The other day I read a post on Twitter, saying that in 2021, someone got one of the volumes of The governance of China for free in the US from an embassy.

Intrigued, I wondered if this is a) still the case and b) was possible in other countries as well. So I wrote a friendly email to my local Chinese embassy in Berlin, Germany to find out.

They answered, saying they could send a volume if I provided them my postal address, which I did.

Today, Volume V arrived in my mailbox.

It seems, that which volume you can get depends on what they have in storage, but it can't hurt to ask. Just remember to be friendly, they aren't Amazon, so be respectful.

That's it, just wanted to let you know :) I have a nice lecture now for the holiday period. Have a great day!

As I'm sure you're all aware, the entire Western world is treating Russia as if it were literally Mordor. Everything Russian, from vodka to cats are being sanctioned and crucified. And it's not just the govts of the West doing this. Most of these bans are coming from private corporations hoping to virtue signal by throwing Russia and Russians under the bus.

Keep in mind: RUSSIANS ARE WHITE CHRISTIANS. You are neither. So imagine what will happen to you and your family if China were ever to take military action against Taiwan. Think hard about it.

I've scoured all the big lefty YouTube channels and the one and only "influencer" who is advocating against the wholesale isolation and economic destruction of the Russian people is Kyle Kulinsky (and I suspect that's cause he's ethnically Russian). Kim Iversen is trying to counter some of the MSM propaganda narratives, but she's only trying to be a good journalist by pursuing the truth.

If this situation were directed at China, then not a single soul on any social media or MSM platform will be trying to protect you.

Even if the US govt doesn't put you in an interment camp like they did with the Japanese, there's still 340 million privately owned guns floating around, and it only takes one to do you know what.

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An armed unification of Taiwan is very, very likely. The speed of Chinese naval development and the overwhelming focus on amphibious landing equipment can only mean one thing.

The rumors from the inner circle in Beijing is that Xi is 100% determined to retake Taiwan before he leaves office, and the West's total inability to stop Russia in Ukraine will only further Xi's confidence. He also wouldn't stand being one-upped by Putin.

So the nightmare scenario you're facing as an ABC still living in the US is a near inevitability within this decade (Xi will likely leave office in 2027, 2032 at the latest).

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ADDENDUM:

Some commenters have expressed doubts about the immediacy of armed unification with Taiwan.

Rest assured that I am not being hyperbolic. Let me explain what will happen and why it will almost certainly lead to a military escalation.

ONE

Tsai English's 2nd term ends in 2024. The broad consensus is that her successor will be her current VP, William Lai. In fact, this position was essentially promised to him by Tsai the DPP leadership in exchange for him dropping out of the 2020 race early.

William Lai is by far the most openly pro-formal independence leader of the DPP. His entire political career is built around this idea that the US will intervene and China will not stop the DPP from declaring formal independence. There is no one else in the DPP who is a serious contender. The KMT stands zero chance of winning.

People erroneously assume that just because a minority of the Taiwanese population support formal independence, a pro-formal independence President can never be elected. This is simply not true. If there's no viably alternative, the people will vote for Lai by default.

TWO

Confidence within the PLA is extremely high. If you follow Chinese state and social media closely, you will know that armed unification is assumed to be a near inevitability. At the very least, a peaceful unification is assumed to be implausible.

The Hong Kong riots of 2019 have dispelled any hope of peaceful unification. The myth that economic integration will induce peaceful unification has been completely shattered. Hong Kong is entirely dependent on the PRC economically, but this didn't stop the radical elements in the city from violent sedition. Clearly, economics is not going to result in unification with Taiwan.

Again, none of this is my opinion, it is a consensus that has formed since 2019.

THREE

Fewer and fewer Chinese military pundits believe that the US will intervene militarily. They draw this conclusion from the fact that the US refuses to sell Taiwan its best hardware, no F-35, no THAAD, no advanced Patriots, no nuclear submarine tech, not even their drone tech.

Japan and South Korea have both received access to most if not all of these techs, so clearly the US is willing to share if it feels that the country can hold out. The fact that it doesn't sell to Taiwan is an indication that it has no confidence in Taiwan's long term survival.

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Wars happen when both sides believe there's possibility of victory.

William Lai (like Zelensky) continues to entertain the fantasy of the American White Knight. The PLA is brimming with confidence in the inevitability of its victory, regardless of US intervention.

As a Beijinger, I've been coming to reddit for 3 years now.

I've lived through Covid-19, through the Biden years, through the Trump years.

I've been banned from over 30 other subforums (I'm not feeling the banning now.)

But it's clear to me that we are the VISIONARIES.

Yes, r/sino used to be considered crazy by reddit, but now?

There's a saying in China: one step ahead is genius, ten steps ahead is insanity.

In the Covid-19 era, we foresaw that the US would respond badly.

When the Russo-Ukrainian war broke out, we foresaw that Zelensky would be discarded, just like Chiang Kai-shek.

During the Biden era, we foresaw Trump coming to power.

In the Trump era, we foresaw that China would become the new force for world peace.

(It's now clear even to American conservatives that they can't defeat China, and the Europeans and Canadians are regretting for following the Democrats to fight China in the past, all of which we foresaw)

All those who used to look down on, and vilify r/sino should come forward and apologize.

We have always believed that China is more rational and far-sighted than the US, and facts and history have proven that we are the right side.

It's time to take off the hat that has been constantly stigmatized here.

I am proud to be a member of r/sino, and I hope we can all be proud of that publicly.

I know most of the people here are foreigners, and as a Chinese, I'm proud of all of you.

Iran’s new supreme leader has been chosen, and now the U.S. and Israel are completely stuck in a dilemma.

On March 4, Iran’s Assembly of Experts unanimously selected the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the late former leader. He is 56 years old this year. Do not mistake him for a newcomer. For years he has managed the Office of the Supreme Leader and has been closely aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He is a powerful figure who was firmly backed and pushed forward by the military.

More importantly, he came to power carrying deep personal vengeance. U.S. and Israeli airstrikes reportedly caused the deaths of several of his close family members, including his father, mother, and wife. Among the core family members, he is said to be the only survivor. This kind of hatred is not something that can be resolved with a few negotiations. He has openly called for “fighting to the end in bloodshed” and clearly stated that he will never negotiate with the United States or Israel. Compared with the elder Khamenei, he is far more hardline. In his later years, the elder Khamenei still allowed the Iran nuclear deal to happen, but Mojtaba refuses even the slightest compromise.

Looking ahead at the situation between the United States and Israel, one thing is certain. Once Iran stabilizes internally, its retaliation will only grow stronger.

For Israel, the threat on its doorstep could become overwhelming. Mojtaba is expected to fully support Hezbollah in Lebanon and Palestinian armed groups. The intensity of rocket and drone attacks could double, and Israel’s domestic air defense systems may struggle to withstand saturation attacks.

For the United States, military bases in the Middle East and key maritime routes could face serious pressure.

The most critical point is that even if the United States wants negotiations, the door may already be closed. Mojtaba’s power is supported by the Revolutionary Guard. Any compromise from him would be seen as betrayal. The United States has effectively replaced a potential negotiating counterpart with someone driven by revenge. Now that they want to step back, it may already be too late.

This conflict is likely to continue escalating.

China is right now recording the literal highest trade surpluses in human history and rapidly expanding its military edge (both technologically and industrially) over the american regime.

Meanwhile, Iran is humiliating the american regime and depleting it of whatever little military material they still had (keep in mind Russia had already started rapidly depleting all of nato, including the american regime). Remember that the american regime can't replace what it loses, as it depends on China, but China has been blocking material for military purposes. On top of that, the american regime lacks the know-how, it doesn't have competent industries and ridiculously lags behind technologically (e.g. hypersonics).

This is why it's good to understand China instead of sitting back and trying to "advise" the sole superpower in the world today, who didn't even need colonialism to destroy colonialism both economically and militarily, on how to manage itself.

Being humble will make you wiser.

This is funny because even knife and fork was unsightly to traditional Chinese. That is why food was prepared in bite sized pieces to use with chopsticks alone. Ask AI about how ancient Chinese viewed Europeans using forks and knives at the dinner table.

This was a time when western soft power was at a peak and the ills of social media were less known. Blocking western tech companies didn't make sense to most people.

China's government made a difficult choice but ultimately it has paid off. Looking at the ukraine crisis we can see how the american government pretends its tech companies are independent when in reality it uses it as a weapon in foreign policy

Lets start with the very basics.

Capitalism is both a political and economic system and as defined is the private ownership of the means of production where productive resources like land, banks, factories etc are owned and controlled by private individuals or corporations rather than the state itself.

In this system, the activity is driven by the pursuit of the accumulation of capital through wage labor to extract the surplus value from the laboring proletariat class for the benefit of the few over the well-being of the collective.

In this system, the Capitalists (Billionaires, landlords, investors etc) are the dominant class as opposed to royalty or a priestly class or a military junta and exert significant political and economical influence for their own interests. The state is effectively a dictatorship of capital controlled by Capitalists to serve the interests of capital.

The actual meaning of Liberalism is the liberalization of markets and liberty meaning the freedom of Capitalists to accumulate and exercise control with minminal involvement from the state while enshrining private property protections. In a Capitalist system, these liberal principles do not exist in a vacuum, they directly protect and legitimize the accumulation of private capital. The state, under liberalism, functions as the instrument of capital, enforcing private property rights and maintaining the conditions necessary for profit generation.

Anyone who is a liberal supports Capitalism by default and upholds the interests of the Capitalist class.

Onto China.

Markets =/= Capitalism.

Thats basic economics 101 and having a market economy isn't incompitable with Socialism.

Both Liberals and even Leftist though typically Anarchists and Trotskyists (within the Imperial Core) often label China as "State Capitalist" and that Deng Xiaoping shifted away from Socialism to Free Market Capitalism often misusing or taking his quotes out of context.

Like the famous, “It doesn’t matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice," when he actually meant pragmatism over dogma.

Deng Xiaoping used markets as a pragamtic tool for Socialist Modernization not as a ideological compromise. Deng Xiaoping’s reforms didn’t emerge out of a vacuum either, they were built on the foundation laid by Mao Zedong himself like the industrial and educational foundation.

Anyway~

Shitlibs often use the argument that China has more billionaires than the US (nevermind they are rapidly declining), but forgets to mention that these same billionaires wealth hold no actual influence or power nor do they have the ability to form independent platforms to represent their interests and hence are not an actual social class. As Class is defined by power over production and the political power to enforce their will onto the state for their own benefit over the collective. Their wealth is entirely conditional. They are forced to operate entirely under the supervision of the CPC.

As for the Stock market, China’s real economy is overwhelmingly dominated by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and government directed investment, meaning market fluctuations have minimal impact on national economic planning or political party authority. The CPC maintains majority ownership or controlling stakes in key industries and major firms, directing capital toward collective national objectives rather than private accumulation. In practice, the state effectively controls well over half of China’s economic activity, which generates roughly 68% of government revenue.

Much of what’s labeled the “private sector” within China isn’t truly independent. It largely consists of self-employed individuals, small family businesses, and worker cooperative ventures, not politically autonomous Capitalist enterprises.

In short, China is not a Free Market, capitalist state not even remotely close, its a state guided, Socialist market economy, where markets exist as tools even then SEZ are being gradually phased out.

With the recent Israel-Iran war I'm trying to understand China’s long-term strategy here. The US, NATO, and Israel have been actively reshaping the world military interventions, regime change, economic warfare, and building networks of vassal states and puppet leaders across the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia and beyond.

Meanwhile, China seems to be taking a much more passive, economic-focused approach. They build infrastructure, offer loans, and talk cooperation but they don’t intervene when the West destabilizes regions, installs client governments, or ignites proxy wars.

Here's my concern: If this continues unchecked, won’t China eventually find itself completely surrounded? Economically strong, I guess but isolated politically and strategically, with no real allies and everyone else under Western influence or coercion.

And if the U.S. is clearly preparing for conflict with China who's going to back China when it finds itself cornered? Yes I agree that it’s impossible to militarily conquer China but if the West has everyone on the globe as their proxies then it becomes very easy to isolate and cripple China, without a war or conflict.

So my questions:

Is China playing the long game wisely, or passively watching the net tighten?

Should it be more active in supporting anti-Western powers or forming counter-alliances (BRICS+, Iran, Syria, etc.)?

What happens if everyone else has already been bought or bullied into siding with the West by the time China is forced to fight?

Genuinely curious how others see this.

Racism against the individual

Born as a Malaysian Chinese person, I have always been aware that we Chinese were not welcome in Malaysia. My parents told me stories of the 513 incident (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_May_incident) which they experienced as children, racial riots which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of ethnic Chinese.

There was also the anti-Chinese sentiment in neighbouring Indonesia, where close to a million people, mostly ethnic Chinese, were killed in a violent purge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965%E2%80%9366). I have only found out recently, that this was in fact orchestrated by the CIA in order to install Suharto who was sympathetic to the Western world.

Then there were the 1998 Indonesian riots, in which thousands of Chinese were killed, raped and robbed.

Malaysian Parliament gives us many gems which are seen daily on the streets, including  “Balik Cina” or “Balik Tongsan” (https://youtu.be/d_jIFDAubxs?si=FrtjLFvnMLq3f2EE&t=100), meaning “go back to China”.

After coming to Australia to study, I thought it was different. I went through my university years devoid of racism, but only after entering the workforce did I realize – it was because of university policy: international students were too valuable and discrimination against them was not tolerated.

Going out for drinks with workmates, racist views start coming out, I have experienced on two separate occasions with different people, properly drunk associate even aggressively approached anyone not white and asking “do you think you belong here? I don’t think so. I don’t think you belong here, you should go back where you came from.” They were disciplined, but that was only a reminder they should keep their thoughts to themselves. The thoughts are still there.

You can walk around Northbridge in Perth on Friday night and have a good 50% chance of hearing “Go back to CHYNA”.

My parents went to university in the UK, and told us they had the same issues. While on holiday in the EU and New Zealand, same issues. I was not at all surprised to hear the string of racist attacks in New Zealand. 805 hate crimes committed against Asians in 14 months.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/08/exclusive-racism-homophobia-fuelling-thousands-of-crimes-in-new-zealand-each-year-figures-show

All within a month in Auckland: 16 Chinese boy bashed on face with metal rod, Asian father threatened in front of his son, Chinese father bashed outside a supermarket.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/07/08/utuu-j08.html

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/second-racist-attack-in-auckland-off-duty-police-officer-abused-while-picking-up-kids-from-school/Z356AWISK6Z67CRWEZGHASGCN4/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/innocent-father-bashed-outside-supermarket-in-shocking-racist-unprovoked-north-shore-assault/FQQZXBGCM7M46RLQZJCSOQPOCQ/#google_vignette

There are countless others from the US, Canada and the UK, I’m sure you guys can share your experiences and any incidents.

Attacks on perception of the race and the country

I have previously made a comment summarizing how the West never accepts any Chinese related item in positive light, it must always be twisted to look bad.

(https://www.reddit.com/r/Sino/comments/1erymwj/comment/li2wmnv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

In every topic, and I do mean every single topic, the West chooses to focus on details that make China look bad, and ignore truths that would point at their own responsibility. From climate action painting China as the big red target https://climateactiontracker.org/ ,ignoring past emissions and per capita calculations https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2 , to military affairs calling China “aggressive” https://2017-2021.state.gov/chinas-military-aggression-in-the-indo-pacific-region/, conveniently ignoring how the US has planned and carried out a containment plan against China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_chain_strategy immediately beginning from the “Loss of China”, which Noam Chomsky points out - you can’t lose something that’s not yours, unless you thought it belonged to you.

Only the West could practice military drills on China’s immediate maritime border, and call foul when China sees them off: https://www.reuters.com/world/australia-pm-says-chinese-navy-incident-that-injured-diver-was-dangerous-2023-11-20/ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/06/canberra-accuses-chinese-fighter-jet-of-dropping-flares-dangerously-close-to-australian-helicopter

Note that for these 2 incidents above the news calls it “international waters”, never mind it is RIGHT on the Chinese maritime border. Who knows if they are planting smart mines in the Yellow Sea shipping lanes?

I was just letting my TV play random youtube videos the other day, and realized even this seemingly innocuous documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXmX_E7qWM was a hit piece against Chinese aquaculture. The filmmakers make up vague terms and call the European aquaculture “high quality” and show it in the best light possible, while taking extra care to put in an ugly filter and X-files music (25:05, 34:19) when showcasing the Chinese aquaculture. It is also obvious that these fimmakers approached the Chinese farmers with a false pretense for promoting their business, when in fact they focus heavily on filming bottles of chemicals.

Someone who does not have exposure to Chinese media will simply form an initial negative perception of China and Chinese people, and it is always easy to reinforce existing opinions.

Progress to Modern China

My first visit to China was as a child over 25 years ago. Back then, it was indeed a poor place, hardly any cars, bicycles everywhere, shit on the footpaths, scammers, pickpockets and beggars everywhere, brazen prostitutes and pimps on the streets of Shenzhen. Black soot in my nose every night after getting back to the hotel. I remember being repulsed by the place and the people, and I also remember my parents telling me: “You and I are no different from them. The rest of the world will not view us differently from them. And they are right. Your grandparents had the fortune to escape China during the wars, that is all.”

I remember my parents (born Malaysian) celebrating every occasion – the return of Hongkong, approval to host the Olympics, joining WTO – and being quite confused about why they cared about such things that didn’t affect our lives. Only after growing up did I realize – as China’s presence on the world stage grew, so did our own opportunities. The world’s respect for Chinese people is absolutely tied to China’s status. And it makes perfect sense! If your people cannot prove that they are capable of building their own country, you will always be viewed as an inferior parasite who can’t do anything right.

Last year, I visited China after the national Golden Week. I was absolutely blown away, in so many aspects. State of the art infrastructure and facilities, not just one or two, but everywhere. High speed rail that was clean, efficient, and fast, bridges and tunnels stretching everywhere further than I could imagine, in every direction. While the US spent $300 million everyday for 20 years in Afghanistan to kill 243,000 people, China spent a third of that cost to build the world’s largest high speed rail network.

Cyberpunk shopping districts, spotless wireless and cell connectivity even in the most remote of mountain gullies. High quality productions for TV and cinema, all in the Chinese language. Impeccable services at great prices – food delivery, public and private transport, anything you can think of that is possible with current technology – China has already implemented it.

EVs everywhere, the air quality was fixed. The stream in Wuyishan which I visited as a child was barren back then – now it is absolutely teeming with its endemic species. Chinese giant salamanders in Zhangjiajie which were once a rarity – I saw twice in its natural habitat in the Jinbianxi. I now know that the Chinese central government knew the effects of industrialization on the environment, had to proceed with it anyway, and saved these species in special facilities until the country reached a point where they could afford to control pollution and enforce environmental laws, to release them back into their natural habitats.

Incredible foresight, planning and willpower in execution. These 3 things truly shine through the advancements that China has made. And I completely understand why the Chinese leadership has earned its legitimacy with the people, why they rebuke Western criticisms for their methods – the proof is in the pudding! And I can understand why those in the West who witness this, may feel threatened – if this is what they are capable of in 40 years, they WILL outstrip the West in every facet soon. It's not about democracy vs communism, Vietnam has a ruling communist party and the West has no problem with it. It's about capabilities, and China has shown itself to be incredible!

And if China embraces Western military doctrine, the West will be doomed. That’s where the talk of “windows” comes from, they have a very limited timeframe in which they still have the potential to best and crush China under their combined heel. If things progress peacefully as they currently do, come 2040 and that will no longer be even a remote possibility.

And the last and most important thing, which I cannot stress enough, in comparison to what I have experienced everywhere else, all my life – as described in the first section above.

All my time in China, whenever anyone found out I was not from there, their response was “欢迎回国“。

According to Appfigures, Red Note (aka Xiaohongshu) currently ranks #1 in the Apple App Stores of the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia, Denmark, Belgium, among others.

It is currently ranked top #3 in Germany, Italy, France, New Zealand, and many other countries.

If you spend just 10 minutes scrolling through Red Note and reading the comments, you will see many foreigners being surprised and flabbergasted about how different China is compared to what they perceived China was. If you go on TikTok, you can see many videos of people (especially Americans) reporting back on what they witnessed in Red Note and being angry at their national propaganda lying to them that China is a horrible place to be in. One American girlie commented on TikTok saying "I went from having never considered China as a travel destination to being no.1 in my travel bucket list".

At the same time, China has a visa-free policy for most of these countries where Red Note is trending (list here), and I have seen the Chinese tourism board wasting no time in letting Red Note users know about this policy. Based on Red Note and TikTok comments, there is a clear spike in international interest in visiting China (will need Chinese tourism to confirm the numbers at the end of the year).

The Western community is starting to wake up and see the truth about modern China, and I believe this has planted the seed for further integration, friendship, and cooperation among the people of China and the Western hemisphere. 2025 and beyond is starting to look a lot more rosy than previously anticipated.

oh no, if misfortune befalls China in any way (even today), China is pointed as deserving of it, while the West is obviously superior by comparison.

But when a "democracy" elects a greedy irrational leader who drags the west into ruinous war in the Middle East, China gets faulted for "taking advantage" (by protecting its own energy and food supplies).

Might I suggest to Westerners and appeal to their spiritual understanding, that their God rewarded China for wisdom and punished the West for its arrogance and violence.

"But the Meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace."

How marvelous that Westerners often forget the 2nd half of the verse.

Not trolling , this was really disheartening to read. I don't understand how it makes sense or is necessary for China to be involved at all here. What am I missing?

Perhaps shocking to some, but reddit is now filled with Westerners cheering for China. Perhaps it's more due to the rising Hating Trump sentiments, but that says a lot about how much hatred there is for Trump.

also surprisingly, MAGA people are left squirming, barely raising any voices to appeal for "patriotism". Flag waving has really failed because it is a joke now, because all flags are still made in China, and flag factories are not coming back to US.

Also not much appealing for "democracy" or "rule of law", neither of which could do much to stop Trump from destroying US.

So obviously, the only thing left is to cheer for China.

Some others are quietly cheering for China. Asian countries not saying much in public, but proverbially winking at China for backing them up.

Even anti-China Taiwanese and mainlanders are blasting Trump and supporting China's move against Trump's tariffs.

If you must have an analogy, Trump's tariffs are affecting China like a Trade War version of the "Pearl Harbor". China's public has overwhelmingly united behind Chinese government's policy to "fight to the end", and it has brought many nations in sympathy and support of China.

Some have previously said that China might trigger a war to drum up support for the Chinese government.

Well, Mr. Drumpf just provided a justified "trade war" for China to perhaps do exactly that.

The writing was on the wall since 2024 (and likely before): US weapons are depleting fast. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-stockpiles-missiles/#:~:text=Shedding%20more%20light%20on%20roughly,another%20250%20or%20so%20TLAMs.

Israeli intelligence is not stupid. They know that Iran is the ONLY thorn /military threat left in the Middle East, as well as all the Iranian backed groups in Lebanon and Yemen and Palestine. And the ONLY true defense for Israel is US weapons.

Without US weapons defending Israel, Iranian missile would eventually wear out Israeli military spending and makes its occupation of Gaza and other territories impossible to maintain.

With US weapons rapidly depleting, the future forecast was not good.

And Israel took the gamble to try to collapse Iran early before US weapons are used up (especially by other US allies).

US obliged by withholding weapon deliveries to Ukraine, Taiwan and others, and rushing missiles from Saudi to defend Israel.

But the math is still grim, because US has forced China to embargo US (and allies like Japan) of critical elements and materials for weapon building, beyond rare earth minerals, also components for modern gun powder (funny enough made from Xinjiang cotton), etc.

despite massive increases in military budget, the supplies have not increased.

Incompetent US military command right now is possibly even using the War on Iran as more excuse to ask for more military budget, even though US Pentagon has failed in its basic financial audits for 8 consecutive years.

Israel, rightfully believes that US cannot recover its military supply, and the ONLY solution is to break Iran. If Iran falls, even if in potential chaos, Israel has a chance to control the situation in ME by further divide and control tactics.

Otherwise, there was no reason for Israel to press attack on Iran so urgently.

But this urgency of a violent confrontation with Iran, only revealed the underlying weaknesses.

The danger and the risk for all this is the escalation of conflict. If Iran does not collapse, (and it doesn't look like it will), Israel may press US to mount an actual ground invasion, which will force Iran to escalate its retaliations.