The Decline and Fall of the Iranian Empire

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The Decline and Fall of the Iranian Empire

 

The killing of Hassan Nasrallah and the entire Hizballah high command, followed almost immediately by the killing of Nasrallah's designated successor Hassan Khalil Yassin, could mean the end of Hizballah as a force to be reckoned with in Lebanon.  Nasrallah's death also strikes a serious blow to the Islamic Republic of Iran's decades-long effort to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East.

Back in 2015, Iran's Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, explained that once Israel is destroyed, "the West's hegemony and threats will be discredited" and "the hegemony of Iran will be promoted."  Iran had been working for years to promote that hegemony through a series of allies, clients, and proxies across the Middle East, Hizballah being the chief among them.

In fact, [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/09/28/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-iranian-empire-n4932921

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Is Iran's Nuclear Program Next on Israel's Target List?

 

"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum," Roman general Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus wrote some 16 centuries ago — if you want peace, prepare for war.  Sometimes, if you want peace, you've got to keep blowing up the bad guys until the survivors cry uncle or you run out of bad guys.  The question for Israel now is how far up the bad guys' food chain do they want to go?  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/09/30/is-irans-nuclear-program-next-on-israels-target-list-n4932947

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Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' Has Been a Failure

 

The idea behind the "Axis of Resistance" was that all of the terrorist groups funded by Iran in the Middle East would commit themselves to a kind of mutual defense pact.  In case on of them was attacked by Israel or the US, they could all respond.  But nearly a year after Hamas attacked Israel on 10/7 the Axis of Resistance isn't looking so hot.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/09/30/irans-axis-of-resistance-has-been-a-failure-n3795213

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Guess Who's Having an Energy Crisis?

 

[...] Iran sits on some of the most expansive energy reserves in the world, both in oil and natural gas.  Had they spent the last two decades developing those fields rather than nuclear weapons, perhaps Iranians would be able to turn on the lights and the heat this winter.  Instead, the teetering mullahcracy faces a potentially destabilizing energy crisis, right when they face other pressures related to their decisions in their conflict with Israel:  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/12/24/guess-whos-having-an-energy-crisis-n3798195