Ukraine now feels like stepchild.

 ZELENSKY WANTS SAME AIR-DEFENSE AS ISRAEL

THE REALITY OF UKRAINE'S POSITION IS DISMAL

Ukraine is now at the point where it is almost defenseless against the air campaign of Russia. Sadly for Ukraine, it will not be getting any better. The ability to provide air defense to the vast area of Ukrainian territory is virtually impossible. Israel on the other hand is a speck on the map compared to Ukraine. Even the much touted cooperative attempt at air defense in Israel was not foolproof and the reality is that Iran was able to seriously damage important military targets. Iran does have the capability to strike Israel and cripple its defense and economy very quickly, serious military analysts know this is the case. Sadly, much of the policies today are managed by delusional amateurs who are living in the past.

Israel cannot win a war with Iran, just like Ukraine cannot win a war with Russia. The profligration of advanced drones, missiles and defense countering cruise missiles is making any war a costly enterprise for even the biggest and best equipped military powers.

The NATO/Russian project is lost and Ukraine is suffering the casualties and lost future. Other than NATO willing to engage Russia head to head and engage in an inevitable nuclear war it is best to end it now and preserve some of the youth of Ukraine and some of its infrastructure for a possible recovery in the future.

Ukraine, with no real ability to produce weapons, never had a real hope of winning. Most of the calculations of its masters in the U.S. and Nato counted on Russia caving or regime change in Russia. It is obvious to any objective observer, that is not going to happen.

Israel allowed itself to be baited into an emotional and out of control response to the dastardly attack by Hamas.  Many is Israel and its supporters in the U.S. state department have wanted war with Iran for a long time.We hear similar accounts of how the Iranian people do not support their government, how the answer is regime change in Iran. A similar regime change that started this negative relationship with Iran in 1953. It is again a delusional hope without real substance, but with the possibility of Israel being crippled in just a few days of warfare. Then the inevitable nuclear response by Israel, that would then cause the intervention of numerous nuclear powers.

The present administration in Washington and sadly in many western capitals, believe in their invincibility, it is a delusional belief without real substance, they are not the power they were in the past, not economically, not militarily, certainly not morally. We have in effect a team of Machiavellian amateurs who believe they can rule the world. They have placed the world on the precipice of the ultimate disaster and they have no idea how to exit and save face. It seems that saving face is much more important than admitting failure and saving civilization.