Der Nachbar aus der Hölle
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Der Nachbar aus der Hölle
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Iran’s Axis of Resistance, its federation of militias and other allies, “dictated the terms of Middle East geopolitics for 20 years and allowed a poor, isolated nation, run by partisans of a small religious sect, to keep stronger and richer countries scrambling,” Graeme Wood argues. Though the Axis is in shambles now, the “strange, eventful” history of the region “offers many reasons to suspect that the present peace with Iran will be a brief parenthesis in the long story of mutual enmity.”
Iran’s proxies fell one by one, faster than anyone predicted, Wood writes. After October 7, 2023, Israel began dismantling Hamas, rendering the group useless to Iran. In September 2024, Israel delivered a blow to Hezbollah, Iran’s strongest proxy, by blowing up pagers that members of the group were carrying in their pockets. Shortly after, Israel invaded Lebanon, and its incursion ended with Lebanon entering into a cease-fire agreement that was humiliating for it and for Hezbollah. And in Syria, the Assad regime collapsed quickly when Iran could no longer support it.
“Israel’s dominance in those other corners of the arena gave it the confidence to start June’s 12-day war, in which the last remaining Iranian strategic tool was its ballistic missiles. The war ended with a lopsided Israeli victory, and with Iran scrambling to find more ways to punish and deter Israel if hostilities resumed,” Wood continues. Iran’s Axis of Resistance “did not show up to fight.” The Trump administration declared the conflict over after it bombed three Iranian nuclear sites. But at the end of the war, Iran did not accept any cease-fire conditions.
“Now that talk of what happens after war is back, I rise to make the case for déjà vu. The region is reverting to its default setting, which is peace that has characteristics of war, with Iran planning to attack its enemies but not actively doing so,” Wood writes. “In the past, Iran has recovered from its tribulations by revising its strategy and finding novel ways to subvert the United States, Israel, and their interests. It should be expected to recover once more.”
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— Emma Williams, associate editor, audience and engagement, *The Atlantic*
Article like this is classic balls to the wall propaganda and lies.
Iran is in a much stronger position than you think despite the fact that they were caught off the guard by the U.S./Israel at the beginning of the so-called „12 days war“. US/Israel had a big advantage: element of surprise. Remember the U.S was ‚planning‘ to hold talk with Iran as a smoke screen right before the assassinations and bombing. Now the gloves are completely off.
Another point I would like to make is the ceasefire. Why a ceasefire? If you recall, the U.S. president himself demanded unconditional surrender from Iran not long before the attack, and regime changes have been mentioned multiple times. In addition, according to news, Iranian military leadership were assassinated, top nuclear scientists were killed, nuclear facilities were destroyed, air defense gone, supreme leader were in hiding. Despite all of that. A ceasefire?!
If the U.S/Israel were indeed winning, why ceasefire? It is in Israel’s best interest (in order to become the regional hegemony / Greater Israel) to break apart and destabilized Iran like Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and all other neighboring countries. Why stop and gave Iran breathing room if unconditional surrender and regime change from Iran were truly within grasp? It makes zero strategic sense. The US/Israel are not known as peace loving states, and when was the last time US/Israel volunteered a ceasefire against a major adversary when they were winning?
Last but not least, if you have been paying attention to mainstream news, Israel has been rather ‚quiet‘ on the Iran front after the ceasefire. Strange giving their propaganda machine. The famous ‚Iron Dome‘ seems to vanished over night. It should be an excellent RP material if it was working wonderfully, don’t you agree? Oh, don’t forget, Israel enforced ongoing media censorship. That’s right, mainstream narrative doesn’t want to talk about the extensive damage caused by Iranian missiles within Israel.