A Predictable Narrative

Iran attacked Israel with 186 explosive drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 surface to surface missiles coordinated from three fronts with Hezbollah and the Houthi participating to overwhelm Israel’s Iron Dome. It was the first time since the Gulf War that a foreign nation directly fired missiles at Israel.

The slow moving drones were designed to swarm the system so the missiles could break through.

Israel, joined by the United States, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, effectively repelled the attack. Jordan and Saudi Arabia assisting Israel is a big tell on whose side they are on.

I need to repeat this before making the key point.

Iran attacked Israel with 186 explosive drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 surface to surface missiles coordinated from three fronts. But because the counter measures were so successful, the American left and Biden Administration have declared that Iran really didn’t mean it.

Surely the Iranians could have unleashed real hell if they had wanted to. After all, American intelligence gathered so much information on when an attack was coming, it was like Iran held a press conference to tell Israel exactly when and where the attack would happen.

The success of those pesky Jews defeating Iran’s attack just means Iran’s attack was all for show. Let’s not kid ourselves. If Iran had killed a lot of Jews, the left/media would find some way to insist Israel should not retaliate. They’d say Israel started it, Iran telegraphed a response, and Israel should have been more ready.

But because Israel was prepared and successfully stopped the attack, the left/media will say Iran just did it for show an didn’t really mean it and doesn’t want to escalate after becoming the first nation since Iraq in the Gulf War to launch missiles at Israel.

The American left and much of the media just have no desire to credit Israel with anything. The narrative is that Iran’s attack was just a retaliation for what Israel did blowing up Iran’s embassy in Syria.

Actually, Israel blew up the “Iranian consulate” because it contained members of the Iranian military who had helped Hamas with October 7. The media/Democrat spin is like saying the Americans bombed Dresden because the Nazis bombed London, as opposed to this is what a war looks like.

This is, in fact, what a war looks like.

To more precisely explain what happened, Israel bombed the headquarters of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria and killed the Quds Force commander who had directly played a role in planning the October 7th Hamas invasion of Israel. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is a recognized terrorist organization by the United States government.

Israel had legitimate reasons to target the military officials involved, though those now dead military officials had no reason to target the innocent 1700 Israelis murdered on October 7, 2023.

This was no tit-for-tat contrary to so much of the left/media spin.

Israel may respond directly militarily or not. Having Joe Biden in the middle telling each side “don’t” only for each side to ignore him makes the United States look weak. That Biden only ever seems to exert leverage over Israel when Iran ignores him is telling.

The left/media will say Biden has no leverage over Iran, but we have been giving Iran money and letting Iranian oil through the Strait of Hormuz. It’s just striking that the Biden Administration has turned hostile to Israel after Michigan’s primary. It is just as striking that so much of the American media is with him on the pivot.

A nation does not launch 186 explosive drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 surface to surface missiles at another nation just for show. Penalizing Israel for successful countermeasures is not the way to end the war. Americans are still held hostage and Hamas refuses to release them.

The war will only get longer and spread further by Joe Biden’s failure to lead instead of being led around by poll numbers and antisemites.