MICHAEL WALSH CORRESPONDENT AMERICAN FREE PRESS

All wars may end when mankind wakes up to reality. Today’s inferno in the Near East will almost certainly be that wake-up call.

War is when everyone loses except for the Military Industrial Complex and the elite who recycle taxpayers’ largesse into the maws of the insatiable hydra.

Posterity may note that the current war on Iran and peripheral nations waged by Israel and the United States harms mostly the perpetrators.

This past year, Washington-sponsored Israel has attacked more countries than any other country.

Dubbed a Pit Bull Terrier, their victim nations include Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, and Yemen. Israel also carried out strikes in Tunisian, Maltese and Greek territorial waters on aid flotillas heading for Gaza.

According to Armed Conflict Location and Event Data, from January 1 to December 5, 2025, Washington-sponsored Israel carried out at least 10,631 cross-border attacks.

But, as the saying goes, what matters in the fight is not the size of the dog but the size of the fight in the dog.

On this occasion, Israel and its Washington accomplice have misguidedly ignited a military adventure that has inflicted far more damage on the perpetrators than the victim.

The current conflict has reached the point at which Israel and the US, whilst licking their wounds, try to recover as much dignity as can be mustered.

Whilst stop-and-start negotiations continue, it is difficult to see how Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu can withdraw whilst claiming to have emerged triumphant.

Tehran’s tail is up. Iran aims to punish their adversaries so harshly that 1) they never again contemplate any form of aggression on Iran. 2) American and Israeli hegemony in the Near East is diminished or expelled for all time.

For this reason, the war on Iran may weaken the Israel-United States Alliance to such a point that universal peace reigns. This could be history’s most successful war; a war in which everyone wins.

My money is on Iran. The 17^th largest country in the world, Iran, is half the size of India and 80 times the size of Israel. Furthermore, its geographical position gives Iran an advantage that Washington can only dream about.

Under no illusions as to America’s intentions, Iran has had 47 years to prepare for the inevitability of Washington/Israel’s determination to bring it to heel. Tehran has not wasted a moment in preparing for the duo’s aggression.

Unfortunately for Jerusalem and Washington, DC, Iran’s invincibility stands on a bedrock of highly educated leadership: a politically aware intelligentsia, an electorally sophisticated population, and a joined-at-the-hip industrial and military preparedness.

Iran is aware of the Achilles heel of the Western Alliance. These nations have a self-destructive habit of adjusting to ongoing circumstances rather than foreseeing and preparing for them.

Iran sees things differently: their political and military intelligence, far better educated than their Western counterparts, is waging an intelligent war of traps.

Importantly, it is best to remember that methods of warfare have changed radically since the Iraq War. On this occasion, Israel and Washington DC, armed only with a knife, have blundered into a gunfight.

The Pentagon’s top brass and the few politicians who have a brain cell now concede that Tehran is far more advanced in strategy and weaponry than was initially thought.

Whilst the US presumed a quick-win traditional regime-changing war, Tehran prepared for a drawn-out futuristic war that includes counter-aggression.

The US and Israel’s primitive tactics have not moved on since the ‘shock and awe’ saturation bombing and decimation of civilian populations era.

Fast forward to modern warfare, and such strategies prove counterproductive.

Likewise, the weapons of war: The United States has 11 nuclear-powered sitting duck aircraft carriers, of which only 3-6 are deployable.

The war on Iran proves yesterday’s strength to be today’s archaic liabilities. The same can be said of expensive, heavily-manned bases such as those surrounding Iran.

All US bases in the region are proven vulnerable, and like carriers, are obsolete and not fit for purpose.

The IRGC have redefined what were known as Motor Torpedo Boats (E-Boats in Germany). Armed with torpedoes and missiles, these highly lethal swarms of attack boats can reach speeds of 200 km/h.

The production of futuristic missiles and drones, in terms of cost, rapid production and capability, catapulted Iran into the future. Their armed forces have been bolstered by clandestine military aid from Russia and China.

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Boots on the ground and occupation are also obsolete relics of past wars. In this total war, every Iranian is a dedicated freedom fighter for Iran.

Today, Iran maintains one of the largest and most diverse missile arsenals in this vast region. Their firepower has impressive capabilities.

These range from short‑range battlefield rockets to medium‑range ballistic missiles and long‑range cruise missiles. The speed of these craft can be as high as 200 km/h.

Thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles make Iran the region’s largest missile power. Ranges are up to ~2,000 km for many systems, allowing strikes across the Middle East and Europe where many US bases are situated.

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