So many ulterior motives for war in the Middle East

 There is a paradox to the notion, as with each and every notion, that, too much of it transforms into a sabotage. If faith in God can and does ennoble courage, confidence and risk taking beyond one’s limited character, it can and does also impel and tragically motivate one to undertake more than one is capable of managing, enduring and curtailing.

The mutually shared desire, if not commitment, of both Iran and Israel to eliminate the other from the planet, (Israel merely diagnoses Iran as an existential threat while Iran declares it committed to the eradication of the state of Israel) has multiple layers of soil and roots from which it has been incubated, nurtured, grown and once again exploded.

With 99% of its population committed to the Twelver Ja’afari Shia branch of Islam, the official state religion, and Israel a declared Zionist Jewish state, the religious differences are deep and profound. Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran shifted to viewing Israel as an open enemy viewing it as an artificial, illegitimate state having been established by Western (read American) imperialism, Previously, Iran had been a cold war ally of the United States. However, Iranians have held, for a long time a deep-seated resentment of British imperialism through both the 19^th and 20^th centuries. Considered the ‘wily old fox in Iran, Britain too is deeply distrusted for having aided in the 1953 coup to overthrow the democratically elected  Prime Minister Mohammed Massaddegh after he nationalized the oil industry.

From The Times of Israel, in a piece entitled, Why Does Iran Hate Israel? November 7, 2024, by Michael Laitman (A Kabbalist), we read:

Iran is a superpower that wants to rule, if not the world, then at least the Middle East. Israel, even though it is no superpower, stands in its way. It is no religious matter, but Iran views Israel’s powerful presence in the Middle East as a major problem. Iran also has a lot of internal problems, so on the one hand, it seems unclear why they constantly deal with Israel instead of solving their own problems. On the other hand, focusing on their own problems requires a major overhaul, which is of no interest to Itan’s rulers. They thus find it much easier, and see it as a much better option, to focus their attention on Israel…….I do not think that Iran is truly a Muslim country. As much as I know Iranians personally, I can say that they are well educated and well mannered, and that free Iranians and free Jews hold several similarities in their character. While their regime disallows such expressions, the many Iranians I know personally, whom I have good recollections of, are quite sympathetic to Israel.

ICAN is the International Campaign to stigmatise, prohibit and eliminate (Against) Nuclear Weapons. Its website lists the countries which have nuclear weapons. On the list which includes Russia, United States, China, Fance, United Kingdom, Pakistan, India North Korea, is the name of Israel.

From the website of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, nti.org, we read:

Faced with accusations of  nuclear weapons pursuits in violation of its Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) commitments, Iran concluded a 2015 agreement, (the JCPOA), to restrict its nuclear program. However the 2018 U.S wthdrawal from the deal and subsequent Iranian violations cast doubt on the deal’s future. In June 2025, Israel conducted extensive air attacks against Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities. The United States also conducted air and missile strikes on the Iranian nuclear  facilities at Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow. Iran retaliated y firing approximately 530 ballistic missiles and more than 1,000 drones against Israel, and also firing 14  missiles against the U.s Al Udeid airbase in Qatar….

In February 2024, Iran announced the start of construction of four new nuclear power plants with a total capacity of 5,000 megawatts. Iran plans to produce 20,000 megawatts of nuclear energy by 2041.

Iran argues vehemently that its program of nuclear energy production is for peaceful purposes, for generating power. However, the IAEA says (it) cannot assure Iran’s nuclear program is exclusively peaceful. On February 27, 2026, in piece bearing the above title, we read:

The UN nuclear watchdog warned it will not be in a position to provide assurance that Iran’s nuclear program is exclusively peaceful unless Tehran restores access to key facilities, according to confidential reports seen by Bloomberg and the Associated Press. International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said the agency has been unable to verify the  status and location of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium since military strikes by the United States and Israel hit several nuclear sites in June.

From Current Affairs, (currentaffairs.org), in a piece entitled, Wait, Why Is Israel Allowed to Have Nukes? By Alex Skopic, we read:

But there is a sword of Damocles hanging over this whole situation, one nobody wants to acknowledge. If the possibility that Iran might get a nuclear weapon is so scary, why do none of our leaders seem to be worried about Israel, which already has a secretive nuclear arsenal of its own, and is acting more violently unstable by the day?....According to estimates by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, published recently in the New York Times, Israe has ‘at least 90 (nuclear) warheads and enough fissile material to produce up to  hundreds more….The Israelis warheads can be delivered in a variety of ways, including by U.S. made fighter jets, by German made ‘Dolphin’ submarines, and by a variety of missiles-including the Jericho 3, an intercontinental missile (ICBM) that came online in 2011. ….Israel has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, (NPT) despite United Nations resolutions that it should do so…..And most importantly, it leaders refuse to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to access Dimonia,* so we have no way of knowing what’s going on there.

*Dimonia is the location of a secret refining of plutonium facility.

From  2025, following the June attack by the U.S. and Israel on Iran’s nuclear facilities, again from the ICAN website, in a piece entitled, ‘The U:nsustainable Reason Behind Who can Have Nuclear Weapons and Who Can’t, June 16, 2025, by Alex Gallagher, SBS News, we read:

Iran has consistently denied it is developing nuclear weapons, saying its uranium enrichment program is exclusively for peaceful purposes such as energy, and international assessments have found no evidence that Iran, over the past 20 years, has had an active nuclear weaponization program. Iran is also one of the signatories to the United Nations-backed Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Weapons (NPT). Israel is not, despite international pressure and remains the only country in the Middle East widely believed to possess nuclear weapons.

Today, the U.S. and Israel started bombing Iran showering missiles, bombs, drones and who knows what else on their land, facilities and people. Declaring an overt desire to create the conditions necessary for ‘regime change’ without being able either to predict or to respond to whatever responses Iran may be considering, (already military action has been reported in several Middle East countries, especially where the United States has military bases. From a position of length and insightful observation and reflection on the state of the world, from the perspective of a Russian ex-pat, enemy of Putin, Garry Kasmarov has a highly insightful observation today reported on RDI, Renewing Democracy International. In a piece entitled, What to Make of Events in Iran, Garry Kasparov writes:

As with Venezuela, an attempt to end the brutal terrorist regime in Iran is a worthy endeavor. But also with Venezuela, Trump may be looking for personal advantages that leave Iranians unable to seize the opportunity to live in freedom that all people deserve. But I hope you also expressed outrage overt eh tens of thousands of Iranians slaughtered recently by the Islamic Republic for protesting their basic human rights. No dictatorship is legitimate. It will be quite something if Trump succeed in ousting the dictatorships of Venezuela, Iran and Cuba, all the while taking the side of their patron and partner, Putin’s Russia. Perhaps he wants to be Putin’s only friend.

The inter-connection of world events, seen through the eyes of a Putin-enemy and prosecutor cannot be ignored or under-valued. And the hidden, so far, hand of men like Putin and Xi and perhaps even Kim, in this most recent military action also cannot be dismissed.

The world, sitting on ‘pins and needles’ as expected while these flurries of weaponry and the whims of their political manipulators continue to ‘swirl’ around us, will have to be content to attempt to live with whatever ramifications erupt, over which no one has either antidote or calming thoughts and plans, especially those deeply and inexplicably enmeshed in their war games.