Together, they went to fight and defeat a common enemy, the Islamic Republic of Iran. But they came out of it bickering. The United States of America and the Jewish State of Israel enjoy what both sides term an “unbreakable bond.” This bond developed organically after US President Harry Truman summarily recognised the State of Israel when it declared its independence in 1948.
Israel earned the respect and friendship of America through intelligence wizardry and military invincibility. As America and the former Soviet Union were locked in a feisty Cold War after World War II, Israel systematically defeated all its neighbouring adversaries war after war; feats that bordered on the miraculous. Israel became the anchor of America’s strategic interests in the Middle East.
Each country had its interests for going into the Iran wars. America was determined to deny Iran its nuclear ambition. President Donald Trump also named “regime change” as his vital objective. He even promised the embattled Iranian people, “Help is on its way.” As the war wore on, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and plunged the world’s economies into difficulties. In reprisal, America exerted an asphyxiating blockade of Iranian ports, and named the reopening of Hormuz as one of its terms for a ceasefire.
