ISRAELI AIR DEFENSE ON THIN ICE
It’s easy to miss the fact that Iran just launched a missile strike on Tel Aviv in broad daylight and all missiles (five, by most accounts) got through. This marks a watershed moment in this conflict for two reasons: an attack has been launched during the day, and zero interceptions on those missiles raining on the capital having been recorded.
Combined with the growing rate of interception failures we seen over the last couple of nights, suggests that Israeli interceptor stocks are running low, forcing them to use older stocks and having to triage the targets they protect.
This is not, however, a reason to celebrate. This situation means that not only Israel is incapable of fighting this war alone, but also that if this continues, Iran will have free rein to level Israel to the ground.
If the interception continues to decline, you can bet that the voices screaming into Trump’s ears for war with Iran will soon become impossible to drown out. Perhaps they already have.
This is why the Grahams, Blumenthals, and the rest of the ziocon lobby, alongside Israeli politicians, are itching for the USA to go to war against Iran. Unless big mommy USA rushes in soon to kiss the bruises that the Iranian meanies have dealt to Israel, those bruises risk becoming deep cuts and stab wounds.
Trump’s latest actions and posts lend credence to the suspicion that the decision has indeed already been made.