my beloved
this is far from
"Business as usual"
in this part of the world.
Anybody who thought that when Hamas
launched it's attack on Israel either hadn't been paying attention
Or if they were?
They suffer from this affliction:
Suspend your disbeliefe.
The only way to make any sense of your world right now
is through the lens of biblical prophesy coming true right in front of you.
Anything else and you're just fooling yourselves.
"These are shape-shifting times in the Middle East.
"This week, out of the blue, Iran suddenly attacked targets in "friendly" Pakistan, sparking an unprecedented tit-for-tat across their volatile border and a sharp spike in tension on a far edge of the grievous Israel-Gaza war."
"Iran wanted a message to be heard loud and clear - at home, and a long way beyond.
"It has showcased its missile arsenal and its willingness to use it," says Vali Nasr, professor of international affairs and Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University.
"It was a message also likely intended for Israel and the US in the midst of the Gaza war, especially with the potential escalation in Lebanon and Yemen."
(Same as Ukraine.
One side doesn't seem to mind a fight.
The other would just rather not
and it's not that hard to figure out who is who in this scenario.
One side knows it will be WW#3 and it doesn't really care.
The other side doesn't want any part of it.)
"Iran's war has been a web of shadow wars. It sits at the fulcrum of what it calls an "axis of resistance", the alliance of Tehran-backed groups dotting the region, from Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, to the Houthis in Yemen, and well-armed groups in both Iraq and Syria. Most have been designated as terrorist entities by some Western states.
Their military prowess is rooted in Iran's accelerated arming and training; each actor also has agendas and ambitions of its own."
"Iran's elite force unleashed a barrage of ballistic missiles and suicide drones against what it called an intelligence centre for Israel's Mossad spy agency in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, and at "anti-Iran terror groups" including Islamic State in rebel-controlled swathes of Syria."
(Come Tell me how its just business as usual again? Ive been paying attention to this longer than most of you are old and I assure you it is by no means:
Business as usual.
Particularly the Pakistan attack.)
"Iran says it had to aim fire at Iranian Baloch separatists operating in restive southwest Pakistan."
Northern Iraq and Syria, closer to the Gaza epicentre, were about settling separate scores.
"The attacks in Iraq and Syria were retaliation for the general as well as the atrocity in Kerman," explains Prof Marandi. He's referring to last month's assassination just outside Damascus of one of the IRGC's most senior men, Sayyed Razi Mousavi, which was widely reported as the work of an Israeli air strike."
(AGAIN, NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL!)
"Then, earlier this month, a double suicide bombing shattered a memorial service in Iran for Qasem Soleimani, the top commander assassinated by an American drone in Iraq four years ago. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack in Iran since the 1979 revolution.
"Iran has been under pressure to react, including to the killing of senior Hamas and Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon, but it doesn't want to get directly embroiled in any escalation by hitting Israel or the US," says Mohammad Ali Shabani, editor of Amwaj media, which provides in-depth analyses of the region.
"We are going to continue to see a slow boil," he says.
(Then one day?
The whole thing just blows up in everybodys face.
Come explain to me how its not whats going to happen,love to hear it.
Theres a book being proved true right in front of you that says otherwise yo.
You already know which book.
I'll give you a hint,
its not the Koran or the Vedas, or emerald tablets or whatever else you may think.
One book.
Being proven true right now.
Suspend the disbelief.
Youre gonna loose it all anyway, might as well give it all over to Christ right now.
This will not stop.
He is trying to tell you:
"Come home, can you not see my word is true?"
Ignore at your own peril.
Eternity is at stake.)
"There are wars within wars in every corner of this conflict. Pakistan also had to be seen to be setting its own red lines in a neighbourhood where age-old rival India, as well as Taliban-run Afghanistan, were watching closely. Accusations and more of harbouring hostile forces have long been hurled across those borders too.
This past week has been a reminder, if one was needed, of the unpredictability and peril in this moment of a widening and worsening Israel-Gaza war."
It is by no means:
Business as usual these days in the Middle East.
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