Is Iran Pushing Us Toward War?
Signs point to yes.
When it comes to the complex web of Middle Eastern geopolitics, one player consistently pulls the strings from behind the scenes: Iran. The Islamic Republic’s influence is woven through the region’s myriad conflicts.
“The Conflict in the Middle East Is About One Thing: Iran,” Journalist Haviv Rettig Gur told Free Press editor Bari Weiss on July 20, 2024.
“On October 8, Hezbollah started firing rockets at northern Israel,” Gur told Weiss. “And those rocket barrages never stop. They have been going for almost 10 months. They’re always calculated and modulated to be less than what any Israeli response would be. Hezbollah received an order from Iran: exact as much cost as you can from Israel without being destroyed. Iran does not want Hezbollah destroyed. The reason Iran has spent billions upon billions for decades building Hezbollah into the formidable force it is today is so that in a future Iran-Israel war, Hezbollah can open another front against Israel and help save Iran.”
“Hezbollah has lost something like 400 fighters, including some senior commanders, but Hezbollah doesn’t care,” Gur pointed out. “And certainly Hezbollah’s masters in Iran don’t care about those losses. So Hezbollah has been able to sustain this. And Israel has not had the backing of America for the larger war that would…