I am glad you are writing about this Ben. You bring some much needed knowledge of how religion might feature in it. As for how "Mighty" Israel is, in the scheme of things, there might be much more going on than most realise, it does seem to be following the path identified here:

https://medium.com/@cjmaffei/the-american-descension-into-cold-blooded-savagery-7bf5560f5741