The danger of a wider war, and with it, an upsurge in anti-US sentiments, will remain if Israel and Iran continue with their tit-for-tat reprisals. Incoming US President Donald Trump is strongly pro-Israel. Although he abhors US involvement in foreign wars, he may give Israel a free hand to fight its enemies, including waging a quick destructive war against Iran on the assumption that it would pave the way for the revival of the Abraham Accords between Israel and countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco. Consequently, there would be no early end in sight to anti-US sentiments over Middle Eastern issues in Southeast Asia and to the diversion of US military power to the Middle East.