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'How' so - an interesting choice of words.
As of this morning, there is no sign of the lethal response promised by Gallant. It would appear that Israel which initially attached importance to responding swiftly and directly, is awaiting the THAAD anti-ballistic missile batteries to be set up - and for the U.S. troops that will operate them to arrive in Israel.
THAAD likely is no 'game-changer'. Iran proved on 1 October its ability to saturate and overwhelm Israeli Air Defence capabilities through two successive volleys of incoming ballistic missiles. The point here about the THAAD arrival is that, on the one hand, Israel is running short of intercept missiles, and secondly, that drawing the U.S. into a war between the U.S. and Iran - is hugely more important for Netanyahu than keeping to timetable.
The THAAD batteries paradoxically might do just that (draw the U.S. into the war). With U.S. forces now deployed on the ground in support of Israel's military kinetic action against Iran, Israel effectively inserts an American 'tripwire' into the war drama: Should American soldiers be killed, then the U.S. is at war with Iran; It would feel bound to react forcefully to the deaths of American soldiers.
Netanyahu has been wanting this war for 25 years. He can now see it taking solid shape - directly in front of his eyes. It comes too, from his perspective, at a benign juncture - just before the U.S. elections in which almost every candidate vies to pronounce his or her fealty to Israel.
To be clear, this is no 'small beer'. It may evolve into a major conflict with Russia, should Tehran be threatened. Israel's genocide in Gaza and its inhuman - beyond all Rules of War - bombing of civilians in Lebanon to force a terrorised submission, has turned Russia into a full partner with Iran. Russia therefore, has worked hard to supplement Iranian defences with their own top-of-the-line defence systems.
Russia's role however likely will be confined to providing Iran with this defence assistance: Russian ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance); its latest electronic warfare system; certain missiles; and possibly S-400 Air Defence missiles (though their arrival in Iran has not been confirmed).
Russia will have a prime interest in observing how these weapons perform against an Israeli strike. Should they function well, it will provide a major boost to Russian general deterrence.
And here lies the key point:
For Israeli Zionists and American neocons, the path to a de-fanged Moscow is viewed as passing through a de-capitated and defeated Tehran. Iran winning - the Resistance winning therefore - is very much a Russian interest.Excited by Israel's de-capitation of much of the Hizbullah senior leadership, and heartened perhaps by unauthorised (and wrong) signalling from Iran that it might respond perfunctorily to an Israeli strike, Team Biden might well perceive a new Zionist-led Middle East about to be born.
Will the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon intervene to stop the march to conflict - as they did over Blinken's escalation plans in Ukraine? It seems unlikely. They have unreservedly supported Israel up to now. And they have agreed to send the THAAD batteries.
The Joint Chiefs certainly will have experienced the strong pro-Israeli sentiment in Congress, in marked contrast to the growing disenchantment with Ukraine.
Yet, taking on Iran - supported by Russia and China - is no small thing: Is it truly 'winnable'? What if it isn't? What if Israel loses - and therefore America loses? It would be an earthquake; a humiliation that would shake the western world.
One commentator, James Kroeger, intriguingly predicts:
"Israel's attack, if it comes, will be yet another decapitation strike: This time executed in even more stunning fashion than the one they pulled off vs Nasrallah.""Madness? Yeah. Netanyahu 'madness'" ... Yet, Gallant's enigmatic "lethal, precise and especially surprising: Iran won't understand what happened to it, or how" - odd wording fits neatly with this Kroeger thesis.
"You see, the Pentagon won't sign on to IDF's plans to attack Iran's oil fields or even Iran's buried nuclear industry; but they have a history of supporting Israel when it targets the Resistance leaders who oppose Israel. Didn't the IDF just use 82 - 2,000lb U.S. bombs in Beirut to kill Nasrallah? With full U.S. complicity?
"As a basic concept, the U.S. is likely to approve and possibly even enable a 'decapitation' strike on Iran's key leaders in Tehran in the belief that Iran would be too stunned to respond with a 'total war' attack on Israel. After all, what did Iran do after Nasrallah was killed? Attack some IDF Air Bases in a way that killed no Israelis? Did it deter Israel from daring to attack Iran once again?"
"What the Pentagon would not be likely to approve is the use of nukes to decapitate Iran's government - because it just might be enough to trigger the all-out war that the Pentagon so fears: But what if cunning Israel, after accepting America's assistance in an operation to deliver a conventional 'bunker buster' bomb attack on the Supreme Leader, decides on its own, to also deliver a tactical or strategic nuke on Tehran that completely devastates Iran's chain of command?"
"Understand, Israel's intent is not to avoid an all-out war with Iran, but to ignite one & using a nuke on Tehran would do just that. 100% guaranteed. Bibi understands that after such an attack, if Iran responds by attacking Israel with everything it's got, he'll be able to get Congress to pass a Declaration of War vs Iran".
"MSM and the State Dept [together with Congress] would be marshalled first, to deny that nukes were used, and then to make emotional excuses for why Israel needed to use its nukes "to defend itself". The theme they'll endlessly repeat: Poor Israel, threatened with annihilation by terrorists, resorted to the only weapons it had left to defeat the evil it was facing ...".
Big unknown: Will the Pentagon be able to take a stand and refuse to comply? Indeed the Pentagon consistently has opposed all-out war between the U.S. and Iran.
Why? All the war 'games' played over successive years have resulted in America losing.
Comment: Einstein's definition of insanity comes to mind.
Reader Comments
Benjamin Milelikowsky is perhaps the most evil liar ever to have lived so far.
Perhaps worst than Obama & Hitler on orders of magnitude.
Guilting Humanity like never before 👇
“If Israhell falls the whole wails falls” [Link]
Smdh ….
It will be like the removal of a parasite upon humanity....
and all will celebrate the fall of Isreal.
Lets put it to the test.
Shall we.
My bet is Israel falls.
I'll die a martyr if need be.
I know who the harm pushers are....
tis the zigaboos emanate from Israel mainly these days....
I bet they fall perty soon...
My bet is placed.
When I die - I'll die a man of principle.
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BK, Poem of the Day, #2 - 102924 1918
Thank you and I still need to check those links on your camera suggestions and maybe I ought do that versus get engaged in discourse - yesterday that didn't go very well for me cause I got infiltrated by attitude and then.....well - I'll tell about the dream from a post a few days ago - there was this girl from college and I kissed her!
I'll tell more - she was from Chicago - and uh she and I would of had a different future than what happened.
She is in Utah now - at a University - a professor rumor has it!
(ha, h a.....
Turns out I married the daughter of Mother and Father professors - and my baby is one smart girl!
ha, ha.
So - all is well ends well - and dreams are just imaginary!
Still - it was a nice kiss.
Ken
She was off to the side sitting alone....she wasn't really lonely, but she was by herself I came up to her and then she kissed me or maybe I kissed her - I can't remember exactly - it was a dream!
Best to you friend!
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In a way this is sort of how I met the love of my life - it was on the steps at my parent's house - I remember it like it was yesterday.
I remember time in Chapel Thrill when my wife to be was there with me - the girl I kissed was there as well!
Ken
Iran has Russia which has re-asserted itself as “THE” Superpower actor “Savior” archetype in this pivot epoch of twistory.
With the new BRICS pivot developing Iran can exploit that (& will) newly effulgent path.
As US/Israhell alienate internally & EU eats itself in its NATO-NAZI hubris & Satanic bile of decay we will see new deals emerge with Iran & other BRICS players on the world’s rigged stage.
Iran has always called the US the “Great Satan” & most likely will be vindicated. Putin already played his hand & told the international arena what he thought & who he works for.
I don’t think Drumpf will be able to give the Zionist’s everything they want. Too many people waking up to the white male genocide. Perhaps I’m wrong. But it’s a close one. I think things will get weirder & more obvious in the US socio-culturally. I think that younger Black males are figuring out they are getting punked & played by Zionist’s.
This war will destroy and end earth's landscape as we know it.... unless...
May the best ideas prevail.
Regards,
Ken
Now with that out of the way(that this is a propaganda article), what do you think they want the reader to be in favor of? One word folks: war . Why because then you got sides, you can get everyone in debt (which is what war is for), you can get everyone distracted. You can get away with civilian causalities. Bulldozers running through the neighborhoods.
All sides of wars governments are infiltrated by the zigaboos pretending to be what they are not like British Diplomats or Muslim fundamentalists, or communist governments...Even Democrats and Republicans...The Russians, or the Chinese...Got to recognize them by their words. They are the types of people who will change uniform to the opposing side of everything and do a good enough job of faking it until they make it...To me they are doing a pretty crappy job with this posted article and starting their planned war. I would give this attempt an F.
Who goes Nazi? An American journalist during WW2 identifies which types of people are likely to accept totalitarianism
In 1939, Time magazine named Dorothy Thompson the second most influential woman in America after Eleanor Roosevelt. The first American journalist expelled from Nazi Germany -- and still then the...F's all around to these bully effers....F's deserved no doubt.
For the uninitiated AUNZUKUSCA comprises AUstralia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, and CAnada.
It, and EU, and UN are firmly controlled by Israel, which explains why "they" don't - or can't - stop what's going on.
Electing a new "President" or a new "Premier" or a new "Prime Minister" or a new "Chancellor"... or all of them simultaneously isn't going to stop any of that.