The Final Chapter for the Axis of Resistance, or the U.S.-Backed Zionist Regime?
Iran and the Axis of Resistance are facing an existential threat. A whole new strategic thinking is needed.
Former British spy chief John Sawers thinks that the Axis of Resistance is facing its final chapter as Israel takes on its regional foes with devastating lethal force – and seeming impunity.
Writing an opinion article in the Financial Times this week, the former director of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency, MI6, relished the view that Israel is on a winning roll against Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and ultimately Iran, the leader of the resistance axis.
The bravado thinking of the former MI6 boss reflects the arrogance and similar miscalculation among Israeli and U.S. leaders.
Now Iran has hit back after a long delay. On Tuesday night, up to 200 ballistic missiles struck Israel. Video footage appears to show most of them hitting their targets. A major blow was extensive damage at Israel’s Nevatim airbase.
The wave of Iranian attacks mirrors the earlier barrage in April. Israel and the United States are threatening retaliation. It seems the gates of war have opened.
But is the Iranian response too little and too late? The long delay has only emboldened the U.S.-backed Israeli regime to keep escalating.
The delay in Iran’s legitimate defensive actions has been interpreted as weakness, and hence, the Israeli regime and its Western backers have miscalculated.
Why the cockiness from Israel and its Western backers?
There are several reasons. First, Israel knows it has the back of the United States, with all the firepower that entails. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader, knows he can get away with mass murder because Washington is reliant on Israel as its imperial enforcer in a vital geo-strategic region. Israel has a license to kill and genocide, authorized by US imperialism.
The genocide of over 41,000 people in Gaza over the past year has resulted in feeble rhetoric about ceasefires and “restraint” from the Biden administration while, at the same time, endless supplies of military aid to conduct this genocide. Netanyahu and the fanatics in his cabinet know that they can dismiss American admonitions about “ceasefires” and “restraint” as m
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