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Why Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Is Missing in Action​

Militia groups allied with Tehran have mostly stayed out of its war with Israel​


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“… Lebanon’s Hezbollah, once seen as the most powerful in Iran’s Axis of Resistance, hasn’t fired a single missile since Israel attacked Iran. Its military capabilities and leadership have been decimated by Israeli forces over the past year. Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, is a shadow of itself after 20 months of war with Israel that has seen its leaders killed and Gaza destroyed.

In Iraq, Iranian-backed Shiite militias haven’t targeted U.S. military bases, as they have in the past. And Yemen’s Houthi militia fired several missiles at Israel on Sunday, but have remained silent since.

The bruising wars have left Iran’s allies wary of taking on Israel, which has demonstrated vastly superior military and intelligence capabilities. Some are now focused on their own interests and have a lot to lose from an expanding war, such as Iraq’s militia members who are now making fortunes in the oil sector. Others, like Hezbollah, are trying to rebuild and nursing grievances over the lack of support from Tehran during the group’s war with Israel, according to Arab diplomats who speak to the group regularly.

“For all of these networks right now, it’s about survival,” said Renad Mansour, a senior fellow and Iraq Initiative project director at Chatham House, a London-based think tank. “They all understand the wrath of these types of military campaigns.”

… The eruption of conflict following the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas that left around 1,200 dead and 250 taken hostage touched off a string of blows to Iran, as Israel systematically targeted Hamas and Hezbollah. Iran did little to help either militia confront Israel on the battlefield.

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Israel was able to attack Iran with drones from inside the country and has had targeting information on many of Tehran’s top military and intelligence figures.

“I imagine it’s been very shocking to the Houthis to see quite how Iran is deeply penetrated by intelligence,” said Elisabeth Kendall, a Middle East expert and the head of the University of Cambridge’s Girton College. “They’ll probably be thinking that we should lie fairly low at the moment. We start maneuvering around, we give ourselves away, we reveal our locations.”

In Iraq, Shiite militia leaders have become careful with their use of technology. They use burner phones and frequently change their numbers. They are seldom online.

“They are all terrified of Israel,” said Mansour.…”
 
HintonJamesHeel said:
This is as dumb as when Trump calls these things “Biden wars.” The Ukraine/Russia conflict and Israel/Palestine war were going long before he took office. India/Pakistan has been going on for decades. To think Trump would be able to “fix” them and make peace is beyond stupid.
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very good point...

For Trump voters who believed Trump when he said he would end these conflicts is beyond stupid

For Trump voters who believed Trump would lower prices, make housing more affordable, and create millions of manufacturing jobs is beyond stupid

So the logical conclusion would be that at least 75 million Americans are beyond stupid, no ?
 


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“… Trump is hoping that threatening to join Israel’s strikes on Iran, which continued for a sixth day, will compel Tehran to meet his demands, the people said. He acknowledged that a U.S. attack was under consideration but said he still might decide against it.

A senior White House official said multiple options remain on the table, and that Trump would continue to watch how the Israelis operate.…”

 
HintonJamesHeel said:
This is as dumb as when Trump calls these things “Biden wars.” The Ukraine/Russia conflict and Israel/Palestine war were going long before he took office. India/Pakistan has been going on for decades. To think Trump would be able to “fix” them and make peace is beyond stupid.
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Correct. Ukraine / Russia really belongs to Obama. All those MREs and blankets didn’t scare Putin too much so when cucumber brain was in office he decided to take another piece of pie. But that foreign policy loss should go to Obama.
 
RaiGuy said:
Your love for a genocidal, child killing, population-starving regime makes you a sick wacko. You are an uneducated, naive imbecile.
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Sucks for you IRainGuy but your guys are going down. Of course it will be a huge win for the civilized world.
 
heelinhell said:
So the logical conclusion would be that at least 75 million Americans are beyond stupid, no ?
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I still laugh at what Rahm Emanuel (no slouch when it comes to language) called the Democrat Progressives and he would be considered one. The point being, there may be some stupid no matter where you look among some voters.
 
nycfan said:


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“… Trump is hoping that threatening to join Israel’s strikes on Iran, which continued for a sixth day, will compel Tehran to meet his demands, the people said. He acknowledged that a U.S. attack was under consideration but said he still might decide against it.

A senior White House official said multiple options remain on the table, and that Trump would continue to watch how the Israelis operate.…”

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Again Trump is not going to attack Iran. Putin will not give him permission.
 

Navigating Iran crisis, Trump relies on experience over star power​

Gabbard, Hegseth outside the inner circle as president weighs military actions against Iran.


"... as Trump faces a critical decision about whether to join Israel’s military strikes against Iran’s nuclear program, perhaps the most momentous of his presidency, neither Gabbard nor Hegseth are playing starring roles as members of Trump’s inner circle of advisers, according to current and former U.S. officials and people close to the White House.

Trump instead has turned to a small group of lower-key but more experienced aides, these people said. The “Tier One” group advising on a potential U.S. strike on Iran is composed of Vice President JD Vance, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, according to an outside White House adviser, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive dynamics. ..."
 
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