Apparently Russian aerospace tech isn’t what it used to be.
Category Archives: War Commentary
A Master Stroke
I wonder what the next shoe to fall will be?
The extraordinary rumors going around Arab language T-gram groups are that dozens to hundreds of Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon had their encrypted personal pagers explode on their belts all at once in the last hour.
โ Saul Sadka (@Saul_Sadka) September 17, 2024
How did the Israelis do this? Did they hack the networkโฆ pic.twitter.com/vAzxY4s55P
[Update a while later]
Again, they really should have thought twice before buying pagers in bulk from the Definitely Not Mossad Bulk Pagers Company, LLC https://t.co/4hexwrPp2s
โ Emily Zanotti ๐ฆ (@emzanotti) September 17, 2024
So weird that the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon had a Hezbollah pager. As I write this, I’m thinking that Ben Rhodes, Antony Blinken, and Jake Sullivan are throwing their pagers in the Potomac.
[Update a few minutes later]
๐จ๐ฅ๐ BREAKING: Ilhan Omar in critical condition after her pager inexplicably explodes pic.twitter.com/4SyZu95VYc
โ ๐๐. ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๏ธโ๐จ๏ธ (@Vox_Oculi) September 17, 2024
[Update a few more minutes later]
A thread:
Post your favourite Hezbollah memes in the comments
โ Kosher๐๐งก (@K0sher_C0ckney) September 17, 2024
Iโll start with this one from @MaxNordau pic.twitter.com/fYivCY53rA
[Update a few minutes later]
I suspect that Mossad just got a treasure trove of intel from this, by seeing where everyone was and who they were with when it happened. It will help them map the entire network (if they hadn’t already) in preparation for what’s coming next.
[Wednesday-morning update]
More at Instapundit.
[Bumped]
[Update a few minutes later]
The second wave: exploding walkie talkies:
It’s Groundhog Day in Lebanon: Whoever turned Hezbollah’s pagers into bombs did the same to their walky-talkies, and in the last hour, 100s+ exploded.
โ Saul Sadka (@Saul_Sadka) September 18, 2024
It seems whoever planted them knew they would be found and pulled the trigger.
Free tip for Hezbollah: Messenger pigeons. pic.twitter.com/lwxvHZqkMU
Ignoring all the carnage, Israel has made it impossible for them to communicate. They’d be sitting ducks if the IDF decides to attack.
[Mid-afternoon update]
Thoughts from Blake Powers.
[Tuesday-morning update]
Today was a very big day in the ongoing war. Israelโs strategy is suddenly clear and has been vindicated. It was in Israelโs interest to delay the inevitable reckoning with Hezbollah as long as possible, since for Hezbollah, yesterday was always the best day to attack Israel.โฆ pic.twitter.com/D7rg4C6qE6
— Saul Sadka (@Saul_Sadka) August 26, 2024
[Bumped]
The Shame At Turtle Bay
Give yourself 15 mins. Take yourself to one side.
— Kosher๐๐งก (@K0sher_C0ckney) September 18, 2024
Share wherever you can. Pure goosebumps.
This is one of ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ช๐ก speeches Iโve ever seen at the UN.
โLet me say this CLEARLY, Jewish bloody is NOT cheap.
The days where it could be spilled without consequenceโฆ pic.twitter.com/UrP0Kv7pNe
But they have no shame. Move UN HQ off of American soil, and quit funding it.
American Jews
The Justice Department is failing them.
As Glenn writes, Hamasniks are the shock troops for the regime.
The Biden-Harris World
…is afire. Unfortunately, it’s not clear that they are the ones who will be burned.
The Uniparty
…turns literal. It’s Mark Steyn, so RTWT.
I supported removing Saddam Hussein, but it was because I genuinely thought that the Bush/Cheney administration had strategic goals and plans for the Middle East, including dealing with Iran. Boy was I wrong.
Putin’s War Week
A long discourse on the current state of play in the Ukraine war.
Alexander Vindman
…represents everything that is wrong with our officer class.
Seven Things That Kamala Harris Has Never Done
…that don’t bode well for her presidency.
She has also never served, but she’s not unique in that regard for recent presidents.
Ukraine’s Invasion Of Russia
I agree that the most significant aspect of this is that there have still been no nukes. I wonder if Putin is concerned that either they’re no longer functional, or that he can’t trust his underlings to use them.