It would seem in the area packed with Muslim countries that there's a common thread of, well, insanity.
The Muslim world claims concern, for example, over Israel pounding gaza, the
West Bank and southern Lebanon (Hezbollah).
That's all they're doing, effectively: talking. None committing troops or
military aid to the terrorists in the region. They're just doing what we used
to call in the biz, "podium pounding."
The reason is obvious: Arab armies have tried to eradicate Israel repeatedly
since these same armies were destroyed in 1948.
Hope springs eternal in the Muslim world that the 7.7 million Jews in Israel
can be destroyed (Himmler would be proud) thus solving every one of the myriad
issues confronting countries whose view of governance is stuck in the 7th
Century but after losing their militaries a half dozen times and realizing that
Israel is also a nuclear power that they do NOT want to believe they've got
nothing to lose by pulling the nuclear pin, they're, for the most part, wisely
decided to sit this one out, the nutjobs of Iran notwithstanding; but even THEY
are only willing to use lackeys to do their bidding, while the
democrats/Obama/Biden have provided this terrorist state billions of our
taxpayer dollars to shore them up.
These countries NEVER seem to have any concerns for Israel itself: there was no
condemnation to speak of for the Oct 7 hamas attack. No condemnation of the
rape and murders of Israeli women and children. Nothing about the kidnapping of
the 250 or so. Nothing about the years of rocket attacks emanating (without
complaint by the gazan people) against Israel.
And can we remotely get past the bizarre idea these countries have... as well
as the terrorist supporting scum rioting, protesting, blocking freeways and
facilities as they demand the slaughter of the Israeli nation... that whatever
terrorists do... whoever they murder, rape, assault or maim... Israel should
just take it.... without retaliation of any kind... or nothing beyond a
"tit-for-tat" proportional variety response?
Forgive the long lead-in. This post is really devoted to the Western military
response to incessant Houthi (which, come to think of it, are ANOTHER
Iran-backed terrorist group along with hamas and hezbollah) attacks on shipping
in the region AND US military ships... and the reaction of those same muslim
countries in the region claiming upset that these vessels and the private
vessels in the region should just sit back and take it with a smile as opposed
to providing negative reinforcement to the attackers to assist them in,
perhaps, seeing the error of their ways.
In sum, the idea is that muslim extremists have an expectation that THEY should
be able to attack us; while we, in turn, let them.
The result? Middle Eastern "outrage" because the United States and England have the TEMERITY to actually hit back.
Which is certainly not what they expected.
U.S.-Led Strikes Spark Outrage in Middle East
I freely admit it. Part of that is our fault.
The vast majority of American military killed and wounded in the region were
killed and wounded as a result of Iranian logistical support. We, as a nation
and a military knew that almost from the get go.
Much of the weaponry and explosives used in IED's were FOB tehran.
And we, of course, did absolutely nothing about it.
Instead of chatting with Iran and telling them that if the supplies didn't stop
we would systematically destroy every Iranian military/civil target in the
country, early on, we just sat on our hands while later, we provided Iran with
billions of our dollars to finance their weapons manufacture used to kill and
wound American military personnel and others.
Like every weakness out on display to bullies, at either the personal or
national level that sent Iran a message. And Iran has gratefully received that
message which sadly, breaks down to American support of their terrorist agenda.
Weird, ain't it?
And that support was/is bipartisan. So, no, this isn't a rant against just the
left.
This was also going on during both the Bush AND the Trump Administrations. From
Iran's perspective, why SHOULDN’T they become the terrorist command and control
center for the world?
WE ain't gonna do anything about it. Because we HAVEN'T done anything about it
for 2 decades.
So, another Iranian client has been pushing the envelope out of Yemen. The
houthi rebels have been trying to overthrow the Yemeni government for the
better part of 20 years so they can turn this strategically important state
into an Iranian possession.
It appears Iran's calculous, which is hardly unreasonable under the totality of
circumstances is to "Gulliver" the US military to spread us as thinly
as possible.
They read newspapers as much as the next guy. They know of our personnel
weaknesses and see our expenditures in support of Ukraine and Israel as a
further strategic weakening of US military capabilities.
Further, they see our failure to respond to their military provocations for 20
years as a blueprint for American response to these attacks.
Had we destroyed Iran's military capability in 2003, NONE of what we see here
today would be happening.
But we chose to let it go. Let it go. Let it go... and this is what we face as
a result.
Meanwhile the houthis are doing their best to close down shipping lanes in
international waters while Iran is literally pirating ships.
Remember: ANY military response to ANY of this is "unacceptable" to
the muslim world. Because, well, a major part of the muslim extremist shtick is
they can do whatever they want, anywhere they want, whenever they want.
Yes, the military response to these houthi terrorists is needed and I applaud
it.
Yes, we have to deal with the current reality confronting us.
But imagine what the situation would be had we acted back when it would have
made a difference.
And now?
Now, I increasingly fear it's too late.
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