Iran’s proxy war against Israel and the U.S. is escalating. Iran’s most powerful proxy, Hizballah, has now warned of a regional war if Israel continues its action in Gaza, and has unveiled “powerful Russian anti-ship missiles” as a “threat against U.S. warships.” This week, despite American warnings not to escalate, Hizballah fired 20 rockets into Israel, “setting off sirens in the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights.” Hizballah is calling Iran’s proxies the “Axis of Resistance.”
Meanwhile, at least 45 U.S. service members have reportedly been injured in attacks from Iran proxies, nineteen of them with traumatic brain injury. To Iran and its proxies, the exchange of fire with America and Israel is nothing less than jihad, while the West downplays the critical importance of this fact.
According to the doctrine of Mahdism, part of preparing for the reappearance of the 12th Imam is removing all obstacles and barriers to his return. Against this backdrop, Iran’s hardline clergy affiliated with the IRGC claim religious hadiths state that the “Jewish state will be destroyed before Mahdi’s arrival.” According to these accounts, which are legitimized through religious scripture, “Sh’ia Muslims will be on the side of the war against Jews” prior to the reappearance of Mahdi. As such, the collapse of
“Israeli regime and Zionist Jews” at the behest of “Iran and the Resistance Axis” will take place “prior to the emergence of Mahdi.”
The Mahdi is the Shias’ 12th Imam, aka the Hidden Imam.
Only a no-nonsense maneuver of deterrence could possibly keep Iran at bay. America’s longtime policy of appeasement under Obama and Biden is clearly ineffective.
“Hezbollah’s anti-ship missiles bolster its threat to US navy,” by Laila Bassam and Tom Perry, Reuters, November 8, 2023:
BEIRUT, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Powerful Russian anti-ship missiles acquired by Hezbollah give it the means to deliver on its leader’s veiled threat against U.S. warships and underline the grave risks of any regional war, sources familiar with the group’s arsenal say.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Washington last week his group had something in store for the U.S. vessels deployed to the region since war erupted last month between the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel, shaking the wider Middle East.
Two sources in Lebanon familiar with the Iran-backed group’s arsenal say he was referring to Hezbollah’s greatly enhanced anti-ship missile capabilities, including the Russian-made Yakhont missile with a range of 300 km (186 miles).
Reports by media and analysts have for years indicated that Hezbollah acquired Yakhont missiles in Syria after deploying there more than a decade ago to help President Bashar al-Assad fight a civil war….
Washington says its Mediterranean naval deployment – comprising two aircraft carriers and their supporting ships – aims to prevent the conflict from spreading by deterring Iran, which backs groups including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad….
Nasrallah said in a speech on Friday that the U.S. warships in the Mediterranean “do not scare us, and will not scare us”.
“We have prepared for the fleets with which you threaten us,” he said….
Homer Bedloe says
If one of those rockets hits one of our ships, Biden will punk out and have a what the administration calls a proportional response which won’t really punish the enemy. With Biden as Commander in Chief, I fear for the safety of our servicemen.
CogitoErgoSum says
First thing Biden will do is give them some more money (if they agree to making a contribution to the Democratic Party – less 10% for the Big Guy.)
puzzled says
Make yourselves SHEEP………… and the terrorists………WILL BEHEAD YOU!!!!
Keys says
Do you think they have a plan to sink a US carrier?
No doubt in my mind, and I am sure they’ve had outside help.
If I remember correctly, that is exactly what China was practicing.
Yep!
https://nypost.com/2023/05/25/china-blows-up-us-navy-warship-in-menacing-simulation/
To say the least, that would certainly embolden the Muslim world, and the means of doing so would spread. Then what?
CogitoErgoSum says
Then what? Nuclear subs.
somehistory says
“There will be war and rumors of war. See that you are not terrified. (Jesus Christ, Matthew 24, Luke 21, Mark 13)”
John Smith says
Yes Somehistory,
The Bible makes it quite clear where WW111 will start, it’s here in Israel. Every time trouble breaks out in this part of the world I think to myself, is this it. I hope this isn’t the start of something that could escalate into something much bigger but unfortunately it could.
somehistory says
John, Jesus said not to be afraid because all of this is leading up to a war…yes, war…that will end the evil for all time.
To put it bluntly, it will be a most horrific war, but in the end, the result will be all good.
We can not really liken it to anything we have ever seen before.
But if we can imagine having a headache that never ends, getting worse by the day and driving us insane.
Being told it’s a tumor sounds like the worst of news. But being told that the surgeon is skilled and the operation for him is simple, may ease our mind a little until we are on the operating table.
For a brief time, the worry may make us think about trying to live with the pain a little longer. However, we don’t give up our hope.
The end result: wonderful relief. from the fear and pain.
That is what is coming to earth…an ending of the fear and pain.
aum says
Creeping World War 3 – Worrying.