There will no longer be an American presence in the Middle East.
Author: Alon Mizrahi, journalist (Israel)
We are witnessing history. Iran, to everyone’s surprise, is destroying American bases on such a large scale, so thoroughly and so decisively that the world is not prepared for it.
In just four days, Iran has managed to expand its sphere of military dominance in the region. Iran has destroyed some of the most valuable and expensive military bases, assets, and equipment in the world.
American bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are among the largest military installations in the world. Trillions of dollars have been spent on their construction over several decades. This means that the main portion of military spending accumulated over more than 30 years has essentially gone to waste.
We see radars worth hundreds of millions of dollars being destroyed in an instant. We see entire military bases being abandoned, burning, looted, and destroyed. And I tell you: as far as I know, the United States has never suffered such devastation in its entire history—except perhaps Pearl Harbor, and even that was only a single attack.
No enemy in a conventional war has ever done to the U.S. armed forces what Iran is doing now. It is difficult to believe. The military situation is so serious that censorship is blocking almost all new information about this war. If you have noticed, we are receiving less and less information with each passing day.
Thirty-five years ago, during the first Iraq war, we were shown endless footage from Iraq. At that time, smart bombs and cameras were new technologies, yet every night we were shown nighttime combat footage. Now we see almost no videos at all.
Understand this! Supposedly, this is the largest military power in the world with the greatest air capabilities, yet on the fourth day of the American offensive—which is claimed to have broken through Iran’s defenses—we see no sign of American dominance in the Iranian sky. Where are all the videos of our aircraft flying over Tehran or any other part of Iran?
American soldiers cannot even dream of setting foot on Iranian soil. And to understand how desperate this war has become, already on the fourth day, we hear the most absurd proposals and ideas from the Trump administration. They propose sending military escorts for oil tankers leaving the Persian Gulf. What are you even talking about? Do you want to send American ships into the destruction zone of thousands of Iranian missiles? Right now, no one can pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iranians have been preparing for this for decades. They even float the idea of arming Kurdish militias to invade Iran. What are you talking about? Have you seen the map of Iran? It seems the Trump administration has never seen the map of Iran! Do you understand how enormous this country is? What does it mean to invade Iran? Do you think a militia of 10,000 could invade Iran? Or even 50,000? Or 100,000? Iran would simply swallow them.
The United States and Israel have already lost this war. They may kill millions of civilians in their homes. They have powerful bombs and can blow up buildings, but they will not win this war. Iran’s military infrastructure and weapons are located deep underground throughout the country. Neither the Americans nor the Israelis have any chance of reaching them. They are in a deep hole.
They started something they have no chance of finishing. When all of this is over, the United States will never return to West Asia again. There will no longer be an American presence in the Middle East. I tell you this now with complete confidence.
