There is one thing you can't do in any war and claim a moral high ground, kill 35,000 children and maim 80,000 more while starving them.
Taiwan and Ukraine aren't in the midst of a genocide.
The "West" North, South and East aren't going to let this continue.
(YouTube & LILLEY UNLEASHED: Can we know the actual death toll in Gaza?)
In the Middle East, Israel is no longer fighting a war confined to Gaza — it is facing a coordinated regional siege. The recent 12-Day War with Iran showcased the Israel Defense Forces’ ability to repel a massive missile and drone barrage, degrade Iran’s strike capacity, and — with U.S. support — cripple key nuclear facilities at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan. Yet this was a tactical win, not the end of the war.
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad still operate from Gaza and hold Israelis hostage. The Hezbollah threat remains in Lebanon. Iranian proxies have the potential to harass from Syria and Iraq. The Houthis continue attacks from Yemen. The danger now is diplomatic: the recognition of a Palestinian state without ironclad security arrangements risks creating an Iranian forward operating base within artillery range of Tel Aviv. That would not bring peace; it would hard-wire instability into the region and reward Tehran’s proxy warfare and the forces of terror.
These are not disconnected crises. Moscow, Tehran, and Beijing are watching one another’s wars, drawing lessons, and in some cases collaborating. Iranian drones are launched from Russia to skies over Ukraine. China and Russia are deepening their strategic partnership from the Arctic to the South China Sea. A faltering Western response in one theatre will echo in the others.
If Ukraine holds, it forces Moscow to recalibrate. If Israel breaks the siege, it deters Tehran’s next escalation and further terror. If Taiwan remains secure, it warns Beijing that the price of invasion will always be too high. But if any one of them falls, the message to the rest of the authoritarian world will be unmistakable: the West blinks, the West buckles, and the West can be beaten.
If one of them falls, the message to the authoritarian world will be: the West blinks, the West buckles, and the West can be beaten
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