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Is Iran going to strike hard at Israel, or not? At this point, it’s anybody’s guess.
Ever since Hamas top dog Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in a high-security Tehran guesthouse for visiting foreign dignitaries on July 31, the world has been holding its breath waiting for a massive blow against Israel from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Just hours after Haniyeh was killed, Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, ordered what the New York Postcalled “a direct strike” on Israel. It looked as if he was readying Iran for a much, much larger war: Khamenei also ordered Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commanders, along with Iran’s army, to “get ready an attack and defensive plans in case the conflict widens with either strikes from Israel or the United States hitting the country.”
Then on Aug. 2, Khamenei pinnedan X post dating ominously from Oct. 3, 2023, four days before Hamas’ massacre of 1,200 Israelis, to the top of his Persian-language X account. It read: “The Zionist regime is about to go.” Yet nothing happened. On Aug. 2, Iranian state TV announced that “in the coming hours, the world will witness extraordinary scenes and very important developments.” Again, nothing happened.
The Biden regime began to take credit for forcing Iran to stand down amid allegations that it gave Iran the names of the Mossad agents who took out Haniyeh as a gesture of goodwill in order to try to de-escalate the conflict. Even if that claim is accurate, however, Khamenei hasn’t given up on his hope of delivering a major blow to the Jewish state. He is now even claiming that Allah will be angry if Iran doesn’t hit Israel.
Iran International reportedWednesday that Khamenei had condemned “enemy psychological warfare” aimed at forcing the country to reconsider retaliation against Israel in the wake of the killing of the Hamas political leader in Tehran.” Khamenei emphasized that “any non-tactical retreat—be it military, political, or economic—invites ‘divine wrath,’ as per the Holy Quran.”
So will Iran strike Israel now? Khamenei appears to be trying to foreclose upon any possibility that it will not do so, and put an end to dissent from internal voices who are urging a more prudent response. The Supreme Leader seems determined to challenge not only Israel, but also the United States, despite Iran’s obvious disadvantages in any actual conflict between the two. He declared: “Governments that yield to the demands of today’s dominant powers, regardless of the size or strength of the nations they represent, could defy these pressures if they draw on the strength of their people and accurately assess their adversaries’ true, unembellished capabilities.” His point is obvious: Iran is stronger than it seems to be, and America is likewise weaker than it looks.
Clearly Khamenei, for whatever reason, is itching for a military confrontation with the U.S. In a nationally televised address on Nov. 1, 2023, he explained that destroying America was a primary goal of his regime: “The situation between America and Iran is this: When you chant ‘Death to America!’ it is not just a slogan – it is a policy. I have stated the reasons previously. For many years, from the 1940s to the 1970s – that is 30 years – the Americans did everything they could do against the Iranian nation. They hit Iran in any way they could – financially, economically, politically, scientifically, and morally.” Khamenei made it unmistakable: he was determined to hit back.
One of the chief reasons for this, he explained, was that America was allied with Israel: “If it were not for America’s support, if it were not for the support of U.S. weapons, the corrupt and artificial Zionist regime would have been destroyed in the first week. It would have collapsed. The Americans are behind this.”
The Biden-Harris regime, however, doesn’t take any of this seriously, or thinks that gestures of goodwill to Iran’s Islamic regime will be returned in kind. Just two weeks after Khamenei said that “Death to America” was not just a slogan but a policy, the regime sent $10 billion in unfrozen funds to Tehran. Meanwhile, the Biden-Harris regime has worked to betray Israel in numerous other ways. Will its money and gestures of goodwill deter Khamenei from striking at Israel as he has been threatening to do for over two weeks now? It’s much more likely that they will see the Biden-Harris regime as weak and contemptible and press forward more aggressively than ever.
they love death , oblige them . ! with the current band of miscreants in the biden admin. still chanting the same 2 state canard despite the muslim world wanting only no state solution for jews , you wonder where their foreign policy bureaucrats get their fiction from ,certainly not from the real world . then the left dont live in the world of reality . anyone who has listened to and read any of brigitte gabriels books knows there is no such thing as a moderate muslim , if perchance there is they are to be treated as an apostate and killed along with all the infidels . the koran has been written by a bunch of bloodthirsty semi illiterate arabs and those that believe it to this day are in the same category . that the biden wanting a deal with terrorists tells you that the war on terror was a fiction when now they want to do deals with the very same people of 9/11 .
So why should America still belong to the United Nations along with all those Terrorists supporting Nations?
Since Iran’s nukes are not ready perhaps a smuggled CCP/Nork or Pakistani nuke? Israel better be ready for this.
Not to worry. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ‘never slumbers nor sleeps’. You don’t really think Israel won all those wars alone, do you ? 🙂
Read Ezekial 43:7 and you know who wins and will always win.
Rev. Roy………..<
Was listening to a West Coast choir rendering of “Jesus, the Undefeated One” recently, and thought of it when I read your post.
Iran wanted to attack Israel with missiles recently. Khamaniac boasted of it. It didn’t happen, though. Those pussies know Israel can kill them easily. Israel is tiny but it’s mighty.
“ in the wake of the killing of the Hamas political leader in Tehran.” Khamenei emphasized that “any non-tactical retreat—be it military, political, or economic—invites ‘divine wrath,’ as per the Holy Quran.”
I thought their holy koran said that death was the highest honour.
Israel is strong enough to defeat Iran again and again. The savages don’t have the capacity or capability.
Years ago I was privileged to attend the commissioning of the Navy’s brand-new, state-of-the-art Aegis guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill in Boston.
The magnificent and intimidatingly powerful and capable warship’s proud motto was “We shoot BEFORE we see the whites of their eyes!”–a…ahem…slight revision to young Dr. Joseph Warren’s order to his men at the famous Revolutionary War battle in Charlestown for which the ship was named.
I hope that Bibi keeps the ship’s proud, defiant motto in mind in dealing with the ayatollahs, and keeps his Red Button as close to his fingertips on his desk as I keep the mouse of my laptop to mine as I write this.
I guess the mullahs might be waiting on the outcome of the November elections to see if THEIR CANDIDATE is ELECTED President of the US!! They KNOW that if PRESIDENT TRUMP returns to the White House that any move against Israel might just be the END for THEM!!
The money sent to Iran is not goodwill gesture. What you don’t see is that the DemoCraps are in 100 percent agreement with “Death to America” . The DemoCraps add the word “white” to the chant. “Death to White America “.
1984 Iran/Iraq war, USA helped Iraq defeat Iran. That’s when the hatred started. Not that we care.
Nonsense. They’ve been chanting “Death to Israel Death to America” since 1979, from the earliest days of the Islamic regime. Recall they took US diplomats hostage in 1979, and kept them for 444 days. And Israel? Thousands of Israelis were working in Iran in the 1970s as technical advisors and engineers. Some worked on upgrading and managing the country’s water system. Then overnight they had to flee. And the Israeli diplomatic station in Teheran? It was turned over to the PLO as thanks for the help they provided Khomeini and his Islamic conspirators.
Note to Iran’s Supreme Coward, the Ayatollah Khamenei….time sh*t or get off the pot. You will never get another chance. Karma Kemalalala just might pull this off….God forbid.
FORTY-FOUR YEARS and we’re still dealing with the Mullah Madmen. Let’s recall Ahmadinejad said, “wipe Israel off the map!” Now our own Americans are chanting with Iran’s goal: “From the River to the Sea!”
During the DNC, many protesters are screaming, “DEATH TO ISRAEL!” They also means to kill the Jews but don’t they realize that TWO MILLION Muslims live in Israel so kill them too?
THEY are the real DOMESTIC TERRORISTS and supported by the Democratic Party that funded Iran’s Reign of Terror!
ISN’T AIDING TERRORISTS… ILLEGAL? Where’s the DOJ and FBI?
It sounds as if he is implying that his non-response is tactical, and therefore does not invite the wrath of the capricious idol of the Qur’an – so is he wanting his own people to gird up their loins in readiness for whatever he has in mind, or is he playing psychological games with the Israelis? Or a bit of both?
Khamenei. Why hasn’t that guy been bitch slapped to death yet?
I would wager that the Iranian leader recognizes that they “about” have the bomb. . but they KNOW that Israel DOES. He knows that they will massively retaliate likely killing lots of his beloved fellow moose limbs.
That is giving him pause as he knows how it will go. (Not well for Iran.) They will be over, plain and simple.