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Let Israel Win the War Iran Started
(Free Press) Eli Lake - The Biden administration views its support for Israel in purely defensive terms, and feels a duty to restrain Israel's offense. The American hug comes with handcuffs. Biden arms the Jewish state and professes his support for Israel's right to defend itself, but there is always a "but." Put another way, Israel has a right to fight its enemies to a tie. If the U.S. continues its policy of hoping to deter Iran by restraining Israel, then it is inviting further Iranian escalation. With two of Iran's proxies - Hamas and Hizbullah - reeling, now is not the time to return the Middle East to an inherently unstable status quo. Real stability demands the ending of Iran's nuclear blackmail of the region. In other words, now would be the time to take off the handcuffs. Israel has vast capabilities - as it has shown in Lebanon, Gaza, Syria, and Iran over the last year. But it's even more capable when its chief ally supports its mission. So why not give Israel the green light and help it defang the chief cause of regional instability, the Iranian regime?