by Cherie Zaslawsky, Truth Be Told, ©2024
(Apr. 19, 2024) — There are many interpretations of Iran’s unprecedented direct attack on Israel floating around in cyberspace, but only one in the mainstream media: Iran’s attack was appropriate payback for Israel taking down IRGC general Mohammed Reza Zahedi, the mastermind behind the October 7th massacre—and Israel should stand down since nearly all of Iran’s 300+ missiles were intercepted.
In fact, Biden, whom we now know greenlighted Iran’s attack, told Israel to “take it as a win.” Translation: Don’t you dare retaliate against the massive onslaught from Iran, codenamed, as I learned from Daniel Greenfield, “YaRasool Allah”—Messenger of Allah.
So what is Iran’s message?
Simply that it plans to annihilate Israel in the name of Allah. And April 13th can best be understood as a practice volley.
IRAN VS. ISRAEL: WHO WON?
One of the 300+ missiles Iran fired at Israel on April 13th
As Israeli commentator Amir Tsarfati points out: “Victory is not what you do in defense, but in offense!”
I give the win here to Iran. Why? Because Iran accomplished several feats—first and foremost, it blasted well over 300 rockets at its arch-enemy, the “Zionist entity.” That goes over well in the Arab Islamic world.
In fact, in the Arab world, military might is viewed as the pinnacle of strength, and strength is revered, while any sign of weakness is deplored.
So we shouldn’t be surprised that Iran gets accolades from its proxies and friends. From Reuters: “Iran’s attack on Israel stirs admiration among Gaza Palestinians.” Now Iran has removed its mask and essentially claimed its role as the premier badass of the Middle East.
As Jonathan Spyer in The Spectator writes: “It is a moment of profound strategic importance. It was the precise point at which Iran’s forty-year strategy for the destruction of Israel as part of an effort to dominate the region went from the covert, proxy stage to that of overt challenge.”
We now know that Iran used mainly its older, relatively inexpensive Russian weaponry, while compelling Israel to spend well over a billion dollars in its historic high-tech air defense measures. Another win for Iran.
ISRAEL’S PREDICAMENT
Israel is now between the proverbial rock and hard place. If she doesn’t retaliate, the surrounding Arab Muslim states that are hostile to the Jewish state will view that as weakness, which encourages aggression on their part.
And if she does respond in a serious and meaningful way, she’ll likely lose American support—such as it is— including American funding which is crucial to her survival in the face of these existential threats. And of course the international press and assorted pundits would quickly resort to one of their favorite pastimes: blaming the Jews.
True, Israel’s Iron Dome and the newer Arrow 2, Arrow 3 and David’s Sling, proved their worth as well in Saturday’s attack. But April 13th was a game-changer courtesy of the despotic bully who’s been directing terror attacks from the shadows.
Israel may have stunned the world with its miraculous whack-a-drone performance, but such technological magic could hardly be expected to pull off a win if the game transitioned to whack-a-nuke. So Israel must take out Iran’s nuclear capability.
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