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Obama-Kerry Iranian Appeasement in the Trash – Is War Next?

By Erik Zimerman On May 8, 2018 · Add Comment · In Against the Wind, Avvisi, Joab's Men

Tensions are high as President Trump canceled the Iran deal. the IDF has been increasingly hitting Iranian targets within Syria, and there is mounting fear of an Iranian response. As I have written about at length, Iran has very little in the way of a response. It is a paper tiger that has started to believe its own hype. It is a poor, backwards, corrupt country with negligible military experience and a shaky regime and paranoid regime. The Iraqi army, itself famous for incompetence, was a far superior (though smaller) force to the Iranians during their long conflict in the 80’s. Iran’s experience is in funding and controlling proxies to carry out its terrorism and fighting for it. A brief and quick analysis here, followed up later hopefully with a more in-depth analysis of the dangers and opportunities, the US and Israel face. Before Though the mainstream left leaning media, especially in Israel, touts the current Israeli government as ultra-right (even fascist, whatever that means), many right leaning Israeli voters are disappointed with Bibi’s (Benjamin Netanyahu’s) lack of action regarding our enemies. This criticism would be better leveled at the same voters who fail to listen to candidate’s stated and [...]

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Iran spurs Islamic Jihad into action – Iran’s Preemptive Strike

By Erik Zimerman On March 13, 2012 · 10 Comments · In Against the Wind, Avvisi, Joab's Men

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Update – Assad agreeing with Erik?

By Erik Zimerman On January 31, 2011 · Add Comment · In Against the Wind, Joab's Men

Well, events seem to be proving my analysis correct faster than expected. First, we have Assad explaining to the Wall Street Journal in a rare interview why Syria is immune from these Tunisia, Egypt style protests. Assad Rare Wall Street Journal Interview He echoed my reasons posted in the last note: Assad is more popular there then Mubarak, Islamist movement is much less pronounced and the economic situation there is not as bad. Assad has also shown to the Arab Street that he has been able to thus far, avoid war and avoid surrender to Israel and the west, becoming a bit of mini regional superpower along with Iran and the rest of the Axis of Evil. This gives street credibility. Assad said, according to the AP article reporting on the interview ( I did not have the actual text from the WSJ). But he said Syria, which has gradually shed its socialist past in favor of the free market in recent years, was insulated from the upheaval because he understood his people’s needs and has united them in common cause against Israel. We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries, but in [...]

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