Quiet Hysteria Among The Neocons?

I’ll just provide the link. It’s from the firmly Neoconnish Daily Telegraph and it’s an explicit admission that all the US - Israel gaslighting about the “ineffective” Iranian warning strike was just that: gaslighting. In other words, lies. In fact the strike was scary effective. Well—surprised? Everyone who knew anything knew that the Iranian warning strike would be a success. The bigger point is that you need to take almost everything in this article with a massive dose of salt, because of where the DT is coming from ideologically. What you’re then left with is an air of hysteria behind the scenes—”what comes next” has some people very scared indeed:

Iran has proved it can breach the world’s greatest air defence system. What comes next could be devastating

The world is taking notes after Israel’s formidable Iron Dome was breached by Iranian rockets

As for the dose of salt, start with the headline. “Greatest air defence system”? Hardly. Those of us who have been following the war on Russia know better.

Despite this, Alexander Mercouris is highly confident that the US - Israel combine will launch an massive strike against Iran, and that “then the Middle East war will start in earnest.” Sooner rather than later. Because “Netanyahu has the backing of the Neocons and the Neocons always get their way.” That seems to be Scott Ritter’s view, too. His conclusion is that this will spell the end for the Zionist entity.

October surprise, anyone? Don’t forget Russia is in the mix.