared. The regional balance of power cannot be understood without acknowledging its continued presence.

THE MYTH OF ‘AMERICA FIRST’

Finally, the war has exposed the emptiness of the “America First” slogan. Intervention in Iran, continued hostility toward Venezuela, and sustained military entanglements demonstrate that U.S. foreign policy remains anchored in global projection of power. The rhetoric of restraint was politically useful. The policy of intervention continues.

A TURNING POINT

The war on Iran may ultimately be remembered less for territorial shifts and more for intellectual ones. It has shattered myths about American protection, Israeli regional guardianship, Gulf immunity, and Iranian weakness.

It has confirmed deeper truths about institutional resilience, regional power dynamics, and the persistence of interventionist policy in Washington. History does not change overnight. But when long-standing narratives collapse under the weight of events, a turning point emerges.

This war may well be that moment.

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What's going on in Israel is that it's being pummeled it's being attacked relentlessly not only by Iran but other countries have joined in. Israel is being destroyed as per the plan. This should cascade through all countries around the world that are infiltrated by these evil Khazarian converts. It's no surprise that nobody in their right mind feels any sympathy whatsoever for the people in Israel after what they did to the people in Gaza. Israeli support comes from ads... They pay for advertising so that people will feel pity on them. I have no sympathy for them whatsoever. They've done so much evil shit in the last 25 years, it's irreconcilable. What's happening is part of the plan like I said, it's going to stay that way and Israel is going to go under. And just like that, Israeli support around the world will plummet, and Khazarian Imposters will be exposed. This is the time of reckoning. There's been a lot of evil shit going on in the world for a very long time and a lot of it has to do with these motherfuckers who call themselves Jews.

Let me say something that a lot of people are thinking but are afraid to say out loud — because once you see it, you can't unsee it.

There is no funding for YOUR healthcare. Not enough, anyway. People are rationing insulin. Skipping cancer screenings. Going into bankruptcy over emergency room bills. Politicians have been "working on it" for decades. The money, we're told, just isn't there.

There is no funding for YOUR housing. Millions of families are one missed paycheck away from losing their home. Rents have doubled. Shelters are full. First-time buyers have been priced out of the market entirely. We're told the budget is too tight.

There is no funding for YOU — for your schools, your roads, your mental health services, your retirement, your community. Cuts, cuts, cuts. Austerity, austerity, austerity. Not enough money. Belt-tightening time.

And then, like magic — the money appears.

There is no funding for YOUR housing. Millions of families are one missed paycheck away from losing their homes. Rents have doubled. Shelters are full. First-time buyers have been priced out of the market entirely. We're told the budget is too tight.

There is unlimited funding for THEIR wars. Trillions of dollars — yes, trillions with a T — spent on endless military campaigns in countries most Americans couldn't find on a map. No debate. No hesitation. The checkbook opens immediately.

There is unlimited funding for THEIR tax cuts. Every few years, a new round of cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest individuals and corporations, while the rest of us are told that social programs are "unsustainable."

There is unlimited money for THEM — for their lobbyists, their campaigns, their golden parachutes, their insider trading, their subsidized industries, their offshore accounts.

This isn't a left vs. right issue. This is a top vs. bottom issue. This is about who the system was built to serve — and who it was built to extract from.

The next time a politician tells you we "simply can't afford" to take care of our own people, ask them: compared to what? Because the money exists. It has always existed. The question is whose priorities it funds.

 

 

BREAKING: ISRAEL IN HISTORIC MASS EXODUS – THOUSANDS OF ZIONIST FAMILIES ABANDON HOMES IN TEARS AS AXIS OF RESISTANCE VICTORIES TRIGGER TOTAL NATIONAL COLLAPSE

In a scene of unprecedented national humiliation and despair unfolding live, thousands of Israeli families are desperately fleeing the country in a mass exodus, abandoning everything they once built as the Axis of Resistance delivers relentless, multi-front victories that have shattered the occupation regime.

Israeli media show heartbreaking footage from Ben Gurion Airport and border crossings: terrified parents clutching their children, elderly residents breaking down in tears while saying final goodbyes to their homes and homeland, long queues of cars packed with belongings stretching for kilometres, and flights fully booked for weeks ahead. Real estate prices in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other major cities have plummeted overnight as entire neighbourhoods empty out, with many openly admitting they no longer believe the regime can protect them.

This accelerating flight comes as Hezbollah advances with precision in the north, Houthi ballistic missiles continue to rain down in the south, and Iranian strikes hit central targets with devastating accuracy. The once-arrogant Zionist entity is visibly losing control on every front — its economy collapsing, reservists refusing to fight, and public confidence shattered beyond repair.

The Axis of Resistance stands victorious and unstoppable — Iran’s strategic brilliance, Hezbollah’s fearless pressure, and the Houthis’ long-range reach have proven that no amount of aggression can break the will of justice. Meanwhile, the United States under Trump has offered only hesitant, minimal statements and support, abandoning its collapsing ally in clear fear of further escalation and exposing America’s growing powerlessness.

The dream of the occupation regime is crumbling before the world’s eyes in real time.

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The American Empire Ended In A Single Day!

Americans will wake up in a few hours to find that their country’s global dominance is well and truly over.

I am not being hyper-dramatic when I say that it ended in a single day, after Trump told his aides that he was prepared to end the Iran war without reopening the Strait of Hormuz. This was first reported by the Wall Street Journal and later confirmed by the White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt and also Secretary of State Marco Rubio. What we are witnessing is truly historic, as significant as the fall of the Berlin Wall.

I cannot recall another chapter in history when a nation’s dominant status changed so dramatically overnight.

But no words can hide the enormity of the occasion. When you go to war to destroy a country and it’s government, but end up leaving your enemy in control of the most important waterway for the supply of oil and energy in the world, your prestige has truly been shattered!

And when you have to leave a region of the world where you were previously dominant, but now have no more military bases because all of them were totally destroyed by your enemy, it is another unmistakable sign that you are no longer the world’s superpower.

A superpower does not hand control over a strategic waterway to an enemy regional power. Neither can it be chased out of its home in a region of the world. But that is what just happened in the Iran war.

Empires almost always decline over many years before their eventual fall. But not Pax Americana, which ended in a single day!