Is Netanyahou Going To Blow It Again? Putin is Happy!

 

The title has to do with the backhanded attempts of Bibi to bring the US into a war with Iran. That will solve for the time being Bibi's Personal legal problems and it will commit the US to uncapped help to Israel in doing what they wanted to do for decades. Hit Iran where it hurts and the US could do that for Bibi. Unless the House of Representatives in the U.S. acts and puts the Forestall Ukraine Aide bill to a vote that WILL PROBABLY PASS, then Ukraine is the big loser here, more so than Iran. I try to stay focused and hopeful but is hard when these world players don't seem to fight for their nations but for themselves. In Russia invading Ukraine, it doesn't get more personal than that. Russians wanted food and access to the stuff the Western tourists had. They wanted Mercedes not Russian or Chinese-made boxes with wheels. Bibi has big legal problems and many say he wants war other he is afraid he might go to jail. In the Speaker Scott the powerless House Speaker, wants to keep his job so he does what The Donald tells him so. The two talk every day or so say the speaker. Can you imagine one of those conversations?  The stuff great comedies are made of, except you have people dying because of this game. And no one is complaining they can't sleep at night. But people are dying in Israel, Iran, Syria, and Russia, and the most innocent of all having been invaded and not looking to go to war with anyone in Ukraine. People are not dying in the US but Bibi and Putin hope to put an end to that and have some Marines do the dying.

Adam Gonzalez, Adamfoxie Blog

We are now waiting for the next round following the spectacular light and sound show of Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Israel. Israel has threatened revenge. Iran has said it will hit back if its territory is attacked. Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, the UN Security Council, and the G7nations have urged restraint. There is a real possibility that a miscalculation could lead to escalation but there is something almost rehearsed, an element of a game of bluff in what happened across the skies of the Levant.  

Israel’s air defenses, Iron Dome, Arrow 3 missiles, and aircraft patrols worked. They will need constant replenishment and updates, borne by American aid and defense industries.

For now, there are two clear winners — Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin. 

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Netanyahu’s critics are silenced as the country draws in behind him. He can choose how and when to hit back at Iran — and he will strike, whatever the warnings from Washington. Biden has said America will not assist in an outright attack on Iran. 

But that is not likely to happen. There are likely to be more strikes on Iran's proxies and the kind of targeted assassination that started this whole round of strikes — the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1. The breach of international law was egregious and provocative — but Israel deliberately aimed to assassinate Iran’s Brigadier General Zahedi who they saw as one of the architects of the October 7 Hamas terrorist massacre, and was actively planning further attacks.

 The blow-up across the Middle East has distracted from Ukraine, where retreat could quickly turn into defeat. Western nations, including America itself, are divided about more help for Ukraine, as they are united in support of Israel. In the Middle East, the talk is of restraint — while for Ukraine restraint, risk aversion, has now turned to grubby negligence.

Ukraine now needs the quality of air defense we have just seen over Israel, as Russia turns to bombing and rocketing all civilian infrastructure before a major spring ground offensive. The signs of miscalculation and international reluctance are all too obvious.  If the retreat in Ukraine turns to defeat in the next few weeks, we will all feel the impact and consequences. More so than from anything witnessed over Israel and its neighbors at the weekend.