The US’s Strategic Alliance With Israel is a Disaster https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/17/the-uss-strategic… "It’s difficult to imagine a greater U.S. strategic mistake than to align itself in any fashion with Israel.  The United States and Israel have different objectives and strategic goals in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf.  Israel is trying to “change the map of the Middle East.” It therefore is trying to create instability throughout the