A flurry of weekend attacks by Israeli forces hit various targets in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria. Syria is attacked so commonly it’s gone virtually without reaction, but Lebanon and Iraq both issued separate statements saying they view what happened as a “declaration of war.”
Lebanese PM Saad Hariri warned of the risk of a dangerous escalation, and called on diplomats to do something to stop things getting worse. Israeli forces on the border are on high alert, though there is no sign of any fighting there so far.
Iraq’s ruling coalition also said they consider the attack a declaration of war on Iraq, adding that they ultimately hold the US fully responsible for the Israeli aggression, despite the US disavowing involvement.
Top Iraqi officials, as well as the leadership of the PMF militias met on Monday related both to Israel’s Sunday attack, and to what have been a spate of Israeli attacks on Iraqi soil over the past several weeks, all targeting militia forces.
Israel has long accused Iraqi militias of being “Iranian forces,” and is keen on starting a proxy war in Iraq. They have done materially the same thing in Syria and in Lebanon.
Iraq’s presidential office issued a statement saying that they consider Iraqi sovereignty and the well-being of Iraqi civilians to be “a red line,” and vowed to take all necessary steps to deter further aggressors.
Spoiled children of abused refugees pick fights with neighbors and kill their children. Mad leader foams at the mouth for more wanton slaughter of prisoners.. Says they are entitled to steal their land too in addition to the wanton killing, leaving one to wonder if all their problems aren’t caused by their sense of entitlement.
Israel is hoping one of them will hit back, so they can draw the US into their fight. I hope the Israeli public realizes that their leader is using their lives as bait in pursuit of his personal political agenda.
Down with evil Israel. Support Sheikh Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah & Lebanese freedom fighters.
No down or up here. It is stay OUT Israel. Out of other people’s countries. Nobody attacked Israel — but Israel is spoiling for fight. It is a fair question in a Middle East — how come US troops presence in a country results in Israel bombing that country? In Syria and Iraq it is a standard. In Lebanon, where US clawed its way to provide some military “assistance” to Lebanese Army, Israel again feels like at home. Of course, Israel can do what it pleases, offering no proof that any of these countries have any intentions to attack Israel.
US forces do nothing to protect Iraq, they only serve to protect Iraq’s attackers. Iraq can and should kick out these occupiers who have zero respect for Iraqi sovereignty.
When we find remnants of weaponry that we link to Iran we use that as a pretext for our continued belligerence towards them. Israel attacks three countries during a weekend rampage(one of them our “ally” Iraq)and nary a word. We’d be salivating all over ourselves if Iran had done the same and it would be bombs away.
We turned off Iraqi radars so Israeli drones could hit the PMUs. The radars we sold them. nice, huh?
This is just electioneering in Israel.
Of course those who are responsible for air defense, and don’t defend, are responsible for air attacks done by their best friends with equipment the US gifted to those friends.
Nobody is fooled. The denials are embarrassing.
Netanyahu is a mind reader, more then anyone else he knows who wants to kill Jews so in his mind he must kill them first, he doesn’t even try to hide his insanity. He should be in a padded cell, otherwise he might hurt himself.
Israel couldn’t care less about “Iranians” in Iraq. Iraq is too far away for any Iranian militia to threaten Israel.
Syria is only involved because the original goal was to get the US to degrade Syria so it couldn’t be an effective actor in an Iran war. Russia messed that plan up. But Israel is concerned about Hezbollah and other Iran forces building up in the Golan Heights region just like Hezbollah built up in southern Lebanon itself. This would enable Hezbollah to in essence “surround” – on two sides anyway – Israel.
As I’ve said before, the goal is to get the US hyped up over “Iranian
proxies” in order to get the US to attack Hezbollah, which is the real
threat to Israel and which is the only thing stopping Israel from
attacking Iran itself.
The bottom line is to get the US to join Israel in degrading Hezbollah at the very least. Netanyahu will keep attacking Hezbollah until it retaliates, then he will blame Hezbollah for making a “terrorist attack” on Israel – and that will bring Trump in to help him.
It’s all painfully obvious. The fact that this will help Netanyahu in the election is just icing on the cake. Whether he wins or not, Israel will continue to do the same thing because the Israel government is united on getting rid of Hezbollah – and then getting the US to start a war with Iran.