If Pakistan keeps trying not to anger the west, we will be at the IMF for the the rest of our life. I don't want to live like that.
Making Pakistan a sovereign country that is not afraid to be sanctioned is how this country will actually achieve something great. Look at China, arguably the next...
Iran embraced what every other country in the region feared: The power of their people. That is why they don't fear any other country and will not allow the will of US, Israel, or Saudi to be imposed on them.
Iron Dome works but it is one of the most expensive AD systems in the world. It is not going to last for a 60 day war if that is what Hamas has in mind.