Why Iran Must Be Broken to Build the U.S.–Israeli Vision for a “New Middle East”

On the one hand, American/Israeli hegemony; on the other, Iran as the region’s only coherent counter-system to that hegemony. The strongest pressure on Iran, aside from last year’s “12 Days War,” has been economic, through sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economic capacity, placing serious stress on both the state and the population. He quotes Yousef Abazari asking sardonically: “what’s the point of resisting America if Iran implements the same economic policies on its people? By controlling Iranian oil together with Venezuelan oil, the U.S. would control the largest share of oil reserves in the world. The U.S. and Israel are out to “change the face of the Middle East,” each for its own reasons—some of which collide.