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The Video
This post is based on theVO that I did for SouthFront tonight.
The video is above. I don’t write these things—just read.
I have restated the main points rather more simply below, adding context and I hope perspective
Will there really be a third front? That would be crazy, right?
But, on the face of things, Israel does seem to be gearing up for this — or at least threatening it. My guess is that it is an attempt to provoke the Russians and get the Americans involved. It is also a escalative continuation of a policy in place for a long time.
But you have to draw your own conclusions.
October Attacks
On October 1, the ZioNazis struck Mazzeh in the Syrian capital of Damascus, fatally wounding Majid Divani, an Iranian advisor working for the IRGC— and killing three civilians, including a TV anchor, while wounding 9 others.
Later that day another wave of Israeli strikes targeted a radar site between al-Sanamayn and al-Qaniya in Dara’a, and an airstrip near the Izraa’ agricultural Airport, as well as al-Tha'la Air Base and a radar site near Tal al-Kha-rouf in al-Sweida.
Obviously, these are not Hezbollah or Iranian sites.
The next day, the Zionists struck Mazzeh again, killing Hassan Jafar Qassir, the son-in-law of Hassan Nasrallah. They said Hassan was part of Hezbollah’s Unit 4400, which delivers Iranian weapons to Lebanon. They also killed three civilians and wounded three others. Maybe these just want to wipe out Nasrallah’s entire family, like a Mafia cartel would.
The following day, October 3, the Israelis hit the Janta border crossing connecting rural Damascus with Lebanon.
They also attacked warehouses one kilometer west of Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in Lattakia, saying they stored Iranian weapons for Hezbollah, but more likely Syrian and Russian weapons depots.
The Russians reportedly shot down 13 advanced missiles from Israeli naval vessels—although that claim is unverified.
Still, it is highly likely—given Russian base defenses.
Syrian TV said the one warehouse that was hit was on the base itself, but that does not seem to be the case.
“No casualties were reported”says SouthFront rather vaguely. Some say the warehouse was destroyed; some say, not.
Kill, Kill, Kill
On October 4, a drone strike struck a vehicle near Homs. The strike killed a Syrian soldier and wounded at least three other people. Again, this was an attack on Syrian forces, not Hezbollah.
On October 5, Israeli drones struck three vehicles carrying aid from Iraq to Hassia in southern Homs.
The attack killed one and wounded three. Was this humanitarian aid? Likely.
Later Israeli strikes hit two ammunition depots’ in Shinshar, south of Homs and in the town’ of Al Shatay, along with a third one near Al Salamiyah in Hama countryside. Nobody knows whose depots these were . Iran? Syria? Hezbollah?
On October 8, Israel struck Mazzeh once again, killing seven people and wounding 11 others, among them, a Yemeni college professor, his wife and three young daughters.
Israel, of course, claims the strikes are only on Hezbollah supply lines. Certainly they are targeting Hezbollah resources – but, at the same time, Syrian defenses and civilians.
Russian Assets?
At the very least, Israeli willingness to strike so close to a major Russian airbase seems provocative, given the circumstances .
Are they trying to send a message to Russia to discourage its support for Iran?
Or do they want Russia to engage them in Syria so they can call for help from the US?
Some think that the Israeli strategy is to overrun one ME state at a time. Gaza. Lebanon, Syria. Finally, Iran. Bang, bang, bang. Nope. Not going to happen.
Let’ s keep in mind that we don’t know exactly how many F35s and F15s the Iranians destroyed in one are now clearly pinpoint strikes.
If the Iranian claims are correct, they would have hurt Israel’s ability to use its air force to launch a counter strike.
Maybe that’s why the Israelis want Big Bro’ US of A to do heavy lifting in a war to establish dominance in the ME by destroying Iran. The US is clearly wants to revert Iran o the days of the Shah — but it doesn’t want to fight itself. Not with Iran’s growing strength. And US growing weakness.
US debt just reached 18 trillion dollars thanks to wars. The US share of the world economy has dropped to a record low— estimated to be just below 15% by the time Biden leaves office. And war with Iran would leave the US unable to fight a war with China.
Russia, however, has the lowest debt in the post-industrial world and its share to the global economy is increasing.
As it grows more powerful, it may be less and less willing to put up provocations, American or Israeli.
For the time being, it’s one thing at a time—one front at a time— for Russia. At least, until Ukraine surrenders.
But..Russia learns from others—certainly from the Americans. If the Ukraine and Israel are proxies for the US—then Iran, Yemen, and Hezbollah could become proxies for Russia… The difference would be that Russia would make sure they could win. A proxy war is a good strategy, only if you win.
Some reports are that Russia has not only installed air defense systems in critical areas of Iran and has pilots there waiting for delivery of Su35s.
In the meantime, Israel is sending more troops into Lebanon, apparently suffering a lot of casualties, doing significantly worse than in 2006 –as predicted. Hamas has been able to launch more rockets into Israel. The Houthis launched two ballistic missiles into Tel Aviv. Israel is on the road to Masada.
And the Israeli economy is cratering.
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I think I've worked it out.