Will Iran Take the Initiative from Israel?

June 11, 2026

Last Monday’s interview by Nima on Dialogue Works turned out to be more of a debate between us than an interview.

Nima is encouraged, as Simplicius is  by an increase in Iran’s aggressiveness.  For the first time, Iran struck Israel not in response to an Israeli attack on Iran but in response to Israel’s bombing of civilians in Beirut, Lebanon.  Nima and Simplicius view this as a game-changer. The Bible, Simplified:... Windahl, Zach Check Amazon for Pricing.

Certainly it shows Iranian confidence and a move toward exercising initiative in the war.  But my point is that only Israel has an agenda and therefore, the initiative remains with Israel as it has for the past 75 years, during which time Israel has absorbed Palestine into Israel and has used America to destroy Libya, Iraq, and Syria.

Too much is being made of Trump’s annoyance with Netanyahu. A majority of American voters disapprove of Trump’s war on Iran, and Trump is concerned about the Democrats winning the midterm Congressional elections and spending the last half of his second term being impeached in the House and possibly convicted by the Senate.  Possibly, America can lose Trump, but the merging underway of the US and Israeli militaries leaves America with its Israeli burden regardless of what happens to Trump or who the next president is. If you are unaware of the merging of the militaries, look at my recent postings. This merging plus Israel’s agenda of Greater Israel leaves the initiative in Israel’s hands. It is unclear whether Iran has yet understood the importance of having the initiative.

Our interview/debate took place at a later time than usual, a time past my shutdown time.  Although my tiredness and frustration show, I believe I managed to remain coherent.  Nima is a gracious and intelligent person,  We need more like him.

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Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration, associate editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Business Week’s first outside columnist, columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service, contributor to the editorial page of the Los Angeles Times, and columnist for the main French and Italian newspapers, and for Creators Syndicate in Los Angeles. He served in numerous academic appointments in US universities and was  appointed to the William E. Simon Chair for Political Economy at Georgetown University’s Center for Strategic and International Studies where his colleagues were Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, James R. Schlesinger (one of his former professors), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Thomas Moorer. His article, “How the Law Was Lost,” was published in the January 1999 Cardozo Law Review.