All
this stuff about Iran is mind boggling, and much of it can be placed at
the feet of the three Obama terms and the EU. Iran declared war on the
west the minute the Shah left and Khomeini took over, 46 years ago, and
have acted in
that manner at a practical level ever since. The game playing
should have ended long ago when Iran made members of the American
embassy hostages, but then Carter was President,not Reagan or Trump.
The minute Reagan was elected the mullahs decided it was a good idea to
release them, after 444 days of Carter's incompetent policies of
appeasement. Keep that in mind.
The minute Iran launched all
those missiles at Israel, an outright undeclared act of war, that's when
the line was crossed, and Israel had every right to retaliate in any
way they saw fit.
I admire Trump’s
ability to get adversaries to come to the table and make agreements, the
Abrahamic Accords as an example. But you cannot make agreements with
people who don’t want an agreement. Neither Russia or Ukraine wants the
war to end, and most certainly Iran will not give up its desire to
destroy Israel and do it with nuclear tipped missiles.
Iran
has been found to have been lying about their nuclear program …. imagine
that,and finally someone is telling the truth in the 11th hour. Make no
mistake about this. The US has the intelligence that confirms all I’ve
said, and I’m convinced this had to happen because Iran's domestic and international problems are so massive they fear they’re
going to be kicked out of power, making this their last chance to
destroy Israel, and they will not pass it up, no matter how suicidal it
may be.
Operation ‘Rising Lion'
has been launched, and it only took 46 years. Now five waves of
Israeli fighters carried out hundreds of missions across distances
thought to be impossible without refueling, but Israel proved the to be
false before. On the first day they dropped over 330 munitions on about
100 targets, including the Natanz nuclear sight, which was just one of
many. The top Iranian military commander
for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a number of nuclear
experts were killed. How great the damage was isn't clear, but it's
being called superficial, and Iran has launched missiles and drones in response, which in the past has been largely ineffective, and the attacks by Israel continue.
I
really love these Muslim leaders who spout nonsense like Iraqi Shiite
leader Muqtada al-Sadr who describes this a threat to the entire region
and in infringement of Iraqi airspace to get to Iran. It's interesting
you're not seeing the other nations of that region worrying about a
threat to them since it's Iran whose been the threat to the region, not
Israel.
It's also interesting how the people of Iran are viewing
this attack. Understand this is an unusual kind of war. The Israelis
are not practicing mass bombing, or targeting the civilian population.
Don't you find it interesting they managed on the very first day to
pretty much wipe out the leadership of the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
They've selected targets that matter, and the Iraqi people are thrilled
as the Iranian government has abused their people to the extreme for
decades, including murder, rape, false imprisonment, rigged trials,
etc., all in order to oppress their people.
I also have to
believe the Iran government is now aware there must be a lot of spies
giving information to Israel, up to date information. Otherwise how
could they know where to strike so accurately?
Of course the left, who loves Iranian nukes and hates American guns, blames Trump for all of this, but, they're historical idiots, clueless, offering twisted logic, something at which they excel, but in this case there's one exception, Democrat Senator Fetterman, who wants Israel to wipe out the Iranian leadership and nuclear experts entirely. Geert Wilders waxes eloquent on Israel" saying:
I’m proud as a peacock that I support Israel. I’m proud of that. It’s not a disgrace. You’re a disgrace, making well-nigh anti-Semitic statements about a country that’s fighting for its existence.
Because that’s what it’s doing. Israel is fighting an existential battle….
And now I’m telling you, Mr. Timmermans, via you, Mr. Chairman: Israel is fighting our battle…If Jerusalem falls, then Athens, Paris, and Amsterdam are next.
They are fighting our battle. And if our mothers, in the West, can
sleep peacefully, it is because the mothers of Israeli soldiers are
awake, wondering whether their children will come out of the battle
alive.
Rubio says the U.S. is not involved,
which is good politics that no one believes, and no one can disprove,
but there's a reason why the U.S. evacuated a lot of personnel from
embassies around the region days ahead of all this, and is in overall
support of their actions, and this is just the beginning.
If Iran falls it would be a good time to bring justice to all the victims of Iranian terror, including their vile actions against their own population. Hunt down all these murderous thugs, and let them stand trial and explain and justify their murderous actions.
As is well known Hamas launched a surprise attack
against an unarmed defenseless civilian population performing vile acts
on men, women, and children, even baking a baby alive in an oven and
filming it to the great pleasure of Gazans. They initially attacked
wearing some form of uniform, but as soon as they became the targets
they dumped those uniforms as they had no desire to have a standup fight
with armed and trained military personnel. Killing defenseless men,
women and children is so much easier.
Now it's a war of
attrition, and some are questioning who will survive, Hamas or Israel?
Get real, Hamas is doomed in Gaza, and even the Gazans are marching
against them. Not in favor of Israel mind you, just in favor of their
own self interests, they would still dance in the streets if more
coffins with dead Israeli hostages were paraded through the streets.
There are no innocents in Gaza, and in spite of Hamas claims 70% of
casualties have been women and children, that's another lie, it turns
out "72% of casualties are male, a demographic that aligns with Hamas combatants."
In Turkey President Erdogan arrested his political opponent
in the upcoming election and Erdogan's regime has taking on all the ear
marks of the Iranian model of government, and an awful lot of people
are really unhappy about that, triggering massive demonstrations
involving hundreds of thousands of people, as the author goes on to say:
The arrest of Istanbul Mayor
Ekrem İmamoğlu, the leading political rival of Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan, on corruption charges — after being accused of both
corruption and terrorism — marks yet another sign that Turkey is
becoming the next Iran: A state where elections are tightly controlled,
rigged in advance and reduced to a democratic façade without free and
fair campaign conditions.
Turkey’s Islamist ruler has not yet
established an official Turkish equivalent of Iran’s Guardian Council — a
12-member body that vets all candidates in elections and disqualifies
those who pose a perceived threat to the mullah regime. However, the
arrest of İmamoğlu, following the earlier imprisonment of popular
Kurdish political leader Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been in jail since
2016, confirms that a de facto Guardian Council is taking shape in
Turkey.
Turkey is becoming a state where elections are
tightly controlled, rigged in advance, and reduced to a democratic facade without free and fair campaign conditions.
Notice
the pattern playing out here worldwide. Erdogan weaponized the justice
system, wants to rewrite their constitution eliminating their
legislative structure to install him as the absolute ruler, a
"theocratic dictator".
While there may be some validity to
charges of corruption against İmamoglu, corruption is so wide spread in
Turkey's political sphere that would be expected, but it's only allowed
for those who support Erdogan.
Will
these demonstrations alter Turkey's political structure? We'll see, as
every tool of oppression is being used against anyone who stands
against Erdogan. But I think it needs to be understood none of this is
really about Democracy as we know it. It's about changing who's in
charge for their own benefit. Corruption in government isn't an anomaly
throughout the Middle East and Africa, it's the rule, and it's a rule
the group in power wants to exploit to the limits, and even beyond.
Anything
said by Erdogan that may sound reasonable and conciliatory, is simply
not to be taken seriously. Remember, Iran is the model for what Erdogan
is doing, and just like Khomeini who talked about bringing democracy to
Iran and had no desire to become Iran's ruler, it was a deliberate
lie. A lie that was reported by a gullible media, after all they really
liked the idea the pro-American government of the Shah of Iran was
deposed.
In Turkey Erdogan has manipulated the tax system to
punish anyone who disagrees or challenges him and fines any newspaper
massively for reporting the facts about his polices, aims, and goals.
The media that remains spews out adoring accolades of Erdogan's
greatness, and the tens of millions of children who've gone through
their education system have been properly indoctrinated to be pro
Erdogan supporters, all of which makes these massive demonstrations even
more amazing.
Support for terrorist groups is part of Erdogan's foreign policy, and it's time the west recognized that, but
Turkey is a member of NATO and that can't be ignored. Their support of
violent terrorist jihadi groups has to be addressed by declaring Turkey
a supporter of terrorists, and such a designation should be the
touchstone for all negotiations and dealings with Turkey.
All this stuff about Iran is mind boggling, and much of it can be placed at the feet of the three Obama terms and the EU. Iran declared war on the west the minute the Shah left and Khomeini took over, 46 years ago, and have acted in that manner at a practical level ever since. The game playing should have ended long ago when Iran made members of the American embassy hostages, but then Carter was President,not Reagan or Trump. The minute Reagan was elected the mullahs decided it was a good idea to release them, after 444 days of Carter's incompetent policies of appeasement. Keep that in mind.
The minute Iran launched all those missiles at Israel, an outright undeclared act of war, that's when the line was crossed, and Israel had every right to retaliate in any way they saw fit.
I admire Trump’s ability to get adversaries to come to the table and make agreements, the Abrahamic Accords as an example. But you cannot make agreements with people who don’t want an agreement. Neither Russia or Ukraine wants the war to end, and most certainly Iran will not give up its desire to destroy Israel and do it with nuclear tipped missiles.
Iran has been found to have been lying about their nuclear program …. imagine that,and finally someone is telling the truth in the 11th hour. Make no mistake about this. The US has the intelligence that confirms all I’ve said, and I’m convinced this had to happen because Iran's domestic and international problems are so massive they fear they’re going to be kicked out of power, making this their last chance to destroy Israel, and they will not pass it up, no matter how suicidal it may be.
Operation ‘Rising Lion' has been launched, and it only took 46 years. Now five waves of Israeli fighters carried out hundreds of missions across distances thought to be impossible without refueling, but Israel proved the to be false before. On the first day they dropped over 330 munitions on about 100 targets, including the Natanz nuclear sight, which was just one of many. The top Iranian military commander for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a number of nuclear experts were killed. How great the damage was isn't clear, but it's being called superficial, and Iran has launched missiles and drones in response, which in the past has been largely ineffective, and the attacks by Israel continue.
I really love these Muslim leaders who spout nonsense like Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr who describes this a threat to the entire region and in infringement of Iraqi airspace to get to Iran. It's interesting you're not seeing the other nations of that region worrying about a threat to them since it's Iran whose been the threat to the region, not Israel.
It's also interesting how the people of Iran are viewing this attack. Understand this is an unusual kind of war. The Israelis are not practicing mass bombing, or targeting the civilian population. Don't you find it interesting they managed on the very first day to pretty much wipe out the leadership of the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. They've selected targets that matter, and the Iraqi people are thrilled as the Iranian government has abused their people to the extreme for decades, including murder, rape, false imprisonment, rigged trials, etc., all in order to oppress their people.
I also have to believe the Iran government is now aware there must be a lot of spies giving information to Israel, up to date information. Otherwise how could they know where to strike so accurately?
If Iran falls it would be a good time to bring justice to all the victims of Iranian terror, including their vile actions against their own population. Hunt down all these murderous thugs, and let them stand trial and explain and justify their murderous actions.
More historical background and justification on why this was inevitable, here, here, and here, and finally, I think this eight point analysis by Andrea Widburg is excellent, The situation in the Israel-Iran war is kinetic, but we can discern a few things.