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petros

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That’s why it’s news.
And also a way for Bibi to lie.

The IDF said it carried out a "precise strike" on Hezbollah's central HQ in southern Beirut. The White House said that the U.S.-French cease-fire proposal between Israel and Lebanon was issued after "careful consultation" with Israel. Netanyahu's office responded that "Israel shares the aims of the U.S.-led initiative" but insisted Israel would keep fighting Hezbollah with "full force." The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen fired a surface-to-surface missile at central Israel that was intercepted by Israeli air defense systems outside the country's airspace. Hamas has stopped responding to cease-fire proposals, diplomatic sources said. Hamas' military wing has been defeated and is currently operating as a guerrilla group in Gaza, IDF sources told Haaretz.
 

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Ive said it before and Ill say it again. Israel doesnt have the capacity to take on Hezbollah alone. They cant even reign in Hamas after 11 months. Lebanon isnt fenced in behind a 30 foot wall and its 20+ Gazas with 10X the arms.
Israel is fighting on seven different fronts since October 7th (2023) including Hezbollah in Lebanon (& Syria) and Iran. Hezbollah isn’t fenced in behind a wall and under Israeli hostages so the IDF doesn’t have to work around the use of its own citizens as body armour with Hezbollah unlike it does with Hamas.
You truly believe Iran is baiting Israel to attack Hezbollah?
Iran wants Israel to be engaged in conflict that doesn’t include Iranian soil, but other places away from Iran itself, while it tries to unite Sunni (90%) & Shiite (10%) against a common “enemy” in the Middle East, and who’s the odd man out in that neighbourhood for Iran to use as that focal point?
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Iran wants a “revolution” but not a “revolution” in Iran, but elsewhere.
In fairness, you could make the case (and many have done so) that Israel is nothing but a foothold in the Middle East for the Western Powers, primarily the US, Britain, and their wannabes in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Western Europe.
That’s right on the (oil) money! The first step to consolidating power (under Iran, of coarse) would be to remove that foothold of “western” (=non-Iranian controllable) power in the Middle East, then it can focus on on outward (great Satan as opposed to the little Satan) expansion of its (Iran’s) power base.
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Iran wants to “export” its (sold as Islam’s) revolution, “not import” it into Iran, so the push against “western” values as being dirty and corrupt, and the push against “western” values like woman’s rights, etc…

Unfortunately, that “foothold” of the “west” is in the way, so it would need to be removed, without the fight (and a possible import of revolution) being in Iran but from it.
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What moves has Iran made since the one volley of missiles that they generously gave 3 days warning for Israel to prepare for?
Yep, making it a “statement” that it can then back away from, keeping its “revolutionary front” in places outside of Iran while still being balls deep in exporting its power base.
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With Iran (Shiite) and Saudi Arabia (Sunni) religiously unaligned, that puts them at odds, and an obstacle to Iranian expansion of its power base. Saudi Arabia was about to “normalize relations” with Israel which would be contrary to Iran’s desires for power expansion…
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….& thus the timing of the October 7th 2023 Hamas invasion of Israel and the Hezbollah October 8th jump-in using the pawns of the “Palestinians” as disposable chess pieces for Iran and the coordinated outrage for their plight, as seen in the last year.
1727532780070.jpegWhy is Iran “hesitant” to step in directly militarily as Israel has focused its attention towards its northern border now and towards Hezbollah? Well, Iran wants to “export” the revolution from Iran to expand its power base, “not import” it into Iran where it could lose its power position to its own citizens.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been killed, the Iran-backed group said on Saturday, confirming his death after the Israeli military said it had eliminated him in an airstrike in Beirut the day before. Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV started airing Koran verses after his death was announced.
Lebanon, until the last decade or two, was majority Catholic-ish, but isn’t now, with the Muslim majority (now) split about equally between Sunni & Shiite, which influences their political views (Sunni & Shiite Lebanese views towards Iran and Hezbollah), and thus the “Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV aired Koran verses after his death was announced” to try to have Iran (& in turn Hezbollah) attempt to unite Lebanese Muslims against Israel instead of Iran and Hezbollah that have brought war to Lebanon’s doorstep…again.
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It’s not like Iran and Israel are neighbours fighting over their property lines, but Israel, through its existence, is in Iran’s way to its goals of Islamic expansionism (with its Shitte flavour being dominant of coarse even though it’s only 10% or so of Muslims).
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Hezbollah has been waging hostilities with Israel since the eruption of the Gaza war a year ago, when it opened fire declaring solidarity with its Palestinian ally Hamas, who has been waging a war timed to interrupt and derail a normalization of relations between Israel and Iran’s religious opposition being Saudi Arabia (with the Saudi’s being predominantly Sunni compared to Iran’s predominantly Shiite).
 
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Israel is fighting on seven different fronts since October 7th (2023) including Hezbollah in Lebanon (& Syria) and Iran. Hezbollah isn’t fenced in behind a wall and under Israeli hostages so the IDF doesn’t have to work around the use of its own citizens as body armour with Hezbollah unlike it does with Hamas.

Iran wants Israel to be engaged in conflict that doesn’t include Iranian soil, but other places away from Iran itself, while it tries to unite Sunni (90%) & Shiite (10%) against a common “enemy” in the Middle East, and who’s the odd man out in that neighbourhood for Iran to use as that focal point?
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Iran wants a “revolution” but not a “revolution” in Iran, but elsewhere.

That’s right on the (oil) money! The first step to consolidating power (under Iran, of coarse) would be to remove that foothold of “western” (=non-Iranian controllable) power in the Middle East, then it can focus on on outward (great Satan as opposed to the little Satan) expansion of its (Iran’s) power base.
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Iran wants to “export” its (sold as Islam’s) revolution, “not import” it into Iran, so the push against “western” values as being dirty and corrupt, and the push against “western” values like woman’s rights, etc…

Unfortunately, that “foothold” of the “west” is in the way, so it would need to be removed, without the fight (and a possible import of revolution) being in Iran but from it.
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Yep, making it a “statement” that it can then back away from, keeping its “revolutionary front” in places outside of Iran while still being balls deep in exporting its power base.
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With Iran (Shiite) and Saudi Arabia (Sunni) religiously unaligned, that puts them at odds, and an obstacle to Iranian expansion of its power base. Saudi Arabia was about to “normalize relations” with Israel which would be contrary to Iran’s desires for power expansion…
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….& thus the timing of the October 7th 2023 Hamas invasion of Israel and the Hezbollah October 8th jump-in using the pawns of the “Palestinians” as disposable chess pieces for Iran and the coordinated outrage for their plight, as seen in the last year.
View attachment 25031Why is Iran “hesitant” to step in directly militarily as Israel has focused its attention towards its northern border now and towards Hezbollah? Well, Iran wants to “export” the revolution from Iran to expand its power base, “not import” it into Iran where it could lose its power position to its own citizens.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been killed, the Iran-backed group said on Saturday, confirming his death after the Israeli military said it had eliminated him in an airstrike in Beirut the day before. Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV started airing Koran verses after his death was announced.
Lebanon, until the last decade or two, was majority Catholic-ish, but isn’t now, with the Muslim majority (now) split about equally between Sunni & Shiite, which influences their political views (Sunni & Shiite Lebanese views towards Iran and Hezbollah), and thus the “Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV aired Koran verses after his death was announced” to try to have Iran (& in turn Hezbollah) attempt to unite Lebanese Muslims against Israel instead of Iran and Hezbollah that have brought war to Lebanon’s doorstep…again.
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It’s not like Iran and Israel are neighbours fighting over their property lines, but Israel, through its existence, is in Iran’s way to its goals of Islamic expansionism (with its Shitte flavour being dominant of coarse even though it’s only 10% or so of Muslims).
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Hezbollah has been waging hostilities with Israel since the eruption of the Gaza war a year ago, when it opened fire declaring solidarity with its Palestinian ally Hamas, who has been waging a war timed to interrupt and derail a normalization of relations between Israel and Iran’s religious opposition being Saudi Arabia (with the Saudi’s being predominantly Sunni compared to Iran’s predominantly Shiite).
Give your fucking head a shake to rattle loose your 56 years of Zionist indoctrination, Russia has been using the "human shield line" the same way Israel is.

Why are Kursk public facilties all intact? Because its a fucking war crime. If Ukraine did that arms and aid would be cut and the NATO and EU bids cancelled abruptly. Is Adolf Netanyahu and the Jewish extremists are being threatened of similar by most of the world Govts and Admin bodies. Yes they fucking are. being threatened with being cut off but we arent Jewish so it a big fucking joke that they have to follow Christian, Muzzie, Hindu, Buddhist Sikh and others moral high grounds.

Knowing your enemy is a golden rule and so is knowing an alleged ally. Many an ally has fucked over partners.

Zionist Israel isnt an ally,. We're funding ans babysitting an extremist terrorist cult. When have they actually stepped up and fought side by side with the dirty inhuman pig Goyim?

Why is Ukraine fighting Wagner in Africa and Middle East? Is the JKK arming Ukraine? Fuck no cuz Holocaust? That would be the perfect job for the "ally" Western (Christian goyim funded) Mossad instead of the СбУ. Ukrainians are Goyim that historically treated Jews like Jews treat Palestians? So fuck that noise cause Pogroms? Is that why they dont help Ukraine?
Whats's stopping Putin from seizing Israeli gas fields in the Med Via Wagner for the benefit of Russia, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria? Ukraine is not the chosen by Gos Zionist wannabe Jews.

Egypt has done 1000X more for Ukraine than Israel. Egpyt saved Ukraine for losing by supplying artillery, tank ammo and small arms ammo. What has Israel coughed up? Old Testement thoughts and prayers?
 
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Now, with the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah confirmed killed, the region, after 11 months, has finally stepped over the brink and into a place it has truly never been before.

All eyes will turn to the response by Tehran. It faces the fateful choice it has always sought to avoid and one its new reformist leadership in particular did not wish to make.

If it simply angrily condemns Israel for the destruction of the centrepiece of the axis of resistance that it has laboriously built up over so many years, or calls on others to take unspecified action, Iran’s credibility is in jeopardy.
Yep, making it a “statement” that it can then back away from, keeping its “revolutionary front” in places outside of Iran while still being balls deep in exporting its power base.
But pragmatism may lead Iran to advise Hezbollah to absorb the losses and accept a ceasefire that does not also bring about a ceasefire in Gaza, Hezbollah’s stated objective.
Iran wants to “export” its (sold as Islam’s) revolution, “not import” it into Iran, so the push against “western” values as being dirty and corrupt, and the push against “western” values like woman’s rights, etc…
If on the other hand Iran instead launches a direct military reprisal against Israel, it has to be meaningful. It knows it will be going into battle against a military that has proved the deadly value of its vastly superior technological and intelligence capabilities. Israel’s intelligence has clearly penetrated deep inside Hezbollah and may have done the same in Tehran.

In what is likely to be a holding statement, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called on Muslims on Saturday “to stand by the people of Lebanon and the proud Hezbollah with whatever means they have and assist them in confronting the … wicked regime [of Israel]”.
Why is Iran “hesitant” to step in directly militarily as Israel has focused its attention towards its northern border now and towards Hezbollah? Well, Iran wants to “export” the revolution from Iran to expand its power base, “not import” it into Iran where it could lose its power position to its own citizens.
There was also merry-making inside Iran, Hezbollah’s chief sponsor.

A video posted to social media showed some women in the Islamic Republic toasting to the news. While they did not show their faces, the speaker in the video said in Persian that they, “the children of Iran, send a congratulatory message to everyone for the death of Hassan Nasrallah and congratulate the Iranian nation,” adding a thank you for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

With a (US) presidential election near and Netanyahu enjoying a surge in domestic popularity – as well as few Arab states shedding tears about Nasrallah’s demise – the US appears to have few options available. Netanyahu insists he is winning and on course for total victory.

At the moment, unless Iran proves to be more decisive than it has been so far, it is Netanyahu the great survivor who is in the driving seat.
Iran wants a “revolution” but not a “revolution” in Iran, but elsewhere.
Israel said it bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday, expanding its confrontation with Iran's allies in the region after killing the Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday in an escalating conflict in Lebanon.

The airstrikes on Yemen's port of Hodeidah were in response to Houthi missile attacks on Israel in recent days, Israel said, amid fears that Middle East fighting could spin out of control and draw in Iran and Israel's main ally the United States.

Nasrallah's death dealt a particularly significant blow to the group which he led for 32 years, and it was followed by new Hezbollah rocket fire on Israel, while Iran said his death would be avenged.

In Iran, which helped create Hezbollah in the early 1980s, senior figures mourned the death of a senior Revolutionary Guards member killed alongside Nasrallah, and Tehran called for a U.N. Security Council meeting on Israel's actions.

(The international community, through the UN Security Council, has demanded multiple times that Hezbollah disarm. Instead, Hezbollah has continually ignored these demands)
Nasrallah had not only made Hezbollah into a powerful domestic force in Lebanon during his 32 years as leader, but helped turn it into the linchpin of Iran's network of allied groups in the Arab world.

Bucking condemnations of Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah by the leaders of some Middle East nations, some in the region took to the streets to celebrate the Lebanese terror chief’s demise, including in Syria and Iran, two key backers of Hezbollah.

Even before Hezbollah on Saturday confirmed his death, festivities broke out over the possibility that Nasrallah had been killed in a Friday evening airstrike in Beirut.
 

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1727675610975.jpegA McDonald's spokesman has gleefully confirmed that the burger giant's turnover rate is now no longer the highest in the world, as the recent, explosive spike in turnover at Hezbollah has officially put the terrorist organization well past McDonald's notorious 250%.
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According to Mickey Deese, a McDonald's spokesperson whose family has been associated with the fast-food corporation for three generations, the new development was a welcome surprise to the burger joint.
"We tried to give the folks at Hezbollah a call to thank them for their hard work, but they wouldn't pick up for some reason," Deese said as he signed a plaque reading "We're Not Number One Anymore." "It was touch and go here for a while — we've been losing 'em almost as fast as we can teach them to scoop fries. I wonder how Hezbollah manages to do it over there. I do hear their business is really booming of late."
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Hezbollah representatives did not respond to an invitation to comment via telephone, telegraph, pager, or even fax.
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At publishing time, McDonald's had sadly pulled back into the number one spot after local cashier Jerry Campbell quit to pursue a new career at a car wash.
 

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Give your fucking head a shake to rattle loose your 56 years of Zionist indoctrination, Russia has been using the "human shield line" the same way Israel is.
The difference is Hamas actually does use human shields. It's not exactly the world's best kept secret. The PLO started that shit near the end of their time as a new tactic was decided upon. Instead of trying to destroy Israel militarily which wasn't working out too well for the Arab-muslim world they decided to try and win the war via public opinion. Dead civilians automatically equals the other side is evil, even when it doesn't. How many German civilians did the Allies blow to hell? Were we the "evil guys"?
 

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Just curious Petros. Does it feel weird siding with Ruzzia, the CCP, Iran, Hezbollah (what's left of 'em) and the Houthis on this one?
 

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The difference is Hamas actually does use human shields. It's not exactly the world's best kept secret. The PLO started that shit near the end of their time as a new tactic was decided upon. Instead of trying to destroy Israel militarily which wasn't working out too well for the Arab-muslim world they decided to try and win the war via public opinion. Dead civilians automatically equals the other side is evil, even when it doesn't. How many German civilians did the Allies blow to hell? Were we the "evil guys"?
Says who? Israel? How can they have human shields when the Jew Klux Klan supremacists dont see them as human?

Meanwhile...

Haaretz Investigation: Israeli Army Uses Palestinian Civilians to Inspect Potentially Booby-trapped Tunnels in Gaza

'Our lives are more important than their lives': Gazans not suspected of terrorism are detained and sent as human shields to search tunnels and houses before IDF soldiers enter, with the full knowledge of senior Israeli officers, several sources say; IDF claims this practice is forbidden
 

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If Israel loses once, it’s gone. It’s one hell of a motivator. Time will tell…
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Jewish Supremacy is killing Israel's hopes of survival. Cival war is still on the table.

It takes money to be Jewish Supremacists.

Their economy is just got fucked hard up the financial cornhole.

It's the Economy, Netanyahu: Moody's Grim Warning for Israel

Moody's language wasn't diplomatic, but it also wasn't as blunt as it could have been in saying what its economists really think about the government and its policies

Haaretz Editorial
Sep 30, 2024 6:45 am IDT

The assassinations of Hezbollah's leadership in Lebanon must not be allowed to obscure the very grave economic development that occurred last weekend – Moody's decision to lower Israel's credit rating by two notches, after having previously lowered it by one notch in February. This is a harsh and unprecedented step that reflects a loss of faith in Israel's government and its policies.

Oopsies!
 
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So would that be the eighth front that they’re fighting on?
Fighting what? Nobody wants to deal with the Jew Klux Klan. They need to take ownership of who they are. Nobody sees them as the fluffy bunnies of Mid East any longer. They've become the Nazis they fled from.
 

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Fighting what? Nobody wants to deal with the Jew Klux Klan. They need to take ownership of who they are. Nobody sees them as the fluffy bunnies of Mid East any longer. They've become the Nazis they fled from.
Or hardened after 75yrs of almost continuous warfare from those around them.
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Like all marriages of convenience, the individual members of Tehran’s network of terrorist groups have divergent interests and objectives. Apart from their utility to Iran and their enmity towards Israel, the United States and the West, the only trait they seem to share is their narcissistic main character syndrome.

Hamas thought it was the protagonist in the story. The psychopath Yahyah Sinwar, top planner of October 7 and now Hamas’s political leader, believed that the attack would tank Israel’s historic normalization deal with Saudi Arabia. That it would bring about the death of the Jewish State of Israel and the birth of the Islamic State of Palestine. Though millions of people believed him, he was wrong. All Sinwar did was bring death and destruction to the people whose interests he claimed to represent.

Hezbollah also thought it was the protagonist in the story. Terror group leader Hassan Nasrallah, isolated in his bunker and surrounded by yes-men, believed his own propaganda. That Israel was shaking in fear. That Israelis had their suitcases packed and would flee abroad at a moment’s notice. That he would liberate Jerusalem and pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Though millions of people believed him, he was wrong. All Nasrallah did was bring death and destruction to the people whose interests he claimed to represent.

From the Israeli perspective, Hamas and Hezbollah are not the main characters in the story. Israel and Iran are. One will do what it must to obtain nuclear weapons. The other will do what must be done to prevent that from happening.

With the lessons from the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s in mind, Tehran needed to insulate itself from external threats. Unlike Jerusalem, Iran was unable to procure modern air defence systems or a sophisticated air force. Thus, it invested billions of dollars into building a network of militias across the Middle East for the past four decades. This projected Iranian power and kept regional adversaries like Saudi Arabia and Israel busy.

Despite knowing that Tehran is on the verge of obtaining a nuclear weapon, it seems that the international community — led by the United States — has done its utmost to delay Israel’s victory and save the Iran-backed terrorist groups from total defeat. To say that the international community has constantly moved the goalposts is an understatement.

“Don’t enter Rafah, because there is no way to avoid civillian casualties in an urban area so dense!”

“Don’t take control of the Philadelphi Corridor, because Egypt will withdraw from its peace treaty with Israel!”

“Don’t escalate the conflict with Hezbollah, because that will violate the rules of engagement and prompt the Lebanese terrorists to destroy Israel!”

Though the long list of excuses and roadblocks goes on and on, Israel dispelled every myth. It steamrolled through every fake “red line” imposed by the international community and its professional escalation managers. Only to be rewarded with victory after victory after victory.

Though it may appear counterintuitive that elements of the U.S. government would restrain their closest ally in the Middle East, it is not surprising to those who understand the thinking that drives many of the mediocre and risk-averse doves who influence policy in Washington (the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)).

I’m old enough to remember when Barack Obama, as president, sought to alter both Washington’s reputation and its role in the Middle East. Americans weren’t liked. China was on the rise. The missions to Iraq and Afghanistan were expensive and unpopular. So, he and his circle of advisors concluded that Washington should withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq. Obama wanted the U.S. to pursue its interests and project power in the Middle East through understanding instead of strength, which would provide stability and prosperity.

Then the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011. Bashar al-Assad, the Iran- and Russia-backed butcher of Damascus, crossed Obama’s red line regarding chemical weapons. While the CIA spent billions arming the rebels, it seems the White House and State Department still did their utmost to save Assad. That war ended in a stalemate, Syria is a failed state. U.S. policy was weak and ineffective.

Then the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) emerged. Washington re-deployed U.S. soldiers to Iraq. It also trained, armed and strengthened Iran-backed militias to help defeat ISIL. While the war against ISIL in Iraq ended in victory, those same Iran-backed militias have since turned their guns against Washington and its Kurdish partners. They have also smuggled weapons to other Iranian militias in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, making life difficult for Israel.

Washington has spent the better part of a decade enforcing a delicate balance of power as a biased referee. The U.S. favours its allies, but it doesn’t favour them enough to help them achieve victory.

One side of this balance of power, the American-aligned bloc, includes the governments of Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria. Members of this group do not fight each other.

The other side of the equation is Iran’s “Axis of Resistance.” This includes non-state actors such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, Kata’ib Hezbollah in Iraq, Saraya al-Ashtar in Bahrain, Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen as well as the Assad regime in Syria.

Nearly o have been killed in the wars between these two blocs since Obama sought to pursue U.S. interests in the Middle East through understanding instead of strength. Millions more have been displaced. Lebanon, Yemen and Syria have become failed states hijacked by Iran-backed terrorist groups. Iraq is not that far behind. Don’t even get me started on Libya.

Whether with America’s blessing or not, Israel has finally taken matters into its own hands. The Jewish state, endowed with a great memory, a long arm and many scores to settle, is decimating Iran’s so-called “Axis of Resistance.” Hamas collapsed like a house of cards just like Lebanese Hezbollah will. Rest assured, the day will come when the Assad regime in Syria and the Islamic Republic of Iran do too.

Stop prolonging the suffering. Do the right thing. Stand with Israel as it breaks Iran’s “Axis of Resistance” and remakes the Middle East.
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Or hardened after 75yrs of almost continuous warfare from those around them.
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Like all marriages of convenience, the individual members of Tehran’s network of terrorist groups have divergent interests and objectives. Apart from their utility to Iran and their enmity towards Israel, the United States and the West, the only trait they seem to share is their narcissistic main character syndrome.

Hamas thought it was the protagonist in the story. The psychopath Yahyah Sinwar, top planner of October 7 and now Hamas’s political leader, believed that the attack would tank Israel’s historic normalization deal with Saudi Arabia. That it would bring about the death of the Jewish State of Israel and the birth of the Islamic State of Palestine. Though millions of people believed him, he was wrong. All Sinwar did was bring death and destruction to the people whose interests he claimed to represent.

Hezbollah also thought it was the protagonist in the story. Terror group leader Hassan Nasrallah, isolated in his bunker and surrounded by yes-men, believed his own propaganda. That Israel was shaking in fear. That Israelis had their suitcases packed and would flee abroad at a moment’s notice. That he would liberate Jerusalem and pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Though millions of people believed him, he was wrong. All Nasrallah did was bring death and destruction to the people whose interests he claimed to represent.

From the Israeli perspective, Hamas and Hezbollah are not the main characters in the story. Israel and Iran are. One will do what it must to obtain nuclear weapons. The other will do what must be done to prevent that from happening.

With the lessons from the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s in mind, Tehran needed to insulate itself from external threats. Unlike Jerusalem, Iran was unable to procure modern air defence systems or a sophisticated air force. Thus, it invested billions of dollars into building a network of militias across the Middle East for the past four decades. This projected Iranian power and kept regional adversaries like Saudi Arabia and Israel busy.

Despite knowing that Tehran is on the verge of obtaining a nuclear weapon, it seems that the international community — led by the United States — has done its utmost to delay Israel’s victory and save the Iran-backed terrorist groups from total defeat. To say that the international community has constantly moved the goalposts is an understatement.

“Don’t enter Rafah, because there is no way to avoid civillian casualties in an urban area so dense!”

“Don’t take control of the Philadelphi Corridor, because Egypt will withdraw from its peace treaty with Israel!”

“Don’t escalate the conflict with Hezbollah, because that will violate the rules of engagement and prompt the Lebanese terrorists to destroy Israel!”

Though the long list of excuses and roadblocks goes on and on, Israel dispelled every myth. It steamrolled through every fake “red line” imposed by the international community and its professional escalation managers. Only to be rewarded with victory after victory after victory.

Though it may appear counterintuitive that elements of the U.S. government would restrain their closest ally in the Middle East, it is not surprising to those who understand the thinking that drives many of the mediocre and risk-averse doves who influence policy in Washington (the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)).

I’m old enough to remember when Barack Obama, as president, sought to alter both Washington’s reputation and its role in the Middle East. Americans weren’t liked. China was on the rise. The missions to Iraq and Afghanistan were expensive and unpopular. So, he and his circle of advisors concluded that Washington should withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq. Obama wanted the U.S. to pursue its interests and project power in the Middle East through understanding instead of strength, which would provide stability and prosperity.

Then the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011. Bashar al-Assad, the Iran- and Russia-backed butcher of Damascus, crossed Obama’s red line regarding chemical weapons. While the CIA spent billions arming the rebels, it seems the White House and State Department still did their utmost to save Assad. That war ended in a stalemate, Syria is a failed state. U.S. policy was weak and ineffective.

Then the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) emerged. Washington re-deployed U.S. soldiers to Iraq. It also trained, armed and strengthened Iran-backed militias to help defeat ISIL. While the war against ISIL in Iraq ended in victory, those same Iran-backed militias have since turned their guns against Washington and its Kurdish partners. They have also smuggled weapons to other Iranian militias in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, making life difficult for Israel.

Washington has spent the better part of a decade enforcing a delicate balance of power as a biased referee. The U.S. favours its allies, but it doesn’t favour them enough to help them achieve victory.

One side of this balance of power, the American-aligned bloc, includes the governments of Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria. Members of this group do not fight each other.

The other side of the equation is Iran’s “Axis of Resistance.” This includes non-state actors such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, Kata’ib Hezbollah in Iraq, Saraya al-Ashtar in Bahrain, Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen as well as the Assad regime in Syria.

Nearly o have been killed in the wars between these two blocs since Obama sought to pursue U.S. interests in the Middle East through understanding instead of strength. Millions more have been displaced. Lebanon, Yemen and Syria have become failed states hijacked by Iran-backed terrorist groups. Iraq is not that far behind. Don’t even get me started on Libya.

Whether with America’s blessing or not, Israel has finally taken matters into its own hands. The Jewish state, endowed with a great memory, a long arm and many scores to settle, is decimating Iran’s so-called “Axis of Resistance.” Hamas collapsed like a house of cards just like Lebanese Hezbollah will. Rest assured, the day will come when the Assad regime in Syria and the Islamic Republic of Iran do too.

Stop prolonging the suffering. Do the right thing. Stand with Israel as it breaks Iran’s “Axis of Resistance” and remakes the Middle East.
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80 years Zionist supremacist terrorism would have me joining the Christian arm of Hezbollah.
 

petros

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Kill some Jews for Jesus?
Nah, just the fake seculars that self-identify as Jewish.

Since you said you read it this isnt a spoiler.

Revelations 3:9
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but do lie — behold, I will make them to come and worship at thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
 

Ron in Regina

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Hezbollah’s insistence that it can defend Lebanon (?) was supported by backer Iran, which appears wary of the risk of a wider regional war that any direct confrontation with Israel would carry.

Tehran will not deploy forces to Lebanon or Gaza to confront Israel, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, despite Israel’s bombardments of both.
In June, Hashem Safieddine, the possible heir to the now dead Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, threatened Israel by saying, “Let (the enemy) prepare himself to cry and wail.”

But for quite some time, and especially since October 7, Israel has not been content to just mourn its dead, to watch idly as bombs rain down on its cities, or to be the world’s scapegoat for all the troubles in the Middle East.

After the very public horror and evil of October 7 by Hamas, Israel has gone on the offensive. And lately Israel has been sending a very clear message to its enemies: we know where you are, we know how to get you, and we will.

Since October 7, Hezbollah has been launching rocket attacks into northern Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has responded by carrying out attacks in Lebanon, but militarily matters were low level (Israel had its hands full in Gaza).
 

petros

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Hezbollah’s insistence that it can defend Lebanon (?) was supported by backer Iran, which appears wary of the risk of a wider regional war that any direct confrontation with Israel would carry.

Tehran will not deploy forces to Lebanon or Gaza to confront Israel, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, despite Israel’s bombardments of both.
In June, Hashem Safieddine, the possible heir to the now dead Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, threatened Israel by saying, “Let (the enemy) prepare himself to cry and wail.”

But for quite some time, and especially since October 7, Israel has not been content to just mourn its dead, to watch idly as bombs rain down on its cities, or to be the world’s scapegoat for all the troubles in the Middle East.

After the very public horror and evil of October 7 by Hamas, Israel has gone on the offensive. And lately Israel has been sending a very clear message to its enemies: we know where you are, we know how to get you, and we will.

Since October 7, Hezbollah has been launching rocket attacks into northern Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has responded by carrying out attacks in Lebanon, but militarily matters were low level (Israel had its hands full in Gaza).
Its the new Iranian (Aryan) Prez. He is at odds with IRCG.

First the Jewish Space Fog now a President abandoning Hezbollah.

Adolf Netanyahu says we must be friends (for the rail and pipeline to Asia? Its easier to get there through Iran) blah blah blah.

A coupe.
 
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