We were playing checkers this whole time. Netanyahu was playing chess!
Throughout this painful war, many of us had some really fundamental questions about the Israeli government’s strategy or whether they even had one.
Think about it. The objectives of the war, as stated by Netanyahu countless times were to defeat Hamas completely and get out hostages back.
Did you ever stop and think about those objectives and whether they even make sense?
Well, if you analyze them logically and based on western values, those two objectives are mutually exclusive.
If we eliminate Hamas completely, how will we ever get our hostages back?
And if we negotiate with Hamas to get our hostages back, how can we obliterate Hamas? We need them for the negotiations.
That was one question I asked myself a thousand times this past year and a half.
Another question is, can we even win this? Do we have any strategy or are we just fighting emotionally after what they did to us?
As things begin to clear up and hopefully reach the end of the war and a total Israeli victory, it seems we were all asking the wrong questions. We were playing the wrong sport.
You see, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and rest of the radical Islamic world don’t act based on logic. There is no method to their madness.
They understand one language and one language only, and that is force.
The absolute only way to defeat these organizations is to defeat them militarily, and when you take away their power, their hope, and their leadership, all of a sudden you see their strong narrative and threats begin to fall apart.
All of a sudden, when they’re scared, they want a deal. All of a sudden when Hezbollah leadership is gone and their oxygen line from Iran is cut off, all of a sudden, their whole “We won’t stop attacking Israel till they pull out of Gaza completely.” turns into “Let’s sign a ceasefire with no conditions.”
That’s all they understand, force.
So yes, we were able to defeat this organizations to the point that we will, with the help of God, get our hostages back. They know very well that however strong Israel is now, they will face a whole other level of wrath when Trump takes office.
Those two objectives that we thought were mutually exclusive turn out to be the exact right strategy when fighting radical Islam.
As for the second question, does Netanyahu even have a strategy? Is this war even possible to win? Does he have a plan?
Well, would you look at that! All of a sudden we see that not only did he have a plan this whole time, but that plan was executed to perfection.
For a good plan, you need a vision, a goal.
The goal here is to eliminate the Iranian nuclear program. That was always the plan, to cut off the head of the snake.
The next thing you need for a good plan to work are the steps that will help you get to your destination and overcome the obstacles, aka the implementation of the plan.
So what were the steps?
Well, to answer that, let’s look at the challenges that stood in Israel’s way.
The first obvious obstacle? the Iranian aerial defense systems.
Well, Israel destroyed those.
The second obstacle? The very rich and very powerful Hezbollah deeply funded by Iran. How could Israel focus on the incredibly complex military operation of taking out Iranian nuclear facilities when Hezbollah is bombarding the country with missiles and drones? That obstacle needed to be removed.
And would you look at that! The Hezbollah threat? Mobilized.
Then there was Hamas, a genocidal barbaric terrorist organization on Israel’s border. That would have to be removed if Israel was going to focus on Iran.
And? Check! Hamas is done.
But then, then there was a massive obstacle that even the greatest Israel supporters were unsure if Israel could remove.
How does Israel fly through Syrian air space on the way to Iran? No way Assad would allow that. Oh well, I guess Israel has to can its ambitions of attacking Iran.
What’s that? Assad is gone? Syria is gone? Damascus has fallen?
Well, that’s convenient.
The last two obstacles that Israel faces before destroying the Iranian nuclear plan is Biden and the Houthis in Yemen.
Biden is gone in 3…2…
And now, with quiet in the north and quiet in the south, Israel, along with its ally, the US, is obliterating the Houthis.
I give them a few weeks until they cease to exist.
Of course, there are some big question marks left like Turkey or the rebels. Those are still unknowns.
One thing is for sure, the Israeli leadership knew exactly what its strategy was and now we are seeing it implemented to perfection.
If I was the Houthis or the Iranian regime, I’d draft a will and say goodbye to my loved ones, and I wouldn’t wait too long.
The only thing holding back israel from accomplishing its ultimate goal is Israel. It’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when. And the answer is, very very soon.
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