Washington Examiner / Magazine
March 11, 2026 Issue
March 11, 2026 Print Edition
Cover Story
Trump’s Mideast revolution: A chance to transform the world’s most turbulent region
The most revolutionary force in the Middle East is President Donald Trump. America and its ally Israel, achieving unparalleled levels of military and intelligence integration, have decapitated the Iranian terrorist regime, devastated its command structures, destroyed its weapons, and sunk a substantial proportion of its navy — they’re “at the bottom of the sea,” Trump said pithily on March 2. More will follow them into the deep. These successes, if they can be secured, will stunningly transform the world’s most turbulent region, radically change great power thinking, and improve the lives of millions of people. “This really is Trump,” said Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. To say so does not deprecate Israel’s role in Operation Epic Fury. Indeed, it requires it and honors it. Israel is the most potent nation of the Middle East, and it has flown about as many attack missions as the United States. The Jewish state has become less a junior partner than a coequal regional ally. Its strength and its improved relations with Arab and perhaps eventually Persian neighbors could undergird American strategy worldwide for decades. Operation Epic Fury and the End of Restraint As capable as Israel is, it could not have undertaken an attack so ambitious in scale without Trump’s blessing. Nor could the operation have carried the potential of toppling the Islamic Republic without American participation and leadership. A president willing to...

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