Words and actions are different things, and the imbalance of power allows Israel to take more destructive actions. When was the last time Iran struck Israel?
I’m no fan of Iran, but Israel is far from a good actor or peaceful nation.
When was the last time Iran struck Israel? Is that a joke? April 13th, 2021 Iran struck an Israeli ship. Iran funds and supplies terror groups -- see https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2.... These groups especially try to kill Israelis via rocket attacks, but also American Civilians (e.g., embassy attack).
Israel is absolutely a peaceful nation, as evidenced by numerous recent peace treaties in the region, but being peaceful does not obligate them to await armed conflict as opposed to taking defensive measure.
We should stop selling bombs to everyone in the region, and pull all of our support. If they want to fight each other, let them. As long as the US blindly supports Israel, they will feel empowered to continue not being peaceful. We won’t though, since Israel is the beachhead of the petrodollar into the region. Just like no US president will stop giving weapons to the Saudis.
Israel is like my chihuahua that is only tough when she is on the leash. Let her off the leash and she is much less vicious to other dogs.
For what it's worth, Israel may be a chihuahua, but the reason that a chihuahua holds it's own with the big dogs is because the chihuahua has more at stake in a confrontation. Israel is a Nuclear power, and that's not by America's influence. So the notion that Israel is only tough because of American force is patently false.
Further, the notion that Israel stole land (from who? the Iranians?) and that's the source of the aggression is absurd. Hint -- Iran doesn't recognize Israel's title to any land in the region, let alone contested territory. Iran and Israel further used to have friendly relations with Iran pre revolution. Why the policy change then, and not earlier?