Challenge: Trump and Sharon - Family Before Country
Dr. Aaron Lerner 14 June 2026

Ariel Sharon was a sharp military genius whose own experience in the system
put him in the unusual position that, despite his rank, he was always open
to challenging the defense establishment consensus.

Sharon consistently did what he thought was the right thing to do for the
nation.

That was, until he felt compelled to unilaterally withdraw from the Gaza
Strip to keep his family out of jail.

Sharon chose family over country.

President Trump may not share Sharon's skill set, but over the past year
this mantra has been drilled into him: No enrichment, no missiles, or no
deal.

But with the mid-term elections rapidly approaching and the real possibility
that a Democrat majority in the House could be the first domino to fall in a
process sending him to prison and the loss of the Trump family fortune,
President Trump is also pushing hard in a desperate move which puts family
over country.

I honestly don't know how we are going to get out of this.

I honestly don't know what combination of technologies and alliances can mee
the timeline which takes Iran , after this deal is signed, to posses such a
massive number of long range ballistic missiles and launchers that we can no
longer defend ourselves.

And to add to the challenge: the Iranians only have the deadline for our
destruction slated for 9 September, 2040.

A patient Iran can build up those missiles without launching them for more
than another decade if they so choose.

Hezbollah can do the same within the "quiet for quiet" arrangement.

So while Iran will have enough ballistic missiles to effectively destroy our
country in a few years, they might opt to wait until our warnings are
stripped of any credibility as we are ridiculed for repeatedly "crying
wolf".

I listen to some podcasts from what might be considered mainline Democrats
as well as elements in the right and when they talk about us it is clear
that there is nothing we can do will placate them.

Making a deal with the Palestinians, even dividing Jerusalem and retreating
to the "Auschwitz lines" of the pre-1967 borders, won't do the trick.

I honestly don't know how we are going to get out of this.

But I do know one thing: the less time we spend focused on assigning the
blame (with an eye on how that might impact our own Knesset elections) and
instead work, united, to meet this existential challenge, the greater our
chances of success.

Because success isn't a political goal.

It is an existential need.
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