Israel uses “tens of tons of explosives in a missile attack on the underground headquarters of Hezbollah outside Beirut. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was believed to be in the building complex struck by the attack. Based on the photos if he was there he’s almost certainly dead.
It appears that Israel is not interested in a limited response. They seem to be preparing for a major confrontation with at least Hezbollah.
I guess the question is will it also include Iran?
Things may be getting out of hand. I wonder what are the chances we can stay out of this thing. Well, we’ll find out pretty soon.
Israel can handle Hamas and Hezbolla. If Iran sends their special forces that may escalate things. If Iran tosses a nuke Israel can obliterate them in return. And if Israel has to throw nukes, Iran won’t be the only target, so the other naughty actors in the region will tamp Iran’s desires that way. Israel seems to have pretty good infiltration or Iran’s military operations. If the Iranians want to use their navy to make trouble in the gulf, they can look back to 1988 when our navy’s Praying Mantis operation sank half of their navy in one union shift.… Read more »
Sadly, I think our Navy could teach them about pronouns and we would be lucky if the US ships didn’t sink each other. Or run into each other.
BTW, I’d love to be wrong.