Well, not much of one.
Iran: We supplied Zelzal-2 to Hizbullah | Jerusalem PostI guess this kind of takes out the theory that Hezbollah's a legit arm of the Lebanese government. Seems like they take their marching orders from Iran.Iran admitted for the first time on Friday that it did indeed supply long-range Zelzal-2 missiles to Hizbullah.
Secretary-general of the "Intifada conference" Mohtashami Pur told an Iranian newspaper that Iran transferred the missiles so that they could be used to defend Lebanon, Channel 1 reported.
The extent of Iran's intimate involvement in Hizbullah attacks is starting to emerge.
According to the defense establishment, the reason Hizbullah has not fired long-range Iranian-made Fajr missiles at Israel is due to Teheran's opposition. Israel now understands that without direct orders from the ayatollahs, Hizbullah is not allowed to use Iranian missiles in attacks against Israel.
This isn't good. (Well, it's good they've admitted what was pretty much self-evident, since it's clear that Hezbollah hasn't got much in the way of an industrial base to draw on...) What will the UN say about it?
If past performance is any clue, they'll commission a panel that will, if they're really fast, have some recommendations about possible ways to construct a committe to investigate the possibilities of empowering a panel to maybe think about drafting some sort of sanctions against Iran.
In other words - not much.
Iran's been playing for time. And I'm afraid that time's close to up and they'll have what they've been trying to develop. I'm thinking that we're going to see a nuke pop off before this is all over.
Would Hezbollah/Iran be so crazy? You damn well betcha. Iran, as you may recall, used to use human wave tactics to clear minefeilds. And they used kids in those human waves thinking they were a cost-effective way to get at their enemies.
If taking out Israel means losing a hundred thousand Palestinians or Lebanese - well, thats a price they're willing to pay.
J.
Comments (2)
You may be right, about how close Iran is.
It may even be a dirty bomb/missile they use.
Unlike the old USSR, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and others, are definitely crazy enough to use nukes.
Posted by Ben USN (ret) | August 7, 2006 4:17 AM
Posted on August 7, 2006 04:17
"Batshit insane" would the the technical term, I think.
The mullocracy has been so extreme for so long, they've got no idea what they're actually going up against. They hit someone hard enough, and they're really going to get the shit knocked out of them. And it'll be regretted - but they'll have brought it on themselves.
Even though there's plenty of folks on the web who are willing to give them a pass on it, I think that if it happens, it'll be a Pearl Harbor moment for them. 'The enemy of my enemy is NOT my friend' will become as clear to them as it did to the Hitler supporters in the US at the start of WW2.
But it'll take a good kick in the nuts to convince them of that.
J.
Posted by JLawson | August 7, 2006 7:26 AM
Posted on August 7, 2006 07:26