by John Mearsheimer | Sep 11, 2025 | News | 1 Comment
On 10 September 2025, I spoke with Judge Napolitano on his show, “Judging Freedom,” about the Israeli strike against the Hamas negotiators in Doha and how the US green-lighted it. We talked more generally about the US-Israeli relationship and the extent to which Israel has the United States wrapped around its finger.
Along those lines, Thomas Keith links to some very interesting data on US involvement in the 12 Day War. It’s a partial look—it doesn’t get into ISR assets, refueling resources, etc.—but it does provide useful data points that suggest the size of the Anglo-Zionist role, especially that of the US. It also demonstrates Israel’s full dependency on the US:
A report from the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) confirms what the battlefield already exposed: nearly 70% of the air defense effort shielding the Zionist entity during the June 13–24 Iranian-Israeli war came from U.S. systems, THAAD and SM-3 interceptors.
Of the missiles fired, 150 were THAAD (almost a quarter of America’s stockpile) and 80 were SM-3, while Israel’s own Arrow-2 accounted for only 6% of the interceptions.
Surveillance and early warning were also outsourced. U.S. satellites, radar nets, and naval assets provided the forward cueing that Israel’s indigenous systems could not replicate.
Without U.S. destroyers in the Red Sea, eastern Mediterranean, and Arabian Sea, plus dual-deployed THAAD batteries, Israeli skies would have seen far higher penetrations.
The Arrow system was the “linchpin” only because it was fed with American sensor data and command authority.
The net result: Israeli air defense was not autonomous. It was a U.S.-run shield temporarily lent to them, one that drained Washington’s own magazines and revealed how quickly both states would face exhaustion if Iran sustained pressure.
He also quotes an Israeli source who makes a very simple point about Trump’s implausible claim of having been “blindsided” by the Israeli attack on Qatar. I highly recommend the 2 and a half minute video.
Israeli commentator Daniel Levy explained that the Doha strike cannot be brushed off as “last-minute” or accidental.
With the U.S. operating its largest regional base at al-Udaid in Qatar, and American surveillance saturating Gulf airspace, Washington could not plausibly have been blindsided.
Instead, Israel sought to drag Qatar into the fog of suspicion, to spread the question: “What did the Qataris know?”
But across the Arab world, Levy notes, the effect is opposite.
Solidarity with Qatar has deepened, and leaders are asking openly: how do we contain and deter Israel, a rogue actor that multiplies instability wherever it touches?
The “deterrence” Israel claims has morphed into a radicalizing effect, pushing populations and governments alike toward defiance rather than submission.
This is the contradiction exposed in Levy’s words: Israel says “we cannot be stopped,” while every strike it launches accelerates the search for ways to stop it.
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The WH pretending to be surprised by the Doha strike is theatre of the absurd. There is no chance, none whatsoever, that those Israeli jets didn't have logistical support and coordination from US/UK assets, and there is no chance in hell that the US didn't stand down or at least know that strike package was coming. Trump pretending to be "furious" and all that nonsense just make him look like a duplicitous liar. Scratch that - not "look like". IS. I never cared that he was a grade A bullshitter, but this is different.
One it is obvious that we the United States and its military cannot continue to supply both Ukraine and Israel with weapons and defense capability. Especially Israel we now have no more THAD missile Defense systems to send them without draining our own reserves totally dry. That also means that NATO has nothing left to send them. They have gone through everything that we have that was running the iron dome protection system.
That means that the next attack and I mean a major attack coming from Yemen and Iran is pretty much going destroy Israel and bring about its total collapse. There’s no way around that. Even if the United States is lured into the mess, we don’t even have the resources to fight very long and we certainly don’t have the resources to put troops on the ground. The bottom line is it’s only a matter of time until Israel collapses then what will the Anglo Zionist coalition do about that?
Two and this is just important. The attack on Qutar Has had a consequence that I guess was not well thought out. That has helped unify the various different Middle Eastern countries into a cohesion of sorts totally against Israel. This is a specially true with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and they have a fairly good military and weapons systems.
Israel would not be able to withstand any kind of a coordinated attack from Saudi Arabia , Yemen, Hamas, and Hezbollah. Add in the fact that the Egyptian military would love to get in on this for revenge of past defeats at the hands of the Israeli Army and you have a coalition in the making.
It’s going to be interesting to watch to see if this plays out .
The WH pretending to be surprised by the Doha strike is theatre of the absurd. There is no chance, none whatsoever, that those Israeli jets didn't have logistical support and coordination from US/UK assets, and there is no chance in hell that the US didn't stand down or at least know that strike package was coming. Trump pretending to be "furious" and all that nonsense just make him look like a duplicitous liar. Scratch that - not "look like". IS. I never cared that he was a grade A bullshitter, but this is different.
A couple of things here to contemplate.
One it is obvious that we the United States and its military cannot continue to supply both Ukraine and Israel with weapons and defense capability. Especially Israel we now have no more THAD missile Defense systems to send them without draining our own reserves totally dry. That also means that NATO has nothing left to send them. They have gone through everything that we have that was running the iron dome protection system.
That means that the next attack and I mean a major attack coming from Yemen and Iran is pretty much going destroy Israel and bring about its total collapse. There’s no way around that. Even if the United States is lured into the mess, we don’t even have the resources to fight very long and we certainly don’t have the resources to put troops on the ground. The bottom line is it’s only a matter of time until Israel collapses then what will the Anglo Zionist coalition do about that?
Two and this is just important. The attack on Qutar Has had a consequence that I guess was not well thought out. That has helped unify the various different Middle Eastern countries into a cohesion of sorts totally against Israel. This is a specially true with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and they have a fairly good military and weapons systems.
Israel would not be able to withstand any kind of a coordinated attack from Saudi Arabia , Yemen, Hamas, and Hezbollah. Add in the fact that the Egyptian military would love to get in on this for revenge of past defeats at the hands of the Israeli Army and you have a coalition in the making.
It’s going to be interesting to watch to see if this plays out .