The Biden administration is concerned that the violence on the Israel-Lebanon border could soon escalate into a full-blown war and that Israel is rushing into the conflict without a clear strategy, Axios reported on Wednesday.
US officials told Axios that the administration has cautioned Israel against the idea of a “limited war,” warning that Iran could intervene and militants in Iraq and Syria could join the fighting.
The report said the White House believes a ceasefire in Gaza is the only thing that could reduce tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border. However, Israeli officials have previously threatened to escalate in Lebanon if a truce is reached in Gaza.
The report comes after Israeli airstrikes killed a Hezbollah commander who was described as the most senior member of Hezbollah to be killed by Israel since October 2023. Hezbollah responded with a large volley of rockets. On Thursday, Israeli soldiers were spotted launching large fireballs into southern Lebanon to start fires.
According to a tally from AFP, Israeli bombings in southern Lebanon have killed at least 468 people in southern Lebanon since October, including 89 civilians. On the Israeli side, Israeli authorities have said 15 soldiers and 11 civilians have been killed by Hezbollah.
The US is calling for de-escalation on the border after the latest round of strikes, but there’s no sign diplomatic efforts are making any progress. There’s also no sign that the US is putting any real pressure on Israel to change what it’s doing in the north since US military aid continues to flow.
Back in January, The Washington Post reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might view a war in Lebanon as key to his political survival. President Biden said recently that people have “every reason” to believe that Netanyahu is dragging out the onslaught in Gaza for his own political self-preservation.
It’s tragic that Israelis have to suffer under the crazed leadership of Nentanyahu and the rest of the Likud Gov’t. The Likud seems hell bent on creating another Masada.
Too brainwashed to see the forest for the trees, not unlike Americans and their exceptionalism.
Hubris of the "chosen" leads to Nemesis … the people are not blameless here.
Didn't they vote for him? In the same sense as there are no innocent Palestinians maybe also there are no innocent Israelis.
"Report: US Thinks Israel Is Rushing Into War With Hezbollah With No Clear Strategy." Only two problems with the title. If the "US Thinks," we would be joining Israel "Into War With Hezbollah" especially because there is "No Clear Strategy."
No, they're not "concerned". They want a wider Middle East war, all the way to Iran. So does the other side. Everyone knows this is the final conflict. They're both just too scared to be blamed for starting it. Hamas doesn't care that they started it – they didn't have a choice: either they started it or Palestinians would have been neutered by the Abraham Accords. Alastair Crooke has it right. This doesn't end until one side or the other is destroyed and driven out of the Middle East.
Is it true the Saudis are giving up the petrodollar? I heard this in passing and can’t confirm. What happens to the dollar affects the war machine.
They are beginning to hedge their bets … as are the Chinese and many others.
But the war machine will be well funded for a while yet. It's a damn oil tanker headed for the rocks … very difficult to change course.
Well funded by money stolen from US taxpsyers.
Technically they're stealing from future taxpayers. The US runs an annual deficit.
Empires collapse slowly and then all at once.
That is, if we don’t get into nuclear war. Then none of it matters.
I suppose euthanasia on-demand wouldn't accomplish what they really want, not enough suffering.
They might just do that with a nuclear war.
that’s why i’m advocating euthanasia on-demand, i don’t want to burn to death like babies in Gaza
Notice that Russia has a positive balance of payments and its economy is growing.
Well it sounds like a great place for you to move to. Why don't you give it a try.
The 50 yr agreement signed June 9th 1994 expired this past Sunday. I've found little in the western msm about it past the 01/02/2023 Saudi FM announcement SA was considering transacting it's oil in other currencies, which it has been doing since. MSN picked up something from TipRanks, whoever that is. The western fringe and Indian media say Saudi has decided not to renew it, but no official announcement.
"What happens to the dollar affects the war machine" – yes, but not before increased inflation and interest rates affect Americans COL.
Disclosure:I have not read the piece yet, and it sources Sputnik:
https://karlof1.substack.com/p/news-too-big-not-to-share
lol, sputnik likely has the best info, after all dethroning the dollar is a BRICS project and Russia is chairing BRICS this year 🙂
I have seen no team building ability in the Jill Stein party.
It’s all quite sad, isn’t it?
I was explaining that it was analysis of another source, not the original. And of course every source and writer has perspective.
Dethroning the dollar is more than simply a BRICS project. Notice that Dilma Rousseff is now president of the BRICS New Development Bank based in Shanghai.
The US helped overthrow Brazilian democracy twice; The first time Dilma Rousseff was a tortured younger college-age woman, the second time the US helped overthrow Brazil's democracy Dilma was the President.
Replacing the dollar is liberation from colonialism dominated by totalitarian terrorist US.
This really is a sad state we are in. I suggest writing in nobody for every elected office this November. The US is collapsing and we all should figure out where to put a new capitol. Check this model http://constituentassembly.org/
I’ve bookmarked for later reading, thanks.
I read the article… It is an excellent summary of dollar demise due to war.
The US can render your dollars useless at the whim of the president. The Russians found this out. I don't know exactly whey you would trust the dollar.
Who said I trust anything?
So, if Israel DID have a strategy it would be a-ok, right?
As stated by several ex-IDF generals, Israel cannot win these wars … as we found out in Vietnam before and Afghanland recently, you can't win if the other side refuses to lose.
It is a war for the sake of war.
U.S. doesn't think. U.S. reacts.
I'm much relieved knowing the Biden Administration, aka the Zionist Colony of North America, has "cautioned" Israel.
Axios surely has "cautioned" and no/lacking/without a "clear strategy" and "concern" in soft keys.
The last ELE was 65M years ago, Earth is probably due for it's first manmade one, climate change is taking too long.
That strategy is to get something started. Bibi gets to stay in power if there is a war.
"U.S. thinks Israel is rushing into war with Hezbollah with no clear strategy"
You mean obama/biden/communist think…NOT the USA
We know better