Welp, the fuze is apparently ‘lit’ in the middle east. Iran fired on Israel again yesterday. With about the same results.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says that the Iranian missile attack on Israel was “defeated and ineffective” and that the U.S. military coordinated with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to repel the strikes.
Iran launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles towards targets in Israel on Tuesday, Sullivan said at a Tuesday White House briefing, noting the move was a “significant escalation.”
The strikes were in response to the deaths of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders, Iran says. The move comes after weeks of Israeli strikes against Tehran’s proxies in the region.
Of note, the Pentagon briefing was ‘delayed’ to allow the administration to get their ‘take’ out there before the Pentagon said anything. And the Pentagon briefing was a nothing burger… sigh…
Meanwhile, the Lebanese Army had pulled back 50km from the southern border, leaving the UN ‘peacekeepers’ swinging in the wind, as the Israelis moved 45km into Lebanon to take out even more Hezbollah personnel, weapons caches, and launch sites.
The ball is now well and truly in the Israeli hands, and the question everyone is asking is WHAT will they do?
Personally, I do not think they will go nuclear, but I do believe there will be more ‘targeted’ strikes into Iran, possibly including the Iranian nuclear program, and possibly part of the Iranian administration (IRGC) that supports the Hezbollah and other surrogates.
In any case, I doubt that the US will have ANY input to what happens. Netanyahu and his cabinet will make whatever decisions THEY need to make, regardless of what the rest of the world says. I do believe they have reached that point.
