In the quest for regional dominance, there is a military approach that can attempt to crush a country.
This is done with the intention of economic goals, such as trade corridors. This is the story of the Israeli regime, which, backed by the US and its military equipment, has tried to crush the Gaza Strip, and Hamas, then Lebanon and Hezbollah, but in vain. The old but not discarded New Middle East or West Asia as we call it may be an aspiration not discarded, but is still being pursued. Yet, the US and the Israeli regime fail to learn from their defeats in both Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.