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Oh happy day! Hezbollah terrorist honcho, Hassan Nasrallah, is dead in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. Let all the peoples of the Earth rejoice! Except the Islamic world, of course, which will wallow in its misery and self-pity as it continues to stupidly blame the tiny state of Israel for all its problems.
And one can’t help but wonder with delicious anticipation how many hours or days are left for Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, who masterminded the depraved and evil October 7th massacre of peaceful Israeli Jews. He was declared by Israel a “dead man walking” rather soon after he stupidly provoked what Israel considers an existential war. Is there any hole deep enough for him to hide in for long? Seems unlikely.
Anyway, it was only just the other day that the depraved, foolish and cowardly “leaders” of Western countries — like the Biden administration, to our great shame — were calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Why? So that Hezbollah, which was being absolutely pounded by Israel, would have time to regroup and rearm and survive to fight another day. Why would Western leaders want that? Because in their abject depravity and foolishness, they believe Israel is at fault.
Tiny Israel, about the size of New Jersey, the only Jewish state on Earth, home of the world’s most historically beleaguered people for thousands of years, which culminated in an unspeakable holocaust, and which is relentlessly attacked every day of its existence . . . And the depraved Western “leaders” endlessly call for ceasefires and a “two-state solution,” one state of which would be led by a gang of genocidal thugs whose only goal in life is the annihilation of the other state.
These current Western “leaders” are some of the greatest fools in the history of the world. They are the ultimate useful idiots of evil. They won’t even defend their own civilization — the greatest in history by any objective standard — and instead encourage the overrunning of it by incompatible and destructive cultures, and all the while ceaselessly apologizing to the incoming hordes who have absolutely no clue how to create decent and prosperous societies of their own and instead come to take advantage of ours.
But getting back to Hassan Nasrallah . . .
The now deceased terror chief, who worshipped death the way most of us breathe, had basically been in hiding for his life since he fomented a war with Israel in 2006. In the meantime, Hezbollah busily stockpiled tens of thousands of rockets and missiles to use against Israel at opportune moments over the years, especially since October 8, 2023, piggybacking on Hamas’ evil attack, and continuing every day since.
And as the incoming barrage increased, requiring the continued unacceptable dislocation of Israeli citizens in the north, Israel got serious and unleashed the most awesome and unexpected campaign ever against terror — call it a “terror troll” — emasculating terrorists with exploding pagers and walkie talkies. Absolutely glorious! They must have been afraid of their own shadows after that. And then Israel followed that up with perhaps its most intense bombing campaign ever, absolutely decimating Hezbollah leadership and destroying weapons stockpiles and rocket launchers.
And then, they finally got Nasrallah. His time had run out.
And one of the sweetest things about this is that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu approved the airstrike from his New York City hotel room right before addressing the gang of depraved, anti-Semitic reprobates that fill most of the seats at the United Nations General Assembly.
Here’s part of an official statement from Hezbollah: “His eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s secretary-general, had joined his fellow great martyrs whom he had led for 30 years from one victory to another.”
Blah, blah, whatever. That’s all any of these guys are good for: martyrdom. Which is to say, they are good for absolutely nothing on Earth.
And back in Iran, which funds all the terror against Israel, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, since hearing about Nasrallah’s demise, is said to have been “transferred to a secure location inside the country with heightened security measures in place.” Again, so sweet!
And even as the Ayatollah hides in fear for his life, he puts out statements blathering about revenge and saying stupid things like “the Zionist criminals know that they are far too insignificant to cause any major damage to the strong structure of Hezbollah in Lebanon.” Seriously, dude? Those Hezbollah guys can’t even accept a page now without fearing getting their balls blown off. Shut up, already!
When it comes to Israel and its existential fight, it looks like everything is on the table now and no terrorist is safe, not even Ayatollah Khamenei. What’s next? A hit on Iran’s nuclear program? Stay tuned.
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And it seems his successor quickly assumed room temperature as well.
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The 'tollahs must be thinking: $20+ billion for that?!?!
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Wow, I missed that. It just gets better!
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Beautifully put! You absolutely nailed every point, Greg Strange. No doubt that Sinwar dude has 100’s of millions of stolen dollars. But he will have to live in the shadows with his money and his hatred. The Israelis are very patient. One day, when least expected, BOOM! See ya later martyr gater.
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“When it comes to Israel and its existential fight, it looks like everything is on the table….”
It’s as if this generation of Muslims has not heard of the Munich massacre and how Israel remembered those murdered.
I am in awe of Netanyahu’s message to the rest of the West: no matter what you do to me, Israel will defend itself.
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