The US-Israel war on Iran is doomed to fail. Will it take down America's crumbling empire?

The US-Israel war on Iran is doomed to fail. Will it take down America's crumbling empire? Submitted by Ammiel Alcalay on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 13:23 After decades of waging wars against weaker enemies, the US and Israel may have finally confronted an immovable object, exposing the limits of American power Iranians stand on a large US flag during an al-Quds Day, an annual event in support of Palestinians, weeks after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran that triggered a regional war, in Tehran on 13 March 2026 (AFP) On Somewhere along the way, we have seen the rationale for the existence of the state of Israel transition from reliance on western guilt and being a safe haven for Jews after the attempted destruction of Jewish communities in Europe, to the violent biblical rhetoric now deployed across the spectrum.