Israelis are undergoing great trials. Iranian rockets are striking, but so far without major damage. Forty-three wounded have been hospitalized and 23 discharged.

Two have been killed. It could have been much, much worse. The Iranians seem to lack the technological capability to fine-tune their rockets. They also have problems getting them off the ground after the Israelis cut off the head of their military leadership.

Israel has not gone after the political leadership. The media does not get that. They want to eliminate the threat to Israel.

Will Israel be able to “pull it off”? To come out on the other side. That is what the Americans have lost the ability to do under both Republican and Democratic presidents.

With Trump, it’s different. Trump may redefine what it means to be American. He is reviving an action-oriented, masculine USA that we only know from the silver screen:

John Wayne and Clint Eastwood.

The Western world lacks masculine leaders. They are non-existent. They must look to Israel to find masculinity. Israeli generals are tough guys.

The Jews used to be without a country, defenseless. That is why they fared so badly throughout history. After the attempt to exterminate them, they said Never again! Never again is a life-affirming promise. That is why Netanyahu said: We could not leave the job of removing the threat to the next generation, because then there might not be a next generation.

Jonas Gahr Støre is not stupid. He understands perfectly well what Netanyahu is saying. But he did not want to hear it.

He rejected him. He thought the Israelis should wait and see until Iran had shown that they had the bomb. He said it in no uncertain terms. He chose sides, the other side, not our side. Many people will not have noticed this because the media does not understand or does not want to understand what is going on.

Norway’s prime minister thought Israel should wait, the day after the IAEA said Iran was building the bomb.

No one held him accountable. “You don’t mean that…?”

Yes, that’s what Støre said.

He represents the part of Europe and the West that doesn’t like the Jews becoming strong. Jews used to have to submit to others. That’s what Norwegian commentators and politicians have been doing for decades: Now Israel has to watch out. Now they are going too far. This could be dangerous!

But Israel has only grown in strength and has now demonstrated an ability to project power that impresses the whole world. Israel has the strength – 200 aircraft in the first wave – Mossad inside Iran – and they know exactly where the Iranian leadership is.

This is Artificial Intelligence warfare: You connect a wealth of information sources and know where the various individuals are at all times. Because you are inside the Iranians’ information network, you can lure them into meetings they cannot get out of. Despite having seen this technology used against the Hezbollah leadership and Hamas, the Iranians have not understood how it works. They have been defenseless.

That says something about a regime that is not only technologically backward, but incompetent.

Iranians are beautiful, intelligent people. The Iranian generals look like bandits, unshaven, uncouth, scruffy. They are a disgrace to Iran.

Trump showed what he is made of when he eliminated their great hero, Qassam Soleimani. Soleimani was idolized in Iran. Trump removed him with a surgical strike at the airport in Baghdad. The Democrats went into a tailspin. Was he allowed to do this?

Is a president allowed to protect his people, they asked in reality. Soleimani was preparing attacks on Americans inside Iraq. The liberal media and the Democrats thought Trump should have waited until they were carried out.

Just like Støre.

The West has leaders who no longer defend their people and nations. This is what Israel reveals with its boldness and skill. They are setting a whole new standard. They are exposing Europe as empty vessels, incapable of defending its people.

Europe is threatened by the same forces as Israel. Yet European leaders and the media pretend that the connection does not exist.

They are provoked by Israel’s boldness and courage.

It is a civilization in decline that reacts this way. Europeans and Americans do not deserve such leaders.

In the US, they have elected a new one. Europe is sinking. One worse than the other. There are signs of life: Meloni and Orban and the new popular right-wing parties.

The EU is provoked by Israel’s military and intelligence capabilities. They themselves have been waging war in Ukraine for 3.5 years without result.

This week came the news that the Russians have lost 1 million men. Ukraine only 70,000. Are there people who believe in fairy tales?

The war in Ukraine is a disaster for the EU and the insider circles. They have convinced themselves that they represent the highest stage of civilization. In reality, things are going downhill.

It is clear that the image of Israel, a small nation of ten million, is provocative. They are taking on large nations such as Iran. But Iran is also sick. It is a theocracy ruled by old men. Theocracy is the quickest way to make young people feel disgust for religion.

During the Oslo process, Norwegians were told that they were punching above their weight. The Foreign Ministry could not have received a greater compliment.

Now it is Israel that is punching many weight classes higher, and Europe does not understand it.

Now it is Europe that needs the Jews.