But weak people don’t ask to be attacked. So the attackers have to do it for them.
That is a constant theme throughout recent history, and probably through all of military history. From Operation Himmler to Tonkin to Brothers to the Rescue to 9/11, provocative attacks of no military or strategic value are senseless unless self-inflicted. Even Shoe and Underpants bombers are likely psychopathic losers under control of western intelligence. They reinforce our fear. Israel is especially well-practiced at this, and the ease with which they can launch a few rockets at themselves allows them to terrorize the West Bank and Gaza at will and invade Lebanon with near-impunity. (Hezbollah effectively ousted the Israelis from Lebanon, which is why we call that group “terrorists.”)
A question arises – really ugly terror like bus bombs and department store massacres – would western intelligence pull those off as well? What about car bombs in Iraq, marketplace massacres, snipers, beheadings … are these deeds done by agents provocateur? There are two possible answers here in my view: Most likely, and yes.
And please understand, and I repeat – the world is full of bad guys. They are not all employed by us. But there are weak bad guys and strong ones. The weak ones don’t go around begging to be attacked by the overwhelming military power of Israel, NATO and the U.S. Counterforce operations are designed to be effective – like Tet and Pearl Harbor. These were intelligent, well-planned and well-timed. The Japanese, under embargo in 1941 and knowing war was imminent, did not decide to blow up a shopping mall. The Vietnamese did not set their underpants on fire.
So when we read that a lone drone entered Israeli air space, it is not only wise to suspect that it was done by the Israelis, but perfectly logical. Who the hell else would pull such a stunt? More importantly, why?
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