A massive fog of war covers the Middle East. The New York Times ran a story yesterday headlined, âA Wider War in the Middle East, From Hamas to Hezbollah and Now Iran.â The article was penned by David Sanger, who is so security-state connected that he might as well be romantically involved with CIA Director Bill Burns. I bet his electronic surveillance has little electronic surveillance of its own.
Something is happening in the Middle East, itâs just not clear what or how big or small it is. But we do know that Israel is now involved in kinetic conflicts with at least four opponents: the Houthis in Yemen to the southeast, whatâs left of Hezbollah in Lebanon to the north, Hamas in Gaza, and now Iran, to the east.
Only a few days ago, Israel âdecapitatedâ Hezbollah. Yesterday, media reported Israel âinvadedâ Lebanon. But the scale of the invasion isnât clear. Reports vary. There is no agreement even on whether any invasion happened at all. Some platforms just call the activity on Israelâs northern border an âincursion,â and others describe it only as small scouting raids by Israeli special forces.
Yesterday, Iran electrified the media by firing between 180 and 300 missiles at Israel. Again, reports on the number of missiles vary. Media coverage exists but seems oddly muted. Unlike last time Iran attacked Israel, this time saw no six-hour, play-by-play media circus tracking the momentary movements of missiles between the two countries.
Nearly a full day after Iranâs newest missile attack, nobody can agree about precisely what happened. Israelâs government has apparently imposed strict information controls. Some reports said Iranian missiles soared right through Israelâs Iron Dome. But other, like David Sanger, said the Iron Dome mostly succeeded in shooting down Iranian missiles.
Miraculously, Israel said that almost nobody died or was even injured by any Iranian missile. Only one unlucky Palestinian gentleman was killed when an empty rocket casing fell on him â an unbelievably improbable event that was even more improbably captured on video.
Iranian sources conflict with each other over whether the US and Russia received advance notice of the attacks. Some Iranian officials say yes, others say no.
The Iranians claimed to have destroyed dozens of insanely expensive F35 fighter jets in the attack (donât even ask), as well as an oil platform or oil processing facility of some kind. Israel wonât say what has or hasnât been damaged or destroyed, apart from one empty school building. We just donât know; that might be all.
Israelâs Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has promised to retaliate, but only he knows what for, since all reports say Iranâs missile strikes were ineffective. Maybe just for the attempt, which seems like a legitimate reason.
The bottom line is we know more about what Tim Walz likes to eat on his China field trips than what is actually happening in the Middle East right now.
Something is happening in the Middle East, itâs just not clear what or how big or small it is. But we do know that Israel is now involved in kinetic conflicts with at least four opponents: the Houthis in Yemen to the southeast, whatâs left of Hezbollah in Lebanon to the north, Hamas in Gaza, and now Iran, to the east.
Only a few days ago, Israel âdecapitatedâ Hezbollah. Yesterday, media reported Israel âinvadedâ Lebanon. But the scale of the invasion isnât clear. Reports vary. There is no agreement even on whether any invasion happened at all. Some platforms just call the activity on Israelâs northern border an âincursion,â and others describe it only as small scouting raids by Israeli special forces.
Yesterday, Iran electrified the media by firing between 180 and 300 missiles at Israel. Again, reports on the number of missiles vary. Media coverage exists but seems oddly muted. Unlike last time Iran attacked Israel, this time saw no six-hour, play-by-play media circus tracking the momentary movements of missiles between the two countries.
Nearly a full day after Iranâs newest missile attack, nobody can agree about precisely what happened. Israelâs government has apparently imposed strict information controls. Some reports said Iranian missiles soared right through Israelâs Iron Dome. But other, like David Sanger, said the Iron Dome mostly succeeded in shooting down Iranian missiles.
Miraculously, Israel said that almost nobody died or was even injured by any Iranian missile. Only one unlucky Palestinian gentleman was killed when an empty rocket casing fell on him â an unbelievably improbable event that was even more improbably captured on video.
Iranian sources conflict with each other over whether the US and Russia received advance notice of the attacks. Some Iranian officials say yes, others say no.
The Iranians claimed to have destroyed dozens of insanely expensive F35 fighter jets in the attack (donât even ask), as well as an oil platform or oil processing facility of some kind. Israel wonât say what has or hasnât been damaged or destroyed, apart from one empty school building. We just donât know; that might be all.
Israelâs Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has promised to retaliate, but only he knows what for, since all reports say Iranâs missile strikes were ineffective. Maybe just for the attempt, which seems like a legitimate reason.
The bottom line is we know more about what Tim Walz likes to eat on his China field trips than what is actually happening in the Middle East right now.
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