September 27th is the most important day in the Middle East since the Abraham Accords breakthrough.
I have spent countless hours studying Hezbollah and there is not an expert on earth who thought that what Israel has done to decapitate and degrade them was possible.
This is significant because Iran is now fully exposed. The reason why their nuclear facilities have not been destroyed, despite weak air defense systems, is because Hezbollah has been a loaded gun pointed at Israel. Iran spent the last forty years building this capability as its deterrent.
President Trump would often say, โIran has never won a war but never lost a negotiation.โ The Islamic Republicโs regime is much tougher when risking Hamas, Hezbollah, Syrian and Houthi lives than when risking their own. Their foolish efforts to assassinate President Trump and hack his campaign reek of desperation and are hardening a large coalition against them.
Iranian leadership is stuck in the old Middle East, while their neighbors in the GCC are sprinting toward the future by investing in their populations and infrastructure. They are becoming dynamic magnets for talent and investment while Iran falls further behind. As the Iranian proxies and threats dissipate, regional security and prosperity will rise for Christians, Muslims and Jews alike.
Israel now finds itself with the threat from Gaza mostly neutralized and the opportunity to neutralize Hezbollah in the north. Itโs unfortunate how we got here but maybe there can be a silver lining in the end.
Anyone who has been calling for a ceasefire in the North is wrong. There is no going back for Israel. They cannot afford now to not finish the job and completely dismantle the arsenal that has been aimed at them. They will never get another chance.
After the brilliant, rapid-fire tactical successes of the pagers, radios, and targeting of leadership, Hezbollahโs massive weapon cache is unguarded and unmanned. Most of Hezbollah fighters are hiding in their tunnels. Anyone still around was not important enough to carry a pager or be invited to a leadership meeting. Iran is reeling, as well, insecure and unsure how deeply its own intelligence has been penetrated. Failing to take full advantage of this opportunity to neutralize the threat is irresponsible.
I have been hearing some amazing stories about how Israel has been collecting intelligence over the past 10 months with some brilliant technology and crowdsourcing initiatives.
But today, with the confirmed killing of Nasrallah and at least 16 top commanders eliminated in just nine days, was the first day I started thinking about a Middle East without Iranโs fully loaded arsenal aimed at Israel. So many more positive outcomes are possible.
This is a moment to stand behind the peace-seeking nation of Israel and the large portion of the Lebanese who have been plagued by Hezbollah and who want to return to the times when their country was thriving, and Beirut a cosmopolitan city. The main issue between Lebanon and Israel is Iran; otherwise there is a lot of benefit for the people of both countries from working together.
The right move now for America would be to tell Israel to finish the job. Itโs long overdue. And itโs not only Israelโs fight.
More than 40 years ago, Hezbollah killed 241 US military personnel, including 220 Marines. That remains the single deadliest day for the U.S. Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima. Later that same day, Hezbollah killed 58 French paratroopers.
And now, over the past six weeks or so, Israel has eliminated as many terrorists on the US list of wanted terrorists as the US has done in the last 20 years. Including Ibrahim Aqil, the leader of Hezbollahโs Islamic Jihad Organization who masterminded the 1983 killing of those Marines.
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"We were starved & broken. The street was lined with people spitting & jeering. A girl pressed into my hand a peach. When you think the whole world is against you & things are going wrong, I think there's a girl with a peach somewhere. It gave me the hope that things can change."
The @nytimes is finally waking up to the horrors that we are facing... โScreams Without Wordsโ: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7 https://t.co/0PC9Xjw0ya
Only two European countries voted against saving Hamas (ceasefire):
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia: The moral compass of Europe. They were betrayed by Britain in WWII, and know the importance of standing up to evil. They were the only European country that supported Israel in its War of Independence in 1948, and steadfastly ever since.
๐ฆ๐น Austria: 90 years ago an Austrian took power in Germany, and ended up killing six million Jews. Today, Austria is one of Israel's closest allies. They are serious about their commitment to "never again".
Thank you Czechia and Austria.
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According to @Fatwacouncil, it is prohibited to pray for, join, support, finance, or fight on behalf of Hamas
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Diwali symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. Given what we are going through, I'd like to wish a special Diwali to all those that celebrate, as well as to the rest of us looking forward to better days ahead.