Thursday, November 22, 2018

U.S. Pledges To Back Israel In The Event Of An Armed Conflict With Hezbollah

A US Patriot missile defense system is seen during the Israeli-US military exercise "Juniper Cobra" at the Hatzor Airforce Base in Israel in March of this

Asia Times: US pledges strong backing, missile defense for Israel against Hezbollah

Trump administration’s steadfast support for Israel in event of armed conflict with Iran extends to defense against Hezbollah, says senior official.

Israel can expect unqualified support from the Trump Administration in the event of a rocket bombardment from Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, according to a senior Administration official.

The official was asked how the Trump Administration would respond in the event of a war between Israel and Hezbollah in which Israel was compelled to attack Hezbollah rockets behind human shields and inflict a very large number of civilian casualties.

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WNU Editor: In the event of a war between Hezbollah and Israel .... it would definitely be far worse than the last one .... 2006 Lebanon War (Wikipedia).

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a certain settler-colonial apartheid state is preparing to commit more war crimes.

Since America's role in the catastrophe that is the Yemen clusterf$%k is winding down, this opportunity to commit more war crimes in Gaza and Lebanon is coming at the perfect time.

BTW didn't Hezbollah kick Israel's a$$ out of southern Lebanon in 2000? Not sure I'd want to pick a fight with them.

Anonymous said...

If Hezbo's (Party of Shaitan) had never fired rockets south, the Israelis would not have gone north.

You kidnap people and the posse tends to ride out after you.

Americanadian soldier said...

So says the hezbollah spokesperson. And launching rockets into civilian occupied areas isn’t an issue?

Anonymous said...

"The Israeli Army invaded southern Lebanon by land, sea and air Sunday in an attack aimed at destroying the main military bases of the Palestine Liberation Organization." NY Times 1982.

This illegal invasion led directly to the creation of the Shia defence force, Hezbollah.