It would be very hard to overstate the benefits Israel has bestowed on the United States – and the free world – by its decimation of hamas’ military capability, then hezbollah’s military capability, now Syria’s military capability….
…and the seemingly irreparable damage this has done to Iran.
In this regard, Edwin Luttwak has written an absolutely excellent analysis of what Israel has done and what its potential consequences might be for the murdering terrorists in Tehran, titled “Will Tehran be next? Iran’s myth of power has been shattered”.
Here are a few excerpts – which I am putting up in the hope that you read them, and then use the link to read the rest. (I have put the segment detailing how hard the Biden-led United States tried to prevent Israel from accomplishing this major success in bold print):
Damascus has fallen — something that has as much to do with Iran as with Syria. Tehran had long kept the Assad dictatorship in power, with its Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, the largest non-state army on Earth. But starting in late September, Israel demolished Hassan Nasrallah’s organisation in a series of punishing attacks. Iran’s response was to launch ballistic missiles against Israel, which its own Arrow missiles efficiently intercepted.
But when Israel’s air force counterattacked on 26 October, destroying targets in more than 20 locations across Iran, not one of its aircraft was even challenged. Exposed as vulnerable in its own capital, the Ayatollah regime is weaker than ever. And now, perhaps, the revolutionary wind that engulfed the Assad dictatorship could blow all the way to Tehran, as Iranians throw off their fundamentalist masters.
The myth of Iranian power was ironically propagated by the United States itself. Right at the start of his first term, in January 2009, Barack Obama was terrified that he would be manoeuvred into fighting a war against Iran. Conscious of what had happened to Bush when he ordered the invasion of Iraq, Obama started his tenure by apologising for America’s erstwhile support for the Shah. And beyond showing contrition for the past, the then president also set a new rule, one that lasted all the way to October 2024: Iran may attack anyone, but none may attack Iran.
As late as this January, when an Iranian drone killed three American soldiers in Jordan, there was no US retaliation against the Islamic Republic. Israel, too, was subject to Obama’s rule. On 13 April, Iran launched 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles, and 120 ballistic missiles against the Jewish State. Jake Sullivan, the US National Security Advisor and a former Obama official, was frantic as he acted to prevent any Israeli counterattack, implicitly threatening the loss of US military aid if Israel retaliated. A bewildered Pentagon official wondered if Sullivan had close relatives living in Tehran.
Yet no amount of US pressure could stop Israel’s final crushing of Hezbollah. It started on 27 September, with the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, alongside his entire high command. Iran’s response, a few days later, was massive: over 190 ballistic missiles, each the size of a fuel tanker truck, which might have killed thousands were it not for Israel’s unique Arrow interception system.
Once again, Sullivan tried to stop Israel’s retaliation, but this time he failed. On 25 October, Israel launched air strikes that revealed the extent of Iran’s weakness. IDF planes attacked Iranian targets at will, including a key missile production unit in the top-secret Parchin base, just 19 miles from Tehran. That was enough to prove to Iran’s enemies that there was no real strength behind its façade of strategic superiority. All the country had left were the Revolutionary Guards.
The article – which I again implore you to read fully – goes on to point out that this might be the impetus for Iranian citizens, along with significant parts of its army, to finally rid themselves of the murderous mullahs who have done little other than subjugate their own people while fomenting terrorism around the globe – especially in the middle east.
And if this should happen? I guarantee Joe Biden and his pals, instead of apologizing for giving Iran a free ride (unfreezing their funds, lifting the sanctions Trump put in to stop them during his first term in office, trying to stop Israel from its hugely successful actions) will try to take credit for it.
Don’t doubt that they will try…and don’t believe them for a second.
