War In The Middle-East
A year ago, on October 7th, 2023, Hamas, a terrorist organization backed by Iran, overwhelmed Israeli defenses by sending 3000 terrorists through land, air, and sea to murder, rape, and burn to death 1200 innocent Israeli citizens and take 250 Israeli hostages. This act was a declaration of war.
Since then, over 40,000 Hamas soldiers and Palestinian civilians in Gaza have been killed by Israel, nearly 800 Israeli soldiers have died in combat, and nearly 10,000 Hezbollah rockets have made northern Israel unlivable. Meanwhile, Iran has twice attacked Israel with nearly 500 cruise and ballistic missiles, and Israel has brutally decapitated the entire leadership of Hamas and Hezbollah. This is what war looks like.
The first war Israel loses will be the last one it will fight. What Israel lacks in size and numbers, it makes up for in intelligence and Chutzpah. Two weeks ago, Israel blew up thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies, maiming 3000 Hezbollah terrorists, killing 37, and then, finally, assassinated Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the world’s most heavily armed nonstate militia.
In a blatant act of victim-shaming, many throughout the world blame Israel and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, for the brutal execution of this war and for its refusal to “compromise” to reach a “peaceful solution” with Hamas and Hezbollah. I am not in this camp.
Wars are fought when the engaged parties cannot peacefully resolve their differences. Wars end when one side clearly wins and the other side clearly loses. A case in point is WWII, in which America nearly destroyed Germany and twice nuked Japan before it could bring that war to a conclusion.
In its short history, Israel has fought and clearly won five wars against its Arab neighbors. This time, Israel is at war with Iran, directly and through proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. This war will not end until the regime in Iran falls.
Forty-five years after the fall of the Shah of Iran, the Ayatollahs who rule it through fear and force are hated by most Iranians, having bankrupted the country and allowing it to appear woefully outmatched by the superior Israeli intelligence and military. Even as two American aircraft carriers stand nearby, it will be Israel who will fight and win this war because they have no other option.
— Sina.