Hal Brands, Columnist

Israel Has Become America’s Not-So-Secret Weapon

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The ongoing war against Iran has raised a number of important issues: the ability of air power alone to achieve regime change, the ethics and effectiveness of targeting Iran’s leaders, the question of how much damage the war will cause in the region, and what its effects will be around the globe.

But largely overlooked has been a historic development: The rise of a full-blown warfighting alliance between Israel and the US.