Like a flash going off in a dark room, Iran’s attack on Israel has finally given the world something valuable: a glimpse into Tehran’s true intentions.
Maybe now Biden can start to enforce the oil sanctions against Iran, which would reduce its economic power and begin to erode its support for its terrorist proxies around Israel. Appeasing Iran for three years has likely been Biden’s most egregious blunder in Foreign policy so far.
It's rather amazing that the "progressives" in the US have no understanding of a concept that has been in clear evidence since 1948.
I still see pundits, even some with military experience, yapping about the pieces of this conflict as if they were in isolation.
Iran's attack wasn't even an escalation. It was simply a more convenient way to launch even more rockets and drones. Why risk shipping them to Yemen or Lebanon when they can just go outside and fire them? Lazy.
But at least that stupidity got Biden's attention... for a few seconds, I guess. He's still got an election to win, even if his addled mind thinks he's only running for Henry Ford's old position in Dearborn, Michigan.
Every time Iran engages in covert, manipulated or clearly evident attacks, everyone should be required to understand how its efforts were enhanced by the Obama/ BIDEN policy of enabling Iran.
The Biden ( Obama) administration orchestrated the Iranian strike last night.Maher Bitar is the “ special assistant to POTUS and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs on the White House NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. He served in the Obama administration. He is Palestinian.
Since the Israeli surgical strike in Damascus that took out four top IRGC generals who have been orchestrating the attacks on Israel, the White House cut a deal with Iran. The Ayatollahs were told they had the green light to “ retaliate” against Israel as long as they did not “ escalate “ this into a wider conflict. What that would look like was was anyone’s guess but we saw it last night. A massive attack on Israel with plenty of warning so that Israel and the duplicitous US could knock the drones and missiles out of the sky with Israel’s brilliant and expensive technologies. A 9 yr old Bedouin girl was hit with shrapnel, but no other Israelis were injured or killed.
The enemy is within our own government
This war is good vs evil regardless of the propaganda that is carefully crafted with Qatari and Iranian money. It is Israel’s fight to exist as the only Jewish state that protected Al Aqsa mosque and the Palestinians rallying for Iran on the Temple Mount as the Iranian missiles flew overhead. There is NO Apartheid
Iran runs to the UN to assure the world that THIS assault is over & done with. And the incompetent Biden administration shrugs and basically says “no harm…no foul,” thus warning not to escalate tensions by unleashing an overwhelming response to the attack!
I guess Biden, Blinken, Sullivan need Israeli blood to be spelled, in order to tepidly support a devastating retort to Iranian direct aggression.
Where’s the Arab St.? Where’s Obama. Telling isn’t it that Jordan & Saudi Arabia came to Israel’s defense!
This has been plain to see for decades except of course to the Obama administration. For all Trumps faults most of his foreign policy has been spot on.
Will Biden finally reinstate the Trump sanctions, or will he continue to "negotiate". He has given Iran billions of dollars. What are they thinking? How can they possibly believe appeasement works?
As of the time of reading, 1349 EDT 14APR24, I have not read or heard of an Israeli couner-strke. I hope that one is forthcoming and that it is massive in physical extent and brutal. Make the rubble bounce in Tehran, Homs, Bandar Abbas, etc. American Catholic veteran. Payback for IEDs, EFPs in Iraq.
Joe Biden, who gave Iran $20 billion to play with and has been appeasing it ever since he was elected, is now telling Israel it shouldn't defend itself against Iran, and that if it does, it will be on its own - the US will stand aside.
That is Biden's vision of Israel and the Jews - they should stick to being helpless victims. Ukraine can defend itself, but not Israel.
All of it is true but in a world gone mad, where every Hamas utterance is taken as gospel whereas Israeli facts are probed and dissected with the idea that Israel is guilty until ...well, Israel is just guilty, I am afraid that seeing who is really fighting this war and their true malevolence may make no difference.
A reliable source reported earlier today that Iran told the US about their attack on Israel last night before the attack began. So, it appears that the US was powerless to stop it from happening. Now, the US has told Israel that we will not support Israel if Israel subsequently attacks Iran. And Iran, after their attack, has announced that they are done attacking Israel, and that Israel had better not attack Iran now. Question: when will the democrats announce martial law in the US, and no more elections for the foreseeable future?
Was there ever any doubt? Now the question is why have our tax dollars funded Iran? What will the people of this Republic do moving forward?
Maybe now Biden can start to enforce the oil sanctions against Iran, which would reduce its economic power and begin to erode its support for its terrorist proxies around Israel. Appeasing Iran for three years has likely been Biden’s most egregious blunder in Foreign policy so far.
It's rather amazing that the "progressives" in the US have no understanding of a concept that has been in clear evidence since 1948.
I still see pundits, even some with military experience, yapping about the pieces of this conflict as if they were in isolation.
Iran's attack wasn't even an escalation. It was simply a more convenient way to launch even more rockets and drones. Why risk shipping them to Yemen or Lebanon when they can just go outside and fire them? Lazy.
But at least that stupidity got Biden's attention... for a few seconds, I guess. He's still got an election to win, even if his addled mind thinks he's only running for Henry Ford's old position in Dearborn, Michigan.
Every time Iran engages in covert, manipulated or clearly evident attacks, everyone should be required to understand how its efforts were enhanced by the Obama/ BIDEN policy of enabling Iran.
The Biden ( Obama) administration orchestrated the Iranian strike last night.Maher Bitar is the “ special assistant to POTUS and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs on the White House NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. He served in the Obama administration. He is Palestinian.
Since the Israeli surgical strike in Damascus that took out four top IRGC generals who have been orchestrating the attacks on Israel, the White House cut a deal with Iran. The Ayatollahs were told they had the green light to “ retaliate” against Israel as long as they did not “ escalate “ this into a wider conflict. What that would look like was was anyone’s guess but we saw it last night. A massive attack on Israel with plenty of warning so that Israel and the duplicitous US could knock the drones and missiles out of the sky with Israel’s brilliant and expensive technologies. A 9 yr old Bedouin girl was hit with shrapnel, but no other Israelis were injured or killed.
The enemy is within our own government
This war is good vs evil regardless of the propaganda that is carefully crafted with Qatari and Iranian money. It is Israel’s fight to exist as the only Jewish state that protected Al Aqsa mosque and the Palestinians rallying for Iran on the Temple Mount as the Iranian missiles flew overhead. There is NO Apartheid
Think about that
Iran runs to the UN to assure the world that THIS assault is over & done with. And the incompetent Biden administration shrugs and basically says “no harm…no foul,” thus warning not to escalate tensions by unleashing an overwhelming response to the attack!
I guess Biden, Blinken, Sullivan need Israeli blood to be spelled, in order to tepidly support a devastating retort to Iranian direct aggression.
Where’s the Arab St.? Where’s Obama. Telling isn’t it that Jordan & Saudi Arabia came to Israel’s defense!
This has been plain to see for decades except of course to the Obama administration. For all Trumps faults most of his foreign policy has been spot on.
Will Biden finally reinstate the Trump sanctions, or will he continue to "negotiate". He has given Iran billions of dollars. What are they thinking? How can they possibly believe appeasement works?
" ... the attack has finally given the world something valuable: a glimpse of the real war in the Middle East ... "
REALLY???
Iran has openly said for DECADES it wants Israel wiped off the face of the earth.
So exactly WHAT 'new' information has this weekend's attack provided???
As of the time of reading, 1349 EDT 14APR24, I have not read or heard of an Israeli couner-strke. I hope that one is forthcoming and that it is massive in physical extent and brutal. Make the rubble bounce in Tehran, Homs, Bandar Abbas, etc. American Catholic veteran. Payback for IEDs, EFPs in Iraq.
And yet Joe Buydem-votes will STILL not even enforce existing Iranian sanctions.
Joe Biden, who gave Iran $20 billion to play with and has been appeasing it ever since he was elected, is now telling Israel it shouldn't defend itself against Iran, and that if it does, it will be on its own - the US will stand aside.
That is Biden's vision of Israel and the Jews - they should stick to being helpless victims. Ukraine can defend itself, but not Israel.
What does Biden have against the Jews?
All of it is true but in a world gone mad, where every Hamas utterance is taken as gospel whereas Israeli facts are probed and dissected with the idea that Israel is guilty until ...well, Israel is just guilty, I am afraid that seeing who is really fighting this war and their true malevolence may make no difference.
Perhaps Israel should deploy 300+ drones etc. towards Iran and see how they like it.
A reliable source reported earlier today that Iran told the US about their attack on Israel last night before the attack began. So, it appears that the US was powerless to stop it from happening. Now, the US has told Israel that we will not support Israel if Israel subsequently attacks Iran. And Iran, after their attack, has announced that they are done attacking Israel, and that Israel had better not attack Iran now. Question: when will the democrats announce martial law in the US, and no more elections for the foreseeable future?
Excellent essay