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Op-ed:

Appeasement No More

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone,and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google   

“For too long the world has appeased Iran, that appeasement must end now.”                                        - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his September 27th address* before the United Nations General Assembly

As I write this it's mere days away from October 7th and the one year anniversary of Hamas' most brutal and savage attack against the Jewish people since the days of the Holocaust. Forever to be known as “Black Saturday,” Hamas slaughtered innocent music festival goers as well as men, women, and children living in Kibbutzim not far from the Gaza border, while kidnapping others to be used as pawns in negotiations they knew would, for the most part, go nowhere. And Hamas did all this for no other reason than to kill Jews, with Jewish Americans now also included in the dead.

And while many nations condemned Hamas' actions at first, some nations have slowly walked back said condemnation when Israel's rightful retaliation saw the civilian death toll in Gaza starting to rise. So here I pose a simple question, as in how can any civilized nation...how can any civilized individual...look away from the happenings of October 7th especially when, in a misguided attempt, the naysayers are now trying to blame the victims instead of those who did willfully commit unspeakable acts of barbarism and savagery on innocent Israeli citizens.

To me the answer is embedded in the fact that not only has the world now seen a decided rise in antisemitism and antisemitic acts, but that the very people their hearts bleed for...as in the Palestinians living in Gaza...have yet to condemn Hamas'e October 7th attack on Israel. In fact, they continue to herald it while willfully ignoring the atrocities Hamas, the very group they themselves voted into power, committed. And they also knew that Hamas' military branch would, when ordered, directly aid in Iran's goal to wipe Israel and the Jewish people off the face of the map...a goal the mullahs on many occasions have freely admitted...a the goal many UN member nations now seem to have closed their eyes, their minds, and their hearts to.

 

Just recently, the United Nations in what equates to an act of “shunning” the Jewish State has proven the old adage that “if you don't condemn you condone.” How so? Simply, their recent breach of protocol, common courtesy, and overt disrespect for Israel was on display for all to see when on September 27th Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started to deliver what was a scheduled speech before the UN General Assembly...a speech replete with truths some did not want to hear...a speech seeing many delegates simply standing up, turning their backs on Netanyahu, and then walking out of the great hall.

A message of hate sent...a message purely antisemitic in nature delivered...as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres did nothing to stop this overtly hateful show of disrespect towards a fellow member nation and its duly elected leader. And while the usual “gang of delegates” from the U.N.'s Israel hating bloc were expected to walk out...as in delegates from Iran, Indonesia, Turkey, Kuwait, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Cuba for example... others walking out were somewhat unexpected with but one example being the delegates from Ireland. So to the Irish delegation...to Ireland's governing body...I say that if you don't stand in support of Israel and their ongoing “war of survival” you actually do side with terrorists. What a sad and shameful commentary indeed especially for a nation that has been the recipient of many such terrorist acts, albeit of the homegrown kind, leaving Netanyahu to rightfully call the U.N. a “swamp of antisemitic bile.”

And even as Netanyhau was speaking, Lebanon to Israel's north saw Hezbollah...yet another proxy of Iran...continuing to lob rockets into Israel's northern territory, after Israel “took out” Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah in a surprise attack...an attack courtesy of what is claimed to be U.S. made 2,000-pound bombs. And Biden was not forewarned of this attack nor was anyone else for sadly Israel can no longer fully trust anyone but themselves.

And this what is now Israel's “second front” war...a war replete with IDF forces fighting on the ground inside Lebanon...is especially sad for there was a time not too long ago when Israel and Lebanon did live peacefully side by side. But that was before Hezbollah destroyed that peace along with what was Lebanon's so-called “prosperity,” thus forcing the vast majority of Lebanon's Christians to leave...to flee...the country after what was “innovation”...akin to “modernization”...was replaced with Iran directed terrorist actions that obviously continue to this day, And this has led U.S. intelligence agencies to state in their February 5,  2024 “Annual Threat Assessment Of The U.S. Intelligence Committee” report** that Hezbollah not only “maintains the capability to target U.S. persons and interests in the [Middle East] region, worldwide, and, to a lesser extent, in the United States”...thus designating Hezbollah to be as big a threat as is Iran not only to Israel but to our country and world peace as well.

So while Biden did say that the death of Hassan Nasrallah at Israel's hands was “a measure of justice for his many (innocent) victims,” Joe Biden's two-faced, back-stabbing, Israel rhetoric quickly resurfaced when last week Iran launched a retaliatory first ever ballistic missile attack across almost the entirety of the Jewish State...180+ ballistic missiles in fact. And when the attack was over...and thankfully Israel's “Iron Dome” (Israel's air defense system) and U.S. launched SM-3 Interceptor Missiles deflected almost all incoming missiles...Biden not only “urged” Israel not to retaliate for fear of escalating the war even further, but stated when asked by reporters that he does not support Israel carrying out retaliatory strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. And while he added that Israel does have a right to retaliate, Biden said that they should only do so “proportionally.” So my question to Biden is, what the hell is “proportionally” when Iran's goal remains to totally annihilate both Israel the country and the sum total of Jewish people everywhere.

So if Biden's what amounts to codding Israel's enemy wasn't bad enough, he also stated to reporters that the U.S. will be “offering advice” to Israel...to Netanyahu...on how to respond to Iran's attack, as if Israel gives a damn about anything that Joe Biden has to say. And while I had hoped that said retaliation would have taken place before the October 7th anniversary...so that the dead could rest somewhat in peace...know that retaliation will come at the time and in the guise that Israel alone will decide.

                             

And Netanyahu has a number of options to let Iran and the world know that Israel will not only be the victor in this war, but that they will come out ever stronger than before. So what are the possible options I believe are being discussed? The usual list comes to mind including many wanting Israel to outwardly destroy both Iran's nuclear facilities and its military installations, but I see these options as being but a quick fix if you will. Why so...because I have come to believe that the best way to put, and more importantly to keep, Iran in its place is for Israel to target Iran's oil-based economy and its overall economic infrastructure. Why so...because doing these two things has a lasting effect on Iran whereas military strikes alone might delay an Iranian counter attack but not help to stop further and possible escalating attacks by Iran.

And to that effect the easiest and most feasible way to accomplish economic retaliation, logistics wise, is for Israel...for Netanyahu...to start by cutting off Iran's money source by physically destroying their money pit...as in Iran's oil fields and refineries. Doing this would drastically hurt, if not cripple, Iran's now already faltering economy. How so? Remember, war is both an expensive business venture and a game to play what with weapons always needing to be replenished and such...and with Iran's selling their oil to nations who don't like Israel very much, by Israel destroying Iran's prime source of income Iran would have no money to wage war which actually translates into no war games being played.

The second option, I believe, should be for Israel to cripple the entirety of Iran's actual infrastructure. How so...first by Israel redefining its targets to zero in on where Iran is most vulnerable, and here I believe it's in regards to their energy sector which encompasses not only their defense systems but any and all types of refineries, power plants...civilian served power plants included...and any other facilities Israel deems critical to Iran's economic stability. And while Iran might try to retaliate in kind, Israel would have done more damage to them then Iran could do to Israel by Israel's having targeting at the same time Iran's what are exposed military bases, defense systems, radar arrays, and any other exposed sites...power transformers included.

Simply, in crippling Iran's massive power grid...along with its economic infrastructure...actually gives Israel time to rethink the logistics involved in taking out Iran's nuclear facilities...the very thing Biden said we would “not in any way support.” But even as many continue to push this, I doubt Netanyahu would seriously consider it without full, unwavering U.S. support, and besides these nuclear facilities are very heavily fortified, mostly underground, and decentralized, thus possibly seeing a high number of Israeli military casualties in trying to do so. Remember, taking these plants out could not be done by Israeli-based rockets being launched, but would require Israel to enter Iranian air space thus giving Iran the chance of stopping said attack.

Also of note is that if if Israel did such a strike the retaliation from Iran would likely include their drawing other Israel-hating nations into the fray, thus expanding what is still a somewhat contained war outward from there. And WWIII is not something Israel nor any civilized nation wants.

But if push comes to shove the bottom line is that Israel will always rightfully retaliate against anything Iran or its proxies throw at them, whether it be their having to use their highly developed cyber warfare capabilities or even a “pager” or two courtesy of the “Israel Defense Force's Unit 8200”...a no longer needing to be kept secret cyber warfare and intelligence unit. And then there's Israel's Scorpius” offensive weapons...missiles which send “narrowly targeted beams of energy” that can disrupt enemy electronic sensors, navigation, radar, and other electronic activity without interfering with unintended targets.

“Soft protection” Israel calls it...call it what you will but know that Iran will not like what's in Israel's arsenal of weapons, especially if they continue targeting Israel for annihilation. Let the memory of October 7th be Iran's final warning. Case closed.

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* Click here to read the full transcript of Benjamin Netanyahu's September 27th speech before the UN General Assembly

** See page 39 of the report

 

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