Story:Roaring Lion/Epic Fury Operation.CA. USA. Feb 28/2026
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This February - my BT month (here) seemed not only to have marked another year in my personal life, but also has changed the course of world's history.
Unlike the previous Israel/Iran war round of June 2025, named "Rising Lion" in which Israel Carried Out Preemptive Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities without U.S. involvement, and which within its violent web-cob claws I and my dear family were caught while in Israel (here) this second time round only 8 months later, had met my family, while we were all anchored in the US.
So luckily, we were spared the horrors of shelling explosions, of hiding in safe spaces, or were subjected to wild border crossings escapes
This solo lion which seemed to have finally awaken and risen to his mighty sharp claws after a long drowsy inattentive existence, sprinted into. a furry charge after Oct 7th massacres
The upgraded version "Roaring Lion" - name of the second intense and powerful operation round, of joint Israeli with US armed forces, sprinted to a new violent charge, storming against the Islamist Republic of Iran and its proxies with its ferocious beastly fury
Infect, known also in its US name as operation Epic Fury, the "shock and woe" unrelenting air strike force was lounged on Saturday morning, targeting first the Iranian fanatic theocratic regime's leadership.
The revised image of the Israeli Roaring lion depict it rapped by the 2 States' flags, being fully alert, invigorated, and resolved to charge with all its beastly force, to overpower the Islamic Iranian prey, to its complete defeat.
So one week into this historical bloody war, I was compelled to make some sense of the unfolding confusing world events, reported and put it all into writing.
What is the symbolism of the date 02/28/2026? י"א באדר בתאריך העבר
Date 02/28/2026 י"א באדר
According to few Israeli news outlets the s date 11 Adar of the Hebrew calendar was picked, as it coincides with 106 years of the fall of Joseph Trumpeltor - the Russia Zionist activist and hero who was killed while defending the settlement of Tel Hai in 1920 and subsequently became a national hero, remembered for being one of the pioneers in founding the Israeli Defense Forces .
Roaring Lion monument erected in 1934 commemorates his memory and his heroism.
The date 11 in Aadar was also picked as the symbolic date, ending of Israel's War of Independence and the Nation's Rebirth
ָAlso "Shabat Zachor" (Remembrance) of weekly Torah portion which includes Parashat Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20–30:10) plus the special maftir reading for Shabbat Zachor (Deuteronomy 25:17–19) took place on February 27–28, 2026 (11 Adar 5786)
It is the Shabbat immediately preceding Purim Holiday(Jewish Halloween) featuring a special, additional Torah reading, that commands the recall of the malicious attack of Amalek - one of biblical archenemies- on the Israelite after departing Egypt.
This reading connects to the Purim story, as Haman - the great Jew-hater of the Scroll of Esther- is traditionally considered a descendant of the Amalekite King Agag.
The start of this war round was in proximity to the Jewish Holiday (03/02/2026) of Purim which commemorates the saving of the Jewish people by Queen Esther from annihilation at the hands of an official of the Persian Empire some 2600 years ago, as it is recounted.
According to the biblical Book of Esther., Haman the royal vizier to the Persian king Ahasuerus (likely Xerxes 518– 465 BC) in Old Persian, as also later in modern history, Hitler, another infamous Jew hater, had called for the "final solution" of the Jews, while annexing/stealing all their assets
By connecting Haman to the Amalekite Agag, the plan to annihilate the Jews instigated by him, is marked as one more instance in a long notorious tradition of hatred and persecutions, which has continued to our modern times,
The current conflict with the hateful nemesis - Islamic Republic of Iranian , is yet another occurrence which has invoked remembering the past, and reflecting on themes of Jewish continuity, and on how such hatred should be dealt with by
actively opposing evil.
This current entanglement saga is unfolding, not only in the confrontation of the Middle East (ME) geographical region, but in historical ideological and religious disputes, in variety of National/International strategic Interests and Narratives, as well as in Geo- political realignments.
There are many plots, costumes and masks to be uncovered...
Yet from what has been overtly reported yet concealed, it seems that a confluence of vital interests, drove the timing of this war round by the 3 main protagonists, of which the reasons, wishes and benefits, can be encapsulated,, into this short statement, to be further expanded on, below.
The overt reasoning for the war as stated by Israel and US Governments are
to liquidate Iran's offensive Nuclear program and Ballistic Missile arsenal,and to disband the Ayatollah's ruthless dictatorial rule, while all along Iran regime's intentions have been to economically weaken and bring "Death" upon Western Democracies dominance.
The concealed reasoning for the war also uncovers that:
Netanyahu's wish for prolonged Regional War may grant him a possible longer stay in power, may evade his trial, may deflect the next national elections, and may allow proceeding with the judiciary revolution as to consolidate his absolute power.
Trump's lounging the war, may allegedly deflect attention from his involvement in the the Epstein files scandal and from a scrutiny related to ICE fiascos. Furthermore his wish to win a war against Iran, may secure and stable Oil/Gas and money flow, that possibly will assist to position US in an international hegemonic dominance over China -the real nemesis of the US.
And Iran regime's ideological theocratic aspirations for Islamic Shia World Dominance can possibly materialized, through this Apocalyptic War against the Western "Big and "small Satans" - referring also to the religiosity extremist Israeli bearing also Apocalyptic vision of Jewish expansionist aspiration, for a larger Eretz Israel biblical borders "from the River Nile in the South to the Euphrates river in the North,
In this religious triad Apocalyptic war is interwoven also the Armageddon vision that prophesied, ultimate battle between good and evil at the end of the world and is aspired by the Evangelical Christians, Out of this "End of the days" war
the Shia Islamic Messiah- Mahdi (Muhammad al-Mahdi ) will reaper, outdoing the Sunni, the second coming of Christ, and the appearing of the Jewish Messiah.
In all these 3 monotheistic religions such an Apocalyptic vision symbolizes a final, destructive conflict of a massive, end-of-the-world scenario,. That may implicate that the extreme theocratic Iranian regime, will carry the fight to the bitter destructive end.
Bye Bye Khamenei
What Drove Israel to Bomb Iran
Iran has been relentlessly sabotaging any ME Peace initiative by building a monstrous oiled war machine to liquidate Israel, through funding terrorism dispatching suicide explosions, and ballistic missiles.
The fire Ring which the long twisted arms of the Iranian Octopus lounged from 7 fronts, in establishing and funding proxies, has encircled Israel and has made it heavily bleed for years .
Iran has also targeted Jews and Jewish establishments around the world.
Hezbolla from Lebanon , Shiites from Syria and Iraq, Houthis from Yemen and Terrorists (Sunni Islamists) from Gaza and West Bank territories, have been the largest terrorists "puppet on a string" proxy operation, heavily funded by the Iran's regime, and overtly dedicated to obliterating Democracies off the map,
When enemies announce their intention to destroy, calling "Death to Israel and US."
Israel insists to believe them. "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" aren't lip service or empty words. it is a mission statements. Ignoring small security problems invites larger ones
The War with Iran Reflects Shift in Israel's Strategic Thinking. since the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023. No longer does Israel trust its intelligence establishment's ability to read its adversaries' intentions accurately. So when enemies bent on Israel's destruction began amassing the means to achieve it, Israel now sees an imperative to destroy those capabilities, whenever it gets the chance.
According to 3 Israeli defense officials, Netanyahu ordered military leaders at the end of last year to begin planning for a solo strike against Iran. Once it became clear that the U.S. would be Israel's partner in an attack on Iran, military commanders who were previously unenthusiastic changed their tune, grasping an historic opportunity to batter Iran, destroy its missile arsenal, further damage its nuclear program, and even try to oust the Iranian Gov.
The shouldering of much of the burden by the US including sending aloft a huge fleet of midair-refueling tankers - made it possible for Israel to deploy its largest air fleet ever since Saturday for devastating assaults on: Iranian Regime members,
Israel has attacked for the pats week: missile launchers, arsenal, military installations, Basij militia and IRGC Air Force sites and installations., weapons production facilities, and any Regime operational headquarters /services, as well as Iran's cyber unit, the special forces unit of Iran's internal security forces, emergency bases, and a "protest suppression" unit of the internal security forces.
Israel carried out a significant strike in Tehran by dropping more then 4,000 bombs targeting 10 headquarters of Iran's intelligence ministry and IRGC-Quds Force positions. killing senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) amoung them Iran’s defence minister and the commander-in-chief.
The Israel Air Force has dropped 5,500 munitions across Iran, averaging ּּ 1,000 per/day
Israel has a complete control over Iran's sky
Israel estimates that 1,000-1,500 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iranian security forces were killed in the strikes so far.
Israel's capabilities were part of a years-long intelligence campaign that helped pave the way for the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
"We knew Tehran like we know Jerusalem," said one current Israeli intelligence official.
Nearly all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked for years, transmitting images to servers in Israel of bodyguards and drivers of senior Iranian officials.
Israel was also able to disrupt single components of a dozen mobile phone towers near Khamenei's offices, making the phones seem as if they were busy when called and stopping Khamenei's protection detail from receiving possible warnings.
When Hezbulla, stupidly joined in the attack, Israel stroked in Beirut and killed Hussein Makled, "the head of Hezbullah's intelligence headquarters." Another strike in Beirut killed Adham al-Othman, a senior commander in Palestinian Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades in the Lebanese arena. It has since struck targets across Lebanon and sent ground forces into border towns.
Using its laser air defense system against rockets launched from Lebanon the “Laser Dome” (Or Eitan) laser system successfully intercepted incoming rockets from Lebanon.
With the down-fall in the past 2 years, of the Iranian Octopus arms after Israel “crush and cut off its tentacles,” - Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, the Octopus is now stupidly risking a crush of its head on this war's guillotine.
IDF Planning for 1-2 More Weeks of Iran Operations , however the war is having a significant impact on the Israeli home front. 12 civilian were killed with over 1,270 injured, thousands of residents displaced, and property damaged from intercepted missile debris in cities like Tel Aviv and Beit Shemesh,
Shamefully 3 millions Israelis in the home-front are lacking safety spaces
Yet Israelis are resilient and wish the military will finish off the job once and for all.
Although 93 Percent of Jewish Israelis Support Operation in Iran over 75% of Israelis despise Netanyahu (and his Gov,) and perceive him as a liar, corrupt and dangerous to Israel's national/security interests, They are vehemently against his judiciary revolution, see him guilty and responsible for the many national screw up. with Oct 7th at the top, insisting on him being fully trialed at court.
It is feared that Trump's public intense pressuring of Israeli President Herzog to "immediately pardon the PM "from his corruption trial, is part of a political deal made between Trump and Netanyhu related to the new post war new ME order, in which Netanyahu allegedly promised to concede.to compromised Israeli national Interests for his judiciary pardon.
Wrangling over the Credit for successful operational war performances
Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has neutralized every major threat on its borders. 30 months later, the Middle East is almost unrecognizable. Israel stands indisputably as the military hegemony, its enemies are dead or decapitated. Like Sinuar Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was blown up in a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike and the Islamic republic is very likely never going to be the same nor pose any longer annihilation threats after Israel assures that Iran's Nuclear weapon , Military arsenal and Military Leadership capabilities are permanently liquidates, for the longest hall Yet... there is more to come...
What Drove Trump to Bomb Iran
In President Trump's mind, he is making a long-overdue correction to decades of a flawed U.S. Iran policy.
Since its inception in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been, both in ideology and in action, an enemy of the U.S.
Tolerating Iran's provocations, or a military quagmire; fearing regional instability or continue believing that the Ayatollahs are rational actors, who could be bargained with, or that ,US should recognize Iran's aspirations as legitimate entity, despite its fanatical rhetoric, became no longer digestible.
Marco Rubio Predicted already in 2015 The US-Iran War In 2015
The basic failed logic of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was that Washington should recognize Iran's aspirations as legitimate, so that the mullahs would come to feel they had a stake in maintaining the regional order. American allies, in turn, would have to learn to "share the neighborhood" with Iran.
The fatal flaw in the scheme was in misunderstanding Iran's motivations. The mullah's terror regime wanted what it had always wanted and said it wanted over and over, which was to destroy the U.S.-led order in the region, wipe Israel off the map, and overthrow the Gulf Arab states in a global Islamic revolution to be headquartered in Tehran.
The U.S.'s accommodating policy allowed Iran to build a fearsome regional empire which made the Oct. 7 attacks possible, as this meant also restraining U.S. allies (Israel) from taking their own steps to check Iran's growing regional power.
The long history of Iran being the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, and its lounging attacks against US military, civil personal and assets explains Why the U.S. Attacked Iran in this preemptive war, when the endless evasive negotiations collapsed now. Iranian officials openly acknowledged possessing 460 kg. of uranium enriched to 60% an amount they admitted could be converted into as many as 11 nuclear bombs. They further asserted their intention to enrich uranium at levels sufficient to produce nuclear weapons..
Witkoff said: "They weren't hiding it. They were proud," he said, adding that the Iranian officials also boasted of bypassing international monitoring systems to reach that point.
Though it is hard to digest that reasoning in the absence of an imminent threat, it's better to strike one's enemies before they pose an imminent threat.
President Trump understood that Iran is a danger to regional and world peace.
Iran's attacks during this round, on peaceful Gulf states and Cyprus show what it
would have done, had it been allowed to develop nuclear weapons.
This war ,in Trumps mind, intends to save US from the necessity of many others in the future. The U.S. Is Finally Responding Decisively to Decades of Aggression
The U.S. attacks have a clear legal and practical justification finally responding decisively to decades of aggression against America and its allies. This isn't a war to protect Israel,
(debated) which has done an excellent job of protecting itself. Israel has proved itself a peer partner that makes it possible for America to achieve its strategic goals at far less risk to its own forces. U.S. and Israel have been fighting side by side. While America's other major allies decided to sit this one out - and even deny the use of air
bases on their soil
"The operation was, launched with clear military objectives designed to dismantle Iran's ability to project power outside of its borders both today and in the future.
"Iran will never possess a nuclear bomb, not on our watch, not ever."
Obliterate Iran's missiles and drones and facilities that produce them, Annihilate its navy and critical security infrastructure,
Sever their pathway to nuclear weapons.
Targeting and eliminating Iran's ballistic missile systems to prevent it from threatening U.S. forces, partners and interests in the region. ensuring Iran cannot rapidly rebuild or reconstitute its combat capability or combat power." are the overt goals. Much of Tehran's remaining stockpile of missiles remains in underground bases whose locations in these "undergrownd Missile cities" are mostly known to the U.S. and Israel , The Pentagon and Israel's military will have to pend years to locate and liquidate.
On the 4th day of the war Secretary of War Hegseth on Israel: "Fighting Shoulder to Shoulder with Such a Capable Ally Is a True Force Multiplier and a Breath of Fresh Air"
And here is the key reason that is not getting a public explanation
Securing Maritime Navigation
The Iranian regime has harassed and attacked international shipping in the Gulf of Oman for decades. Freedom of maritime navigation has underpinned American and global economic prosperity for more than 80 years. U.S. forces were set to defend it.
U.S. Central Command said Tuesday: that the "Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, they have ZERO. now" U.S. Destroys Iran's Navy
The Tell of the 2 Straits
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically important navigational passage in the Persian Gulf , key for global trade, between the the north coast of Iran and the Gulf of Oman in the southeast. On the south coast is the United Arab Emirates and Musandam, an exclave of Oman.
Around 20% of the world's oil passes through this narrow strategic strait, which at its narrowest is 21 nautical miles (39 km) wide.
.Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq export most of their oil through this narrow sliver of sea, with very few alternative routes available
Most of the oil from the region is exported to Asian markets, primarily to China, India and Japan. China and India account for 44% of all the oil exported from this channel.
Any disruption to the oil flows through the Strait would have huge consequences for world oil markets,” As tensions with Iran escalate, the Strait of Hormuz has become a flashpoint where global energy, military power and international law converge.
First western military dominance in the strait was of Portuguese presence in the Persian Gulf (1507–1750)
It gave them full control of the trade between India and Europe passing through the Persian Gulf
The Portuguese lost control of the Strait of Hormuz to a combined Anglo-Persian force (Safavid Persian army and the English East India Company)
As of March 2026, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has declared it has taken control of the Strait of Hormuz, effectively blocking the crucial energy chokepoint following the military strikes by the U.S. and Israel.
More than 55% of China's total oil imports in 2025 came from the Middle East (13% from Iran itself), most of which must pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
However the recent bombing campaign has jeopardized Beijing's ability to ship oil from the region.
Weakening China stand, setting back its "Road and Belt" oil dependent economic corridors, and strangling its appetite for expansionist dominance, has been the US covert strategic reason (starting with Venezuela) when ceasing the opportunity and dove-tailing/partnering with Israel in the attack on Iran,
Iran has been cultivated as China's proxy in the ME similar to how Hezbulla served as a proxy for Iran, in Lebanon, on the border with Israel, causing both US and Israel to bleed.
The map abased on ship-tracking data from the MarineTraffic platform, shows how tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz came to a near standstill, after the U.S. and Israel launched air attacks on Iran, since Saturday, February 28.
The Other Strait - Strait of Malacca (SoM)
For centuries, merchant vessels have passed from the Indian Ocean to Eastern Asia through a small waterway inside Southeast Asia. south of the Malay Peninsula,above Singapore the Strait of Malaka , through which over a quarter of the world’s trade passes.
Three littoral states—Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia—border the Strait.
The Strait’s importance derives from its status as one of the quickest routes connecting the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
However, the U.S. military’s activity in the Strait does not sit well with China. From China’s perspective, their geopolitical rival is signaling geopolitical dominance in their lifeline to the world westward.
Chinese influence has increased greatly in the area within the past few decades.
In a contingency of war between the U.S. and China, the Strait would be a vital zone of control.
The US-China Rivalry
Israeli Journalist Haviv Retting Gur who serves as the political correspondent and senior analyst for The Times of Israel, offers the following Geo-Political Analysis stating that the war is not about Iran but about China . It can be heard in this podcast link
America is not fighting Israeli Regional war or for Israel's sake, though Israel is a beneficiary but is not the reason. US is in this, fighting a Global War. because of china
What looks like another ME conflagration, is in fact, a pivotal move in a far larger
US–China confrontation.to reshape the balance of power and world's dominance
As not to publicly awaken China's attention nor compel it to overtly retaliate against the US, but to keep China out of the war, this reason is kept in the shadows
Victor Davis Hanson also asserts that Trump’s ‘Wars of Reckoning’ meant to send a message to Iran, China, and Beyond
US-China G-2 Summit
The term "G-2 "refers to a more exclusive version of the Group of 7 or Group of 20 forums — which was introduced in 2005 by American economist C. Fred Bergsten underscoring communication importance between the world’s2 biggest economies
Trump is scheduled to visit China for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, expected to take place in South Korea from March 31 to April 2, 2026.,
This high-stakes meeting is positioned as a potential "landmark" event for U.S.-China relations, aiming to stabilize ties amid significant trade tension and geopolitical frictions, according to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi,
The summit follows a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down many of the sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports, weakening the U.S. negotiating position and giving Beijing more leverage.
Since U.S.-China relations have “far-reaching and global implications" Trump has been upping US geopolitical leverage, prior to this G-2 negotiations, with all the recent strategic war maneuvers taken. Venezuela and Iran which constitute 20% of global oil reserves and 7% of global natural Gas reserve, and which have been have been part of the China-Russia axis , are now severely compromised.
There is no doubt in my mind that the world has a better chance for peace with out the aggression of Iran and China. However the price being payed in losses of human lives collateral damages and economic devastation are already charging grave interests within the region and also draining the US
As of March 6, 2026, six U.S. Army Reserve personnel were killed following an Iranian drone strike on a U.S. facility in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait
The approximated cost of each operational war day is over 900 Million per/day
The high costs are primarily driven by the heavy use of advanced munitions.
And a majority of Americans, approximately 56%, oppose the U.S. military action in Iran
In the event that the numbers of public support for the war continuation drops, the number of casualties rises, and the economy worsen, Trump may be inclined to pull out the armed forces from the war operation, and will declare US victory over Iran while.giving up on attaining Iran's acknowledgment of its full defeat,
Furthermore, prior to galloping to distant foreign battle-fields, Trump should pay close attention to what has been cultivated and taught to children in Islamic Institutions, right under his ambitious nose... Based on MEMRI news:
The Hadi Institute in Dearborn, Michigan, held a March 1, 2026, memorial service for Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Usama Abdulghani, spiritual leader of the Hadi Institute, offered his congratulations for the honor that Khamenei received after 86 years of jihad. During the event, lawyer Hassan Salamey ( son of Sam Salamey, Chief Judge of the 19th District Court in Dearborn) asserted that Americans live on "stolen land" controlled by "devil-worshiping Freemasons."
He acknowledged those who brought young children to the memorial so they grow up with "this culture" of remembering martyrs
What Drove Iran to War against the US and Israel
The theocratic Islamic Republic, a preying "wolf" masked in a "sheep" cover, has positioned itself as a legitimate actor, while infect for the past 5 decades it has operate as the world’s leading state-sponsor of terrorism.
The fanatic regime routinely vowed both “death to Israel” and “death to America,” and it has been in the business of murdering thousands of Israelis, Americans and many more Iranians who were being seen as a threat to regime's tyrannical world view.
The political order established after the 1979 Islamic Revolution under Ayatollah Khomeini. was that in the first time since the loss in the battle of Karbala (680AD) a defining historical and spiritual event, the marginalized disenfranchised Shiaite minority was raised to sovereign power which attracted honor and pride.
Shiaites (Shiites) constitute the second-largest branch of Islam, however comprise only 10–13% of the global Muslim population, predominantly in Iran, Iraq, and Bahrain.
Artistic contempt and defiance to the regime
The Islamic Republic fused Shia revolutionary theology with centralized clerical authority under the doctrine of velayat-e faqih - “Guardianship of the Jurist.”
The Twelver Shi'i doctrine, primarily developed by Ayatollah Khomeini, holding that in the absence of the 12th Imam, a qualified Islamic jurist (faqih) should hold a fused supreme political and religious authority.
This principle, specifically in its "absolute" form, constitutes the foundation of Iran's 1979 constitution, placing a Supreme Leader above the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Under this system, ultimate authority rests not with elected officials, but with a senior Islamic jurist, the Supreme Leader, who is charged with protecting the revolution and making sure that governance conforms to Islamic law - Sharia
The result is a state that sees itself not simply as a government, but as the custodian of a religious and revolutionary mission. That mission stretches beyond Iran’s borders and is in competition and adversary with the Sunnis on Islamic dominance.
To export the "revolution Tehran regime has used the amassed oil revenues to fund and arm heavily internal security guards, and non-state actors such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza - groups designated as terrorist organizations by the US and EU.
Attaining nuclear capability over which the main conflict with the West has risen, meant to safeguard the regime's supreme power and to deter there adversaries,
The a fusion of strategic geopolitical ambition and ideological conviction. also justified to repeatedly crush dissent,: as the 2009 Green Movement protests refereed also as the "Persian Spring" and more recent that of Feb 2026 when intense anti-Gov protests driven by a severe economic crisis were massacred.
The revolution extended its arms across the world to :South America, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and Sudan. Now a series of colossal mistakes, a misreading of the American administration, an underestimation of the international community, a dependence on treacherous patrons - Russia and China, and sheer hubris
seem to have led the Iranian leadership to the edge of the abyss.
What was built over decades as a palace of revolutionary self-confidence has been fast unraveling, when for start 2 layers of senior leadership now united with their dead proxy protegees, and most likely not met by 72 virgins each...
The Iranian regime relies on a dedicated force structure, including a ~200,000-strong Revolutionary Guard, a significant Basij paramilitary force, and approximately 400,000 regular armed forces. A large portion of the Iranian population indicate a deeply dissatisfied, secularizing, and largely anti-regime society, with many Iranians actively calling for an end to the Islamic Republic, seeking to depose the regime.
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Pessimism about Iran's fate has also been conveyed by China
Beijing is, Tehran's most important partner. and both oppose a Western-dominated global order. However China has not come so far to Iran;s help, and although China is concerned, it is not likely to get involved. Beijing has grown increasingly disillusioned with Tehran's capability and credibility as a regional power. since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel.
China has already lost faith in the leadership of the Islamic Republic and Beijing doesn't see regime change in Iran as a worst-case scenario. China is willing to work with whatever leadership emerges after the strikes as long as it protects oil flows and prioritizes shared economic interests.
Beyond providing intelligence to target US forces, Russia, which has been one of Tehran's few but staunchest allies, cooperating on economic and military projects
has abandoned Iran and has not come to Iran's military aid either. "The partnership between Russia and Iran, however, is not about ideology — Russian politicians don't particularly like Iran," Besides Russia has been bugged down by the war with Ukraine.
Russia and China have bigger problems to worry about.
The Theological Fantasizm
Originating from the "party of Ali" (shiat Ali), Shiites believe that Prophet Muhammad’s rightful successors were his family, specifically Ali ibn Abi Talib and his descendants (Imams) so the Iranian regime took upon itself the duty to correct the historical succession injustice, which accrued about 1500 years ago, when the Sunni
have chosen successors from a non-family qualified candidates.
To the secular non believers mind, such theocratic historical splinters are inconceivable to phantom, However to fractured tribal societies that have been feuding with each other, centuries, before Islam was introduced on world's stage,
such cultural matters fused with religious dogmatic world view. are of grave importance and consequences.
In Shia Islam, the Messiah figure is known as Muhammad al-Mahdi (or simply the Mahdi), who is believed to be the 12th and final Imam, descended from the first Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib. . Mentioned in several compilations of hadith but absent from the Kuran the Mahdi is a messianic figure in Islamic belief. comparable to the Christian concept of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and the Jewish concept of Mashiach ben David.
The Mahdi, who in Islamic belief is said to be a descendant of Muhammad is believed to appear at the End of Times, shortly before Jesus returns , as to rid the world of evil and injustice.
The idea of the Mahdi seems to have been popularized during the religious and political unrest in the first and second centuries of Islam. Some of the first references to the Mahdi appear in the late 7th c, when the revolutionary Mukhtar al-Thaqafi declared Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya—a son of Caliph Ali (r. 656–661)—to be the Mahdi.
Although the concept of a Mahdi is not an essential doctrine in Islam, it is popular among many Muslims. Over time, there have been a vast number of Mahdi claimants, including Muhammad Ahmad, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and others.
The fanatic Iranian regime sees its religious duty to carry out this "End of Times" war as to bring the Mahadi, back,
so it may fight to the bitter end, no matter what the cost the regime may need to pay. or already payed dearly, when loosing its senior leadership, its proxys' and its own internal military and economical assets,
By halting traffic in Hornuz waterway, Iran is severing its own windpipe and crippling its own lifeline oil based economy.
Aware that its fearsome reputation has crumbled and that it is now in survival mode, Iran is, mistakenly hoping, that the hundreds of missiles and drones it has been launching against Israel, American bases and the Gulf countries would regain some of its compromised honor and would help it survive.
However, the colossal strategic mistake, Iran made, of the kind that shapes a regional order for years, was that the regime responded to the U.S.-Israeli strike, not by limiting itself to only Israel, Directing its ballistic missiles and drones at civilian facilities of Iran's Sunni Arab neighbors in the Gulf. has changed the discourse on the Arab street Indifference or implied criticism toward Israel turned into condemnation of Iran.
The moment it directed its weapons toward its Sunni Arab neighbors, it squandered its political capital. In the eyes of the Gulf states, Iran became an imperial expansion project threatening their national security. Countries that were conflicted, divided or neutral ,suddenly found themselves on the same side as Israel.
"Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait are all defending their people with their own combat capability with precision and restraint. Jordanian air defense crews recently intercepted a cluster of Iranian one-way attack drones headed to Amman....Saudi Patriot batteries stopped a salvo of ballistic missiles aimed at energy facilities near Dhahran. The UAE neutralized multiple drones targeting Abu Dhabi's industrial zone."
In the war against Iran, something major earth-shattering has already happened in the Middle East. The evil and powerful regime that has destabilized the world for nearly half a century, has been significantly weakened.
The world's biggest sponsor of terror has lost its power to terrorize the world.
A nation out of touch with reality that its arrogant mullahs, have been spreading since 1979 their toxic poison, yet getting away with it, is now under hellish fire.
A nation that for decades threatened to destroy Israel with nuclear weapons is now worried about its own destruction.
A nation that has proudly trumpeted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" is now worried about its own death in the hands of President Trump - a Christian leader
of a Western Democratic power.
Like in the Purim story, mentioned at the beginning of this long written piece,
"נהפיך הוא"the "reversed". accrued
Like the failure of another Persian named Haman who was bent on destroying the Jews 2,500 years ago, just commemorated in Purim, these arrogant Iranian mullahs got
a "taste of their own medicine"
Israeli officials say that a "drastic decline in missile alerts has been noticeable" on the home front. The situation inside Israel is beginning to resemble lower-intensity confrontations, such as the conflict with the Houthis. campaign, it would end with a very significant weakening of Iranian capabilities for many years.
A new ambitious Tyrant has risen on the world's fickle stage,fueled with grand aspiration for new global order. My only wish is that he would be a more benevolent one, as well as short lived, as is dictated by his advanced age.
Between the Persian King Achashverosh (Xrexs) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Trump
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And may this bloody war ends, much sooner than later ,with favorable results for the saf continuation of the Liberal Free Western civilization!!!
To be Continued...
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