Israel’s talk of expanding war to Lebanon alarms U.S. © Avi Ohayon/AP
Washington Post: Israel’s talk of expanding war to Lebanon alarms U.S.
ISTANBUL — President Biden has dispatched his top aides to the Middle East with a critical objective: Prevent a full-blown war from erupting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Israel has made clear it views as untenable the regular exchange of fire between its forces and Hezbollah along the border and may soon launch a major military operation in Lebanon.
“We prefer the path of an agreed-upon diplomatic settlement,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Friday, “but we are getting close to the point where the hourglass will turn over.”
U.S. officials are concerned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may see an expanded fight in Lebanon as key to his political survival amid domestic criticism of his government’s failure to prevent Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, which killed an estimated 1,200 people and resulted in some 240 hostages being taken to Gaza.
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WNU Editor: Not surprised that the U.S. is alarmed on what is happening. The rhetoric from Israel on launching a major offensive against Hezbollah has been consistent for the past few weeks .... Israel warns of ‘short window’ to remove Hezbollah from Lebanon border (The Telegraph). More here .... Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns Hezbollah 'no terrorist is immune' raising US fears conflict could now spread to Lebanon (Daily Mail).
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ReplyDeleteso the Israelis have no interest in widening the war?
U.S. officials are concerned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may see an expanded fight in Lebanon as key to his political survival amid domestic criticism of his government’s failure to prevent Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, which killed an estimated 1,200 people and resulted in some 240 hostages being taken to Gaza.
From yesterday. just reinforces my prior comments
From the CNN article
“There are no strategic drivers, (for) the main regional or external actors to ignite a regional war, if only because the goals of such conflict would be unclear, and this would immediately disrupt their significant political and economic stability,” Norman Roule, former US national intelligence manager for Iran, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday. “At the same time, Iran and its proxies have multiple incentives to maintain and even increase the intensity and frequency of the current actions against Israel.
This is propaganda nonsense.
If it is Israelis intend to take over GAZA then it would be in Israelis interest to shift focus to Iran so they could do a final mop up operation while the world's focus is diverted. It would also be in their interest to get the US to help them destroy Hezbollah threat in the north, in Lebanon. It is also in the Israeli interest to have the US provide continuing protection for their operations in Gaza. That way no one dares to interfere, such as the Turks, Egyptians or Iranians.
As far as the Iranians getting "directly involved"?? They may be fanatics, buy they are not fools. They will fund and arm their proxies, yes, of course, but to get directly involved...like sending in the Iranian army or air force....it is not going to happen.
And what are these "multiple incentives" the Iranians have to intensify the conflict? If you have an answer, I would truthfully like to see it. Because from what I have seen, the Iranians are like scared little kids wondering when the teacher is going to show up with the paddle.
imagine a slight depression in the ground filled with water. you sweep all the water out into the surrounding ground. slowly the water, seeking its own level fills the depression. So you have to keep the sweeping motion going, never stopping. That is the problem here for Israel and anyone who wants to give a damn about the Israelis. Israel is surrounded by those who hate them at the very core because Mohammed is alleged to have said so. Haters will hate as they say today. So all of this conflict will end one day for a moment, a short moment and then start up again until, well you know, from the river to the sea. at some point, this will seek its own level. Not sure what that will be.
ReplyDeleteIf I was an Israeli I would overthrow any government that does not recognize the right to keep and bear arms and have firearms training as a high school requirement.
The US has two reasons for this.One internal and one external. A major war would likely almost inevitably suck in the US as well. The last thing Biden needs now is a major war in an election year. Especially in a region the US has been trying to get out of for a full decade now. Secondly a major war would derail US plans to contain China. There are only so many troops in so many places.But hope isn't a strategy.
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