General Discussion

The balance of power in the ME is now changing. The US is part of that equation, but so too is the relationship that countries have with Israel. Israel does not have the manufacturing infrastructure, especially supply chain infrastructure, to continue staying armed to the teeth - it is simply too small population wise - and as the presence of the US fades, so too will the ability of Israel to defend itself.

Yes, the US empire is being dismantled in real time right now. Several BIG consequences:
* The ability to project power will diminish rapidly. Kick the US out of Ankhara, out of Ramstein, out of the UK, out of Finland and so forth eventually means the US has no ports to deploy from, no airfields, no staging grounds. It becomes impotent militarily, which has always been its greatest strength on the world stage.
* The dollar as oil reserve currency is being decided right now, though it's been happening for a while. Technologically, there's no longer any real reason for it, but it stayed in force because the US had the military to back that up. Without that, there is no need for other countries to buy US financial instruments - stocks, bonds, treasuries, etc., which has largely propped up the stock market. We're going to see an eighty-year-old trade unwind in the next couple of years, and this is going to make it harder for the US to project power internally as well.
* We're seeing warning signs that the credit market is overly strained at this point, especially with respect to commercial real estate (CRE). Too many buildings are sitting empty because they are no longer needed in an increasingly virtual market, and this is beginning to look a lot like the financial crisis of 2008, but in commercial leases rather than residential mortgages. Combine this with an overhot AI market, and what appears on the horizon is a major depression that will likely spread globally.
* The US is already at least seven proto-countries, maybe more: Southwest, Northwest, Southeast, West Central, the Northeast, Inland Lakes and the Midlands. As the ability of the US to provide services to these regional countries fades (and the threat from a Federal government grows), this is going to lead to a point where one or more of those countries (most notably those on the West Coast) will decide that DC has become a parasite to be protected from, not a benevolent host that provides security.
* We keep hoping that the US will "revert" back to something sane post-Trump, but we also have to acknowledge that MAGA is a parasite, and sometimes extracting that parasite can kill the host. He could keel over tomorrow, but he could also be around for another decade, becoming more and more entrenched. That's what parasites do.