Politics, Foreign Policy and War

The art of Statesmanship is lost on Progressives

The art of Statesmanship is lost on Progressives, and the ability to make decisions is as equally lost on Republicans. Oh, where is Pete Buttigieg when Democrats could use him? We’re at war with Islam, and these people don’t know it.

Islam has been at war with the West since long before 9/11. For Israel, October 7 was their ultimate 9/11, and Israel, at the time comfortable with the status quo, had had enough and set about to destroy Hamas in detail. Hamas is the Iran proxy combatant group that attacked Israel so brutally on 10/7/23. Joe Biden quickly promised total aid to Israel, and the Muslims in America went nuts. Seeing lost votes, Joe Biden went wobbly, setting in motion the wheels to stab Israel in the back. 

Driven by a fear of disrespecting a tiny cohort of Islamic Jihadists and Democrat voters in ‘Dearbornestan’, MI., the head goose, theoretically Joe Biden, whose political career rose to its highest level of incompetence then leveled off, like all geese do when danger approaches, skedaddled for the nearest point of safety, out of sight, dependent upon the compliant media to cover for him. But, foreign issues still need to be addressed so Joe, still determined to impose Obama’s two-state solution in Palestine, sent his lackeys to set Israel's leadership straight. 

Israel is tight-lipped about their attack, and not even the Laurel and Hardy duo of Blinken and Austin are in the loop

Regardless, Israel still saw the window of opportunity open and, in an aerial attack, took out a whole bunch of senior Iranian Kuds Generals and their staffs at a meeting in Syria.

That was an attack Iran couldn’t ignore, and in response, they filled the skies with suicide drones and rocket-propelled missiles against Israel, their hated adversary, two countries away, having 99% of their weapons blown out of the sky. In retribution, as any self-respecting nation would willingly do to defend itself, as was to be expected despite the best advice of Joe Biden’s flunkies to stand back, Israel struck with precision.

Israel's initial response, multiple explosions in the center of Iran, was a clear warning that not even Russia’s feared SAM 400 air defense rocket system could keep Israel out. Israel is tight-lipped about their attack, and not even the Laurel and Hardy duo of Blinken and Austin are in the loop. Israel has not acknowledged the strikes, while senior Iranian officials have either denied or downplayed them to the extent they did any damage. Entering the arena of disinformation, an Iranian official thought Israel had launched their drones from within Iranian territory, while others opined Israel may have launched cruise missiles from inside Iraq or Syria. Maybe they did; regardless, Iran had no defensive response until the explosions were over. The target was presumably a missile production facility on an Iranian airbase near Isfahan.
Does any of this matter? Only in the context of involving America, with or without Biden's knowledge, in another conflict again. We really can’t afford it, thanks to Joe Biden’s reckless spending, but Israel's war cabinet hawks won the internal argument to launch a limited surprise attack.

At some point and soon, Iran’s nuclear facilities will have to be taken out

Does any of this matter? Only in the context of involving America, with or without Biden's knowledge, in another conflict again. We really can’t afford it, thanks to Joe Biden’s reckless spending, but Israel's war cabinet hawks won the internal argument to launch a limited surprise attack. 

The attack was not a surprise; its timing and success were Israel’s media predicted retaliatory attacks would follow a religious pattern, i.e., after “Passover,” but they were wrong! Some believe WWIII may have been ignited, but all the chips haven’t fallen into place yet. For one thing, Iran simply cannot launch a land war against Israel. They could barely hold their own against Saddam Hussein years ago over a common border, so the little attacks by Iran's proxies, if any are left, will continue. And one wonders if Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu entertains the idea of a more significant conflict with Iran if America isn’t behind him. 

At some point and soon, Iran’s nuclear facilities will have to be taken out. We await with bated breath. With Joe at the helm of America's ship of state, we’re soon to go aground on the rock and shoals of poor leadership by ignorant people. It was an ancient Chinese General, Sun Tzu (771-256 BC from whom the best advice comes:

“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we can attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

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