FRIDAY, 9/27/2024

This week I was in Madrid, Spain for the opening of the Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies 2024 Campus. I shared with FAES that the global situation we all face is more turbulent, more dangerous and more unpredictable than it has been in a long time, in fact, since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the breakup of the Warsaw Pact. The post-Cold War era has been a confusing and worrying time, but now we add to that the risks and threats that we ignored for too long.

Make no mistake, it’s going to be a tough four years for the United States and that is something that our allies in Europe and across the globe should be thinking about – and I think they are.

I also responded to Israel’s stunning attacks on Hezbollah and the Department of Justice’s reward of up to $20 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Shahram Poursafi, a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who is believed to be responsible for the plot against my life.

JUST ONE QUESTION: IS IRAN A THREAT TO THE US?

Driving the Week: I wrote an op-ed for Independent Arabia on the creativity and cunning strike demonstrated both by Israel's intelligence and defense forces, and their capacity to strike deep into the heart of its adversaries.

READ THE FULL OP-ED

Israel’s stunning attacks on Hezbollah via exploding pagers and walkie-talkies demonstrate both the creativity and cunning of its intelligence and defense forces, and their capacity to strike deep into the heart of its adversaries’ domains. The casualties among Hezbollah’s top leadership (and allies, like Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon) plus the significant near-term degradation of Hezbollah’s internal command-and-control, make it conspicuously vulnerable.

For Americans, the death of senior Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqeel is especially significant. He was responsible for the 1983 bombings of the US embassy in West Beirut, and of barracks for US Marines and French soldiers participating in a multilateral peacekeeping force, at the government of Lebanon’s invitation. At least partial justice has been done.

READ THE FULL OP-ED

Together with the recent elimination of Hamas leader Ismael Haniyah in a supposedly secure compound in Tehran, Israel has almost certainly unnerved Iran, its principal enemy, as well as the terrorist proxies directly targeted. While the future is uncertain, now is a perfect opportunity for Israel to take far more significant reprisals against Iran and all its terrorist proxies for the “Ring of Fire” strategy. Iran’s nuclear-weapons program may now finally be at risk.

Where does the Middle East battlefield now stand?

READ THE FULL OP-ED

More from my trip to Spain:

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I also sat down with Silvia Roman from El Mundo Spain to discuss Maduro, the impact of the U.S. presidential election on Venezuela, and the future of NATO.

Read the full Q&A here

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