Who Greenlit The Wider Middle East War?

Israeli media are apparently reporting that the Anglo-Zionist Empire has greenlit Netanyahu’s much longed for apocalyptic war to eliminate all non-Zionists in the Middle East. It is said to begin within two weeks, in Lebanon.

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WAR COMING TO LEBANON?

US Gives Green Light to Israel for Lebanon War - Channel 14

“According to the information we received from the Israeli delegation, Netanyahu has received full legitimacy in the United States to wage war in Lebanon,” a journalist for the Israeli media channel posted.

“When he arrives in the country, he is expected to head to the ‘Al-Bur’ in Al-Kiryah [a military complex that houses the headquarters of the Israeli army’s different corps], and from there, he will start the war in Lebanon,” Former Israeli intelligence and security official Yuval Malka told Hebrew media on 25 July that Washington has greenlit a wider war on Lebanon.

10:50 AM · Jul 25, 2024

If you’re not familiar with the kinds of things that are said publicly on Hebrew language media in Israel, here’s an example:

https://x.com/i/status/1816374670217634132

The enthusiastic war expectation is coming from the dominant Israeli Right. They claim that Israel is on a roll, is at peak military strength, that the military says it’s time to go into Lebanon. However, The Cradle also quotes the “centrist” Maariv newspaper to virtually the opposite effect:

Despite Bohbot’s comments, Maariv newspaper reported on Wednesday that the Israeli army is losing its readiness to launch an all-out war against Lebanon and Hezbollah because its forces have been worn out from almost 300 days of fighting in Gaza. 

With each passing day, the Israeli army is losing its readiness to launch an all-out war against Lebanon and Hezbollah because its forces have been worn out from almost 300 days of fighting in Gaza, Maariv reported on 24 July.

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The Maariv notes that units of reserve soldiers would be required to maneuver alongside Israel’s regular forces in any major war against Hezbollah in the north.

However, dozens of reserve battalions have been operating since 7 October in both Gaza and the north and are becoming exhausted.

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Settlers in Israel’s north are also becoming exhausted. Hundreds of thousands have been evacuated due to Hezbollah missile, rocket, and drone attacks since the resistance movement joined the fight against Israel in support of the resistance in Gaza on 8 October.

Hezbollah released the third episode of its “Hoopoe” series on 24 July, revealing recent drone footage of the sensitive and strategic Ramat David Airbase and several other important sites it is capable of striking in the event of all-out war with Israel.

The Lebanese resistance group has recently struck new Israeli settlements not previously targeted in response to assassinations and indiscriminate Israeli attacks on south Lebanon. 

Its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has warned Israel that it is prepared to fight “without limits, rules, or restraints” if a wide-scale war is waged against Lebanon. 

I’ve heard other, seemingly reliable, reports to the effect that the Israeli military is in almost open revolt, knowing that Israel is simply not prepared for more war. Additional reports state that large numbers of Israel’s armored forces have been damaged and disabled. We the People have nothing to say about this—the Ruling Class, heavily controlled by The Israel Lobby, will decide.

The questions are many.

John Mearsheimer and other experienced former military officers have repeatedly stated that the US military simply isn’t ready for a major war of this sort, which would necessarily test US defenses against new forms of war (drones and missiles) to the limit. That is especially the case with regard to the key arm of US forces in the region: the US Navy. The USN’s performance against the Houthi blockade has not exactly inspired confidence. On the one hand, the USN may, almost certainly has, have held back, pulled possible punches against Yemen. On the other hand, the Axis of Resistance has just as surely held back in its attacks on USN forces.

Most analysts agree that any Israeli war on Lebanon will certainly broaden into a major regional war, in which key US bases—not just little desert posts in the boondocks of Syraq—will, with the USN, come under concerted attack. With support from and possible participation of Russia and China.

All that raises the key question: If a major war was greenlit by the Anglo-Zionist Empire, who did the greenlighting? Zhou? Kama Sutra? Please. Which also raises the other huge issue: With Ukraine predicted by many to be on the verge of collapse by Labor Day, NATO in disarray, US military readiness in doubt, who really did the greenlighting here—if it did in fact occur? Especially in light of the Big Event upcoming in November, and following on the assassination of President Trump. We’re talking here about a major crisis, an existential crisis, for the Anglo-Zionist Empire, while the Empire is increasingly in disarray. Who’s running this clown show?

Obviously Trump is not. We don’t know exactly where Trump stands on a major war blowing up before the election, but it stands to reason that he does not want that. A signal of that occurred before Netanyahu’s meeting with Trump. Netanyahu is supposed to have patched things up with Trump (after endorsing Zhou while the election was in question). I doubt that Netanyahu was happy about this—or that Trump took this action without knowing that it was a slap at Netanyahu. Trump wants peace in the Middle East, not war:

Trump posts letter from Palestinian leader ahead of Netanyahu meeting

Driving the news: Abbas sent the letter to Trump on July 14, but it wasn't made public until Trump posted it on his Truth Social account.

• Abbas said in the letter to Trump that he watched footage of the assassination attempt against the former president earlier this month and was gravely concerned.

• "Acts of violence must not have a place in a world of law and order," Abbas wrote.

• Trump sent Abbas the letter back with a handwritten message, saying: "Mahmoud, so nice. Thank you. Everything will be good, Best wishes. Donald Trump."

• In the text of the post Trump wrote: "Looking forward to seeing Bibi Netanyahu on Friday, and even more forward to achieving Peace in the Middle East!"

Flashback: Abbas and Trump hadn't spoken to each other nor exchanged letters since December 2017. The Palestinian president spoke harshly against Trump for his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

• But in April 2021 Trump told me his conclusion from four years of working on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was that Abbas wanted peace, while Netanyahu didn't.

We shall see.