The death of Hassan Nasrallah
The Israelis whacked the leader of Hezbollah, along with many others, violating an informal agreement that both sides would not target each other's leaders
I was out doing deliveries earlier today, and when I got back, I heard the news that Israel had killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah. I was surprised when I heard the news, as I did not think the Israelis would go so far as to kill Nasrallah. But they have done so, and the repercussions are likely to be very nasty indeed, and it could spark a terrible war in the Middle East.
Earlier this evening, I was watching Alexander Mercourois’ show, and he mentioned a Guardian writer who said that Hezbollah and Israel had an informal agreement in place not to target each other’s leaders. If that is the case (and I have no reason to doubt it), then the Israelis double-crossed Nasrallah. This is a Game of Thrones-type move by Israel, and it reminds me of the Red Wedding. Nasrallah no doubt thought he was safe, until he wasn’t, and now he’s dead.
Here’s the relevant section from that Guardian article:
What is clearer than ever, after a series of Israeli escalations against Hezbollah this month – including targeted killings and the explosion of thousands of modified pagers and walkie-talkies supplied to the group – is that the long-understood ground rules governing the balance of deterrence between the two sides has been blown away.
For much of the early months of the conflict with Hezbollah, which began on 8 October – a day after Hamas’s attack from Gaza – it was understood Israel would not assassinate the militant group’s most senior members. But in recent months those “red lines” have increasingly been rubbed away.
As the geographic scope of attacks on both sides has moved deeper into Lebanon and Israel, so Israeli operations have aimed at ever more senior Hezbollah commanders, beyond those directly involved in launching strikes on the ground in Lebanon’s south.
Indeed, since the beginning of the year, diplomats and knowledgeable analysts in the region have suggested that one aim of the discreet to-and-fro between Israel and Hezbollah through US special envoy Amos Hochstein and intermediaries for the group has focused on preserving the understanding that the most senior figures in the militant group would not be targeted.
Nasrallah’s X page has a pinned post that contains something from his last speech:
At the time of the strike, Nasrallah was in a meeting with other Hezbollah leaders and representatives of Iran. All of them were killed in the air strike at the same time. A heavy blow against Hezbollah and another middle finger from the Israelis to the Iranians. The Israelis have deliberately gone out of their way to say “fuck you!” to Iran.
The Israelis released this image:
The image below is circulating on X and is supposedly a photo of where Nasrallah was when he was killed by a bunker buster bomb. It is said he was in a bunker 60 feet underground.
Take it with a grain of salt, I cannot verify if it is genuine or not.
Where was Hezbollah’s air defense?
Before I go any further with this article, I have a simple question: Where was Hezbollah’s air defense? Did they even have any air defense? As far as I can tell, Israel just flies its planes over Lebanon, with nothing significant being shot at those planes. Amazing, isn’t it? You’d think Hezbollah would have at least tried to put some sort of viable air defense in place a long time ago, but that doesn’t seem to have been the case.
This makes me also wonder why Iran didn’t offer them any air defense systems, and why the Russians didn’t either. The Israelis were chock to the gills with American weaponry, including F-35s and bunker buster bombs. Nasrallah was apparently in a bunker when he was killed, thus proving that the bunker obviously wasn’t deep enough.
As far as the Russians go, at some point they have to shit or get off the pot. Either they support Iran and its proxies, or they STFU and write off having an alliance with Iran. It’s shocking to me that no air defense systems were provided by the Russians to Hezbollah, but the US gives the Israelis Patriot anti-missile systems as well as the other weaponry Israel used in that attack on Nasrallah.
The Israelis want a massive war in the Middle East
Regarding the Israelis, they are completely out of control. Netanyahu knows that there is a power vacuum in the imperial capital right now, and he’s making the most of it. Old Joe is a caretaker president, nobody thinks he’s there mentally anymore, and the Drunken Slut is running around giving awful interviews.
Here is Biden’s statement about Nasrallah’s death:
The Israelis are obviously trying to push Iran into a massive reaction to what they are doing, thus igniting a huge war in the Middle East. The Israelis want this, so it draws the US Empire into the war on the side of Israel. So far, Iran has wisely refrained from taking the bait, but after the killing of Nasrallah, along with all the other deaths in the attacks on Lebanon, I wonder how much longer they can hold back?
China and Russia have both tried to restrain Iran from striking back at Israel. So far, it has worked, but at this point, Iran is in a very tough spot. They have not responded to anything Israel has done since the assassination of the Hamas leader in Tehran. Frankly, it has all made Iran look like a paper tiger and there have been very harsh words spoken between Iran, Hezbollah, and others about the lack of a response (that was reputedly what the meeting between Nasrallah and the representatives of Iran was about when he was killed).
There has also been talk of Iran trying to wait until after the November election in the US before striking Israel. I do not know if this is true or not, but it might be that the Iranians, Russians, and Chinese want to keep a lid on things to see if Trump is elected. Say what you will about Trump, he understands the neocons, and he might bring some semblance of sanity back to the imperial capital. But, even if Trump wins, a massive war in the Middle East might have already started by the time he is inaugurated.
The US might disappoint Israel in a Middle East war
One thing that I find strange about Israel’s desire to draw the US into a war against Iran is that the US is the weakest now it has been since World War 2. So much war material has been given to Ukraine by the US that the US itself is in a situation where it must try to replenish its depleted arms supplies.
Also, the US military itself has been taken over by woke communists. They have systematically driven out much of the White warrior class that was once the backbone of the US military. They have also turned the US military into a ridiculous sideshow of troons and other woke mental cases. The image of the US military is not masculine, tough, or strong. It is weak, feminized, and depraved.
So, if the Israelis are successful with their scheme to draw the US into a war with Iran, they might be sorely disappointed by the US military. It is not what it once was in the past. It has been slowly degrading over the years, and it has never been weaker than it is right now.
If you ask me, the Israelis are living in a dream world with regard to the US military.
White males: Get the hell out of the US military now!
I have written a number of articles for White males, and I want to reiterate some of the warnings I posted in those other articles. The Israelis are hell-bent on starting a huge war in the Middle East, and they are intent on drawing the US into that war. If you are a White male, and you are in the US military, then get out as fast as you can.
If Trump goes down in flames in November, whether he loses for real or the Democrats successfully cheat, then the Drunken Slut will take over. She will rubber stamp every Neocon scheme that comes across her desk. That will essentially mean World War 3, one way or another. Even if Trump wins, there is no guarantee that he will have real control over the US government. He had the office and the title, but he did not have the power to control his own government.
All of this is why I warn all White males in the US military to get out as fast as they can. The way things are going, you might be sent to die in Ukraine or in the Middle East. Neither place has anything whatsoever to do with the safety or national security of your country. All of it is late-stage empire bullshit, and you had better take action to save your own life.
Do not trust anybody in Washington, DC, as they regard you as expendable cannon fodder, and they could not give a shit whether you live or die.
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I have said for years “get the rest of the world out of the ME, put a fence around it and let them go at it”.
Shooting down supersonic jets isn’t easy. I guess Iran might be able to help them with that, but those aren’t weapons you get on the open market.