Israel strikes back against Iran. The Mideast is at maximum danger.

A year ago, it was unthinkable for Israel and Iran to be directly attacking each other’s territory. The two countries have carried on a shadow war for years, with Israel targeting Iranian nuclear scientists, Iranian supply convoys in Syria and the like, while Iran sponsored proxy attacks on Israel by Hamas and Hezbollah, among other militant groups. But the two countries refrained from directly bombing each other. Now, what was unthinkable has, alas, become routine.

Iran crossed a red line on April 13 when it launched some 300 drones and missiles at Israel in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike in Damascus that targeted the Iranian embassy compound and killed seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers. The Iranian barrage was intercepted not only by Israeli air defense systems but also those of the United States, Jordan and other states in the region. That allowed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to satisfy himself with a pinprick airstrike on Iran on April 19.

Then the pattern repeated itself: On Oct. 1, Iran launched another missile strike against Israel, this time in retaliation for Israeli attacks on Hezbollah and Hamas, including the embarrassing assassination in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. This time, Iran employed ballistic missiles, which are faster and provide less warning than the cruise missiles and drones that constituted the bulk of the April attack. But once again, Israeli air defenses, supplemented by those of the United States, largely worked; some of the Iranian missiles struck Israeli military bases, but the damage was minimal.

The world has been holding its breath to see how Israel would respond. Once again, President Joe Biden lobbied Netanyahu to limit the response,...

The danger only escalates when Israel fights back.

2 posted on 10/26/2024 8:45:28 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])

Somewhere a leftist neocon is smiling and anticipating horror and death.

3 posted on 10/26/2024 8:51:49 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.f)

Might danger not escalate more if the Israelis don’t fight back?

4 posted on 10/26/2024 9:09:50 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey

Israel strikes back against Iran. The Mideast is at maximum danger.

Maximum danger is achieved if and only if Israel fights back. Other nations bombing Israel? Not so dangerous. Them's the rules at WaPo.

>> Max Boot

One of the most vile of all the leftist “pundits”.

6 posted on 10/26/2024 9:22:37 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)

To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

7 posted on 10/26/2024 10:07:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

Ezekiel 38

Playing out in front of us all.

8 posted on 10/26/2024 11:36:30 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)

I remember when Boot wanted to stop the Iranian nuclear program

9 posted on 10/27/2024 4:16:43 AM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )

We are so primed for a seven year peace deal.

An Evil Sub human

11 posted on 10/27/2024 4:59:35 AM PDT by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil)

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