A Shtetl With An Air Force

We’ve all heard the stupid jokes about from the past about Russia being a gas station with nukes. Recently the Israeli newspaper Haaretz—in its article stating that Israel has been totally defeated over the past 6 months—applied that to Israel:

No cabinet minister will restore our sense of personal security. Every Iranian threat will make us tremble. Our international standing was dealt a beating. Our leadership's weakness was revealed to the outside. For years we managed to fool them into thinking we were a strong country, a wise people and a powerful army. In truth, we're a shtetl with an air force, and that's on the condition that its awakened in time.

Actually they could have just as well said that Israel is a shtetl with nukes. Iran’s response to Israeli attacks has demonstrated that Iran is capable of reaching out and touching Israel’s Dimona nuclear power plant any time it wants—with ballistic missiles. The radiation effect of such a strike is said to be far worse than a strike with nuclear weapons (which are typically “low yield”), and it would take place in a small country, causing complete chaos. In effect, Israel’s nuclear power plant holds its nuclear “deterrent” hostage. The world has changed since Israel stole its nuclear technology from the US—perhaps with some complicity—but the Zionist mentality never seems to change.

There’s a lot going on, so here’s just a brief update. Israel is increasingly cutting itself off from the rest of the world—literally:

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#UnitedAirlines cancels flights to #Israel

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Air #India has canceled all flights to #Israel for the next three weeks

Expect that list to grow. Jordan has also, apparently, been put on notice:

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Attention warning to #Jordan from #Iran

To any response from #Israel and the opening of Jordanian airspace, we will respond to Jordan before Israel.

12:41 PM · Apr 15, 2024

Now, Israel is running off at the mouth. The reality, of course, is that Israel is unable to wage war against Iran on its own—it needs to draw the US into war in a big way, and that would—at the absolute best—be a can of worms for the US. Not just politically, but geostrategically and militarily in almost every conceivable way. Here is a good summary of the kind of things being said, but a reading between the lines suggests that Israel is aware that it long ago ceased to be an sovereign country and is totally dependent on the American Empire:

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 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that Israel has no choice but to retaliate against Iran – Axios

Israel wants to undertake actions coordinated with the U.S., aiming to hurt Iran without triggering a full-scale war – Channel 12

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: 'Israel won't accept an equation in which Iran responds with a direct attack every time Israel strikes targets in Syria'

 Israel may resort to striking targets deep within Iran in response to the attack by Iran and its proxies – U.S. Official to Al Jazeera

 Israel's potential response is not intended to escalate, but rather to make Iran understand Israel's ability to reach anywhere – U.S. Official to Al Jazeera

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi: 'This launch of so many missiles, cruise missiles, and UAVs into the territory of the State of Israel will be met with a response'

Spokesman for the Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament: 'We have several advanced weapons that we have not used before. We ask the Zionists to not be retarded, and to act rationally'

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12:34 PM · Apr 15, 2024

This sounds to me like bluster intended to twist the American arm. Whether it works or not is up to us. Our elected “representatives” are predictably kowtowing to their Israeli paymasters. Will the Executive Branch put its foot down? Time will tell.