At the Edge of the Abyss Again
Fri 4:35 am +01:00, 2 Aug 2024 1 Lavrov’s Iranian counterpart Ahmed Bagheri-Kyani phoned him this morning to talk about the most recent atrocities committed by the Zionists and that Iran would invoke UN Article 51 in its response. The PR MFA issued said the following:
Additionally, Hezbollah’s Nasrallah gave a very important speech that Al-Mayadeen reported on here. A few snippets:
I expect a fully coordinated response from the entire Arc of Resistance plus Iran, and quite possibly not just at Zionist targets but also at Outlaw US Empire assets since it’s 100% complicit in all that’s happening in West Asia. The Cradle has two very good articles that demand reading by those wanting more understanding of the conflicts dynamics: “Israel isn’t crazy, it’s just MAD: Since before its inception, Israel has very deliberately, very rationally pursued a ‘MAD strategy’ toward its foes and allies alike, training them to accept its bad behavior at all times” and “Walid Jumblatt: Key Lebanese politico switches sides as war looms: Druze ‘kingmaker’ Walid Jumblatt has made yet another strategic turn in his long history of shifting alliances, throwing his considerable political weight – and that of Lebanon’s Druze community – behind Hezbollah as war with Israel heats up.” Dmitry Medvedev’s short commentary on X was picked up and republished globally:
Some, like RT, spun Medvedev’s words thusly, although it did cite his full text a few paragraphs later:
As readers ought to know by now, my position is the only way to get the Zionists to conform to the laws governing humanity is for force to be applied, and not the force being applied by the Arc of Resistance. I would question his end point of it ending in “a shaky peace” because as Iran has said what must be waged is a SMO—language that was deliberately chosen for the SMO’s stated goals—demilitaization and denazification, which in this case the latter would be dezionistification. I’m sure the backchannel lines are humming between Moscow and Beijing. Meanwhile, F-16s have finally been delivered to Ukraine and supposedly put to use in defending Ukraine’s deep rear airspace. This development was commented upon by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and reported by Sputnik:
Another Sputnik item says: “’The Only Answer is to Destroy Them’: How Russia Plans to Handle Ukraine’s Western-Supplied F-16s,” which ought to be a rather simple task given the F-16’s inferiority to Russian jets and their systems. The current situation on the line-of-contact continues to be the same as it’s been for the last two months although the pace of Ukie retreats is quickening as it loses more and more soldiers and equipment—Russian MoD states Ukie loses for July at 60,000 KIA and wounded. Yet Zelensky refuses or perhaps legally no longer has the power to rescind his order of no negotiating with Russia, which is the first step that will be required for any talks to commence. And you just read Ryabkov’s assessment of Outlaw US Empire trustworthiness. You can be sure Medvedev’s position is shared by others of his rank within Russia’s government. Yes, Lavrov asked for restraint, but IMO I don’t think he really believes that possible at this point. Nor do I. * |
Israel seems desperate to get a war going. When I say Israel, like Britain, the US, and anywhere else, it’s the financial crooks who control things who want the wars. They will be miles away abusing kids in South America or some tropical paradise, while the terrified people are raped and slaughtered, but will rapidly emerge once it’s over to profit and buy up everything at a fraction of it’s value, and of course grab a few orphans.