I remember when, during the Gulf War
SCUD missiles rained down upon Israel and there was no retaliation as per the wishes of President GHWB in order that the US could maintain the coalition of the Saudis and the other avowed Israel haters/deniers in order to score a quick military victory over Iraq. In fact, we essentially eradicated their armed forces and could have marched unimpeded to Baghdad but did not for a variety of reasons. The Israelis took it on the chin for the world’s oil supply and other issues which were germane to the world at that time.
I also remember decades prior how the Egyptian army had massed to the west and Jordan and Syria from the east and north were clearly planning a simultaneous invasion of Israel. First on the agenda was the eradication of the Egyptian Air Force which lost their planes for the most part, sitting on the ground. That plus the destruction of the runways neutralized the army because it had no air cover. The Israelis defeated this massive Pan-Arab dream in six days, a work of military art the likes of which had never been seen before.
But the Israelis did let their guard down in 1973 and misread the activities of their enemies and was reeling from an invasion which commenced upon the holiest day of the year on the Jewish calendar. It is to be noted how careful the US and other Western nations are with respect to Ramadan and Arab sensibilities. The Israelis with reluctant assistance from President Nixon and Henry Kissinger turned back the invasion and learned many lessons. There was a great loss of life in Israel and much was restructured to attempt to prevent a similar occurrence.
Then there was the hijacking of the airline flight to Entebbe, Uganda and it was considered that Idi Amin was going to at the very least see to it that Israelis would be held, tortured, and then killed. The Israelis showed up and every media outlet spoke of the miraculous rescue of everyone, except of course Bibi Netanyahu’s brother Yonatan.
And then there were all the post-Shabbat terrorist bombings and suicide missions as well as bus bombings. How many Sunday mornings did I awaken to a Special Report showing dead bodies and body parts all over the streets and pieces of flesh blown into the walls of buildings?
Israel had war declared upon her literally minutes after her creation in 1948 and it has not ceased. Last night we watched hundreds of launched projectiles and drones not destroy a decent proportion of the country. When it is stated that Iran was just firing warning shots over the bow by announcing their intentions early, their intentions are always known. They want to eradicate not only the State of Israel, but to massacre civilians en masse, and they would do so without hesitation. Israel knows this and has ensured that it shall not happen.
Make no mistake, the attack was launched to kill and destroy and the fact that they utterly failed to do so demonstrates the advanced technology of the Israelis and of the US and Great Britain and the relative incompetence of the Iranians and their proxies. The Israelis, once again, are being instructed to hold back, for fear of a wider war, read: higher gasoline prices. We shall see what happens. Hamas mutilated, tortured, and killed Israelis and somehow the return of the hostages and the surrender of Hamas is rarely mentioned. Iran sent 300 lethal projectiles last night and has been sending rockets via their proxies for decades and Israelis are just supposed to lean back and call it a day. We shall see what happens. In the long run, nothing good for the Iranians I would bet.
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