Denison Forum
Dr. Jim Denison
Are you worried that we are moving closer to World War III?
If you’re not, should you be?
An overlooked but critical alliance
President Joe Biden said yesterday that he has decided how to respond to Sunday’s attack on a military base in Jordan that killed three US troops and injured dozens of others, though he did not offer details. When asked if he holds Iran responsible, he said he does “in the sense that they’re supplying the weapons to the people who did it.”
In reply, Iran threatened this morning to “decisively respond” to any US attack.
Here’s one reason, overlooked by many, why Iran’s role in this escalating conflict should concern us: they are now part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, an alliance led by Russia and China. This partnership will enable Iran to engage in commerce and trade arms more freely with both nations.
And, as the Center for Iranian Studies notes, Iran’s military strategy now “aligns with the strategic inclinations of the Beijing-Moscow alliance.”
Iran is already at war with Israel, our closest ally in the region, through its proxies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Gaza, the West Bank, and Yemen. CIA Director William J. Burns noted in Foreign Affairs yesterday: “The Iranian regime has been emboldened by the crisis and seems ready to fight to its last regional proxy, all while expanding its nuclear program and enabling Russian aggression.”
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