The only way to fight terror is not via negotiations and certainly not via appeasement. Terrorists must be killed. And Israel, more than any other country is surrounded by countries that are run by terrorists who export terrorism.
Israel’s Air Force is properly feared by it’s neighbors and it is due to American and Israeli technology combined with enormously talented and experienced Israeli pilots that has led to the fantastic success in Israel’s recent war against Iran. There is no question that the cooperation of the US, especially in sharing satellite intelligence, was a vital aspect of this success.
But going forward, there is no question that just as back in 1967, it is the Israeli Air Force that forms the core of Israel’s strategy in dominating it’s terrorist enemies. Without all of the rest of the Israeli Armed Forces, Israel can’t truly capitalize on the success of the Air Force. But there is so much to thank G-d for Israel’s super talented Air Force.
One must recall that back during Israel’s War of Independence in 1948, Israel barely had an Air Force and it partially consisted of small planes with Jews dropping seltzer bottles on Egyptian soldiers. Today, there is no Arab terrorist in the Middle East that doesn’t know that his time is numbered due to the Israeli Air Force.