Well I’ve managed to avoid the Middle East for weeks now, despite internalising it every day. So now, in light of ‘Death Wish 7: The Revenge of the Ayatollah’ last night, I think we need to see exactly how the situation has changed and, more importantly, how ‘we’ move forward from this.

So Isreal killed two heads of the IRGC in Damascus. A brilliant, targeted strike which killed two men in a building. Now why would Israel do that, when they’re already at war with Hamas in Gaza and fighting, to a lesser degree, Hezbollah in the north, with rockets flying in every single day (the things they don’t bother mentioning on the news) from bases in both Lebanon and Syria? Why would Israel ‘poke the bear’ in such an inflammatory manner? Because it sends a message to Iran. And that message reads: “you cowardly bunch of shitheads go around sponsoring wars all over the Middle East to advance your evil intentions against not only Israel but against the Sunni branch of Islam too. Which you do with impunity because it’s not ‘you’ doing it but various proxy groups. Well here we are, little old Israel, showing you that we’re not fucking scared. You want to pick on us ‘by proxy’, we’ll out-proxy you by showing you you have nowhere to hide.”

Iran does not want a war with Israel. And yet cannot let the message go unanswered for fear of looking like the rats they are. So they sent in 300 ‘drones and missiles’. On a time-table which gave everyone time to prepare and stand in readiness. Not only Israel but unsurprisingly given Biden’s recent rhetoric, Americans sent their planes too. A little more surprisingly, Rishi sent some of our boys over in Spitfires and Hurricanes, and then totally fucking staggeringly surprising, Jordan sent its air force to help too. And between them, over 90% of the attack was neutralised.

The Jordan issue is massive. It shows the level of hatred which most Muslim countries have for Iran. And if Iran maintains that ‘it’s doing this for Palestinians’, as it does, then how does Jordan entering the affray against Iran pan out in the wider context of the current war? How about Egypt and its constant refusal to offer help to bordering Gaza?

Unfortunately, it is ALL about Iran. They started this mess, orchestrating the October 7th attack to stop the ongoing accord between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Iran’s biggest enemy of all (and there are sooooo many). Thus, Israel standing up to Iran, giving them a big ‘fuck you!!’ message, is standing up for the whole world who hates Iran. Which is pretty much all of it except Syria. And probably Russia.

Israel does not need to retaliate against last night’s retaliation. Iran basically humiliated itself by spending a week burning Star of David flags (why do they have so many in Iran? Just for burning purposes?) and swearing ‘DEATH TO ALL JEWS!!!!, to then just send in a few paper aeroplanes filled with fireworks. Whether Netenyahu can see this perspective remains to be seen. Israel’s job now is to finish off Hamas. And keep Hezbollah out of harm’s way. That will be the greatest insult to Iran anyway.

Happy warring Sunday

A xxxx