Israel's Credibility and Sympathy Reservoirs? Gone.

 Beginning in the '60's, the state of Israel built a reserve of credibility and sympathy in the US.  The creds came through Israel's excellent intel and counter-intel activity, along with its successful assassinations; the sympathy came through its 'little guy that fights back and wins' reputation, despite Israel's documented track record of terrorism and "ethnic cleansing" of its territory.

But during the period beginning in the '70's, Israel's activities as a buyer of Members of Congress and various Administration officials also emerged, leading Pat Buchanan--and a number of other D.C. observers--to issue warnings about Israel.  But by that time, Israel's propaganda-and-money influence operations in the US were fully flowered, so Buchanan, Sobran, and other Cassandras were summarily "othered" as rabid anti-Semites and Israel, with its US citizen allies, continued to build positives here.

Then came the Zionists, a hard-right group in Israel which believed that God granted them a large chunk of the Levant, including Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and pieces of Egypt (if not more.)  Their influence on Netanyahu was weighty.  These are the people who despise Catholics, Protestants, and Muslims--and make that clear through their words and actions.

(To be clear, we are not fans of Mohammed, either.)

The Zionists provided the tipping-weight for scaled-up Israeli kinetic action against Persia and towards "Greater Israel".  Along with a loud Amen Corner in Congress and an extremely loud Amen Chorus in social media which included a number of theologically ignorant Protestant figures and highly-paid "influencers" such as Laura Loomer, (plus the exceptionally large cash contributions of US-citizen Jews to Trump's campaign), the decision was made to beat Persia into submission.

Rumors abound that Trump was sold a bill of goods, beginning with the falsehood that de-capitating Persian leadership, combined with a number of strategic missile-and-bomb demolition derbies, would bring Iran to its knees immediately.  No sweat.  Easy-Peasy!!!.  Walk in the Park!!!

Since the US' intel inside Iran was slim-to-non-existent, Trump relied on Israeli intel, which was very good, if that "decapitate and demolish" line was accurate.

It wasn't.  

As a result, the US's foot was now in the quicksand, and more pounding and de-capitations were launched.  Easy-Peasy!!  Walk in the Park!!

But Persians, the people who invented chess, had plans, too.  They smashed a number of US radar installations, (reportedly) took out a lot of US warbirds, and were able to pose a very effective threat to the US Navy with mines in the Strait of Hormuz.  Too bad that the Navy had scrapped its minesweepers, eh?  (Who the Hell made THAT decision?)  Iran and its Crazy-Uncle allies the Houthis now controlled the Strait and threatened another Strait on the other side of Saudi Arabia, too; and with that control, the control of 60++% of the world's supply of petroleum.  

That's when the dog's bite started ripping flesh and sinews.

After a few more agonized writhings, Trump gave up.  The "deal" he has does not accomplish "regime change", nor does it keep the "free flow of oil".  The Persians did not give up their "nuclear dust."  They did not lose one inch of territory, AND they demanded that Israel keep her mitts off southern Lebanon (which Israel, of course, met with more rockets, bombs, and missiles.)  They got a few hundred $billion, and they will promise not to even think about nuclear arms.

Trump promised that the US and Israel will not continue the demolition of Beirut.

But Israel ignored Trump and launched missiles and bombs into Lebanon anyway, as is their wont. 

That last--the Beirut Bombings--mark the end of Israel's US sympathy reservoir in the Oval Office and (with the exception of the Amen Corners in Congress and social media) the end of that sympathy across the US.  Of course, Israel can and will continue to invest in its effective propaganda-and-purchase plots, but along with that reservoir of sympathy, its reservoir of credibility ("Easy-Peasy") is gone for the time being.

Some people will pay a very high price for this misbegotten and expensive war.  Tulsi Gabbard is one.  JD Vance is another.  If you're paying attention, they are already being vilified as traitors to the US (!!!) and semi-Nazi scum anti-Semites.  It's possible that Vance will not get nominated to replace Trump and that Gabbard will never see another day in service to the US in any capacity.  And--by the way--both of them should double their security, especially at their six.

There may be a concerted Israeli-led defamation campaign against Trump, too.  His recent inane comments on other topics, along with his now-barely-concealed ego problem, are not engendering all the love he fervently thinks he's owed.  He's weakened.

Quite a chapter!  Trump, Vance, and Gabbard are probably out of the picture for the next decade or so.

But Israel will be back.  They'll have another war for us to fight.  Count on it. 

P.S.:  Israel hosted "World-Wide Prideland" last week.  Fittingly, at the Dead Sea.  They're gathering allies, you know.  Israel also offers free abortions to anyone....THIS is the country the US fights for?