US officials quietly backed Israel’s military push against Hezbollah
US officials quietly backed Israel’s military push against Hezbollah
Senior White House figures privately told Israel that the U.S. would support its decision to ramp up military pressure against Hezbollah — even as the Biden administration publicly urged the Israeli government in recent weeks to curtail its strikes, according to American and Israeli officials.
Presidential adviser Amos Hochstein and Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East, told top Israeli officials in recent weeks that the U.S. agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s broad strategy to shift Israel’s military focus to the north against Hezbollah in order to convince the group to engage in diplomatic talks to end the conflict, the officials told POLITICO.
To what end? How does this protect American interests beyond giving Israel free reign to murder folks?
I was a teenager and not following the news when the US invaded Iraq and Afghanistan. Did it feel this shitty?
This... Feels worse.
Much worse.
Iraq and Afghanistan were not, at the time, nuclear powers.
Iraq had no real allies in the region.
Afghanistan was also relatively isolated.
That's not the case with Lebanon. As proxy for Iran. A friend of Russia. A friend of north Korea. A friend of China.
Iran won't just shoot some rockets.
Demands on how high you were on your own ultra-nationalist supply. I remember hearing the news of the US invasion of Iraq and just thinking "It's Vietnam all over again, fuck."
The situation escalated further Monday when Israeli special forces moved across the border, targeting Hezbollah’s tunnel network and other command centers, another U.S. official told POLITICO.
If it were strictly this, then I would support that. But they haven’t shown any interest in avoiding civilian casualties. I haven’t seen any reporting that contradicts this stated goal as it relates to what they’re attacking in Lebanon. The US and IDF claim they’re going after Hezbollah tunnels and command centers, do civilians live in those places as well? Is this going to be like what’s happening in Gaza, or are they really only hitting terrorist targets? Anyone have any links to further reporting on that?
It's clear that Biden doesn't give a fuck about Arab deaths
Looks like Iran fired off 4 salvo of ballistic missiles, ~400 total. Large number overwhelmed defenses a bit and they scored some hits. Vids are a bit terrifying. Jordan and US hit some of them. No injuries reported so far. Now we wait for the next move.
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