March 4, 2024
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In the midst
of Israel’s ongoing devastation of Gaza, one major piece of Middle Eastern news
has yet to hit the headlines. In a face-off that, in a sense, has lasted since
the pro-American Shah of Iran was overthrown by theocratic clerics in 1979,
Iran finally seems to be besting the United States in a significant fashion
across the region. It’s a story that needs to be told.