[alluro2]

Not sure if you realize that you could easily be talking about Israel.

[ethbr1]

Indeed, and yet Israel has a seemingly strong alliance with the world's strongest military and normalized relations with many of its Arab neighbors.

I'm no fan of Israel's current insane government, but strategically they outplayed Iran badly in terms of international support.

And when push comes to shove, actual support matters in internal geopolitics.