The Iranian regime launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on the night of April. 13th-14th: Concentration of 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles, and 120 ballistic missiles
Written by Simone Rodin-Benzaken, JNS)
The Iranian regime launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on the night of April. 13th-14th: Concentrated fire by 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles, and 120 ballistic missiles.
Amazingly and thankfully, Israel and its allies, the US, UK, France and Jordan, stopped 99% of it.
But too many in the West have adopted the Iranian regime’s rhetoric as their own, claiming that the Iranian attack was a response to an alleged Israeli airstrike on an Iranian “consulate” in Damascus. There is. Never mind that this building is not a consulate. Rather, it was the local headquarters of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the sword and shield of the Iranian regime.
Iranian officials praised General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was killed in the attack, for his “strategic role in the formation and consolidation of the resistance front and in the planning and execution of Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attacks.” Southern Israel. The implication that Israel just woke up and randomly decided to attack diplomatic facilities is ridiculous and outrageous. By the Iranian regime’s own admission, the legitimate targets of the April 1 strike in Damascus were the planners and perpetrators of terrorist operations in Tehran.
The Iranian missile attack revealed to the world what Israelis have known for decades: the Islamic Republic is dedicated to eliminating Israel. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called Israel a “cancerous tumor” that “will definitely be uprooted and destroyed.” The regime’s long-standing approach to pursuing this brutal objective has been to act through proxies (Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Houthis in Iraq and Syria, Shiite militias), and to It has been given a thin layer of denial. For those who want to be deceived. Last weekend, Iran took off its mask.
Over the years, diplomats have become adept at the art of denial and compromise. For too long, leaders have refused to act for fear of having their political visions imposed on them. This is how the European Union, especially under the leadership of Mr. Josep Borrell, who cuts in a professorial tone behind spurious legal justifications, will not be able to defend the revolution until the EU Court first decides. He argued that the group cannot be designated as a terrorist group.
But this weakness of the West is not limited to Europe. It extends to Washington, where some policymakers believe that rationality and diplomacy can prevail even in the face of an administration that feels increasingly bold by the day. It seems so.
He has also taken a particularly harsh stance against the United Nations, which has made Iran the chair of the Conference on Disarmament (which Iran presided over from March 18 to 29 and will also preside from May 13 to 24).
The decisive response and military support from the US, UK, France and Jordan to the attack finally signals a substantive change in tone, but calls for restraint are already growing.
Political activist and former chess champion Garry Kasparov A few weeks ago, he said that the big problem in the Western world is that presidents and prime ministers “are not leaders, they are managers, and managers manage.” So while terrorists and dictators escalate and destabilize, they argue to avoid escalation and destabilization on the part of their allies. ”
The days ahead will be important. If an international coalition is not formed to impose new sanctions, including “snapback” sanctions against those targeting Iran’s nuclear program and missiles, and especially after the Düsseldorf State Court’s certification, the EU will eventually If the group is not designated as a terrorist organization. If they are directly involved in the plan to attack the synagogue in Bochum in 2022, then people in Western countries with some important elections in 2024 will vote for extreme people who will finally fill the void. We shouldn’t be surprised if it does. They provide vision and leadership.
A firm stance will prevent the mullahs from pursuing regional hegemony and prevent Russia, North Korea, and China from strengthening ties that further weaken the West and its allies. . Only moral clarity and a reaffirmation of values will save the West.
