A U.S. ally, supposedly operating under its own steam, bombed the most important U.S. ally in the region.
Will Brazil content itself with its formal sovereignty, or will it eventually begin seeking to guarantee that formal sovereignty with the backing of the most advanced military technology?
Could Israel be so reckless to scupper such a momentous deal as its own normalisation with the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco?
If the West does not decide to stop, it will be forced to pay the price for all its misdeeds, a price that is much higher and more painful than it can imagine.
Countries targeted by Ukrainian aggression must retaliate to prevent further provocations.
Blocking plans for a new Chinese Embassy in London would set a worrying diplomatic precedent.
As the war in Ukraine nears its conclusion, the risk of arms proliferation and the return of battle-hardened fighters poses a strategic challenge for Brazil — which still has the means to contain the criminal surge, but not for much longer.
The most crucial part of the agreement — preventing either country’s territory from being used against the other — forms the core of the pact, a seed from which a full-fledged military alliance could easily emerge.