1.5 million rockets were ready, a large number of militias were ready to strike Israel, and the US military urgently dispatched nuclear submarines
In order to counter the Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia, Iran has created a "Shiite arc" in the Middle East, infiltrating into Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Palestine. Now, with the reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the target of the "Shiite arc" has changed accordingly, and Israel, which is at odds with Iran, has become targeted. Recently, Iran has begun to exert force, and all the armed groups supported by Iran, either explicitly or covertly, have targeted Israel, and the Middle East powder keg has squeaked again.
First, the Iranian-backed Hamas militant group fired its first shots, firing multiple rockets into Israel. Subsequently, armed groups in Lebanon moved and fired 34 rockets into Israel. On April 9, the Syrian army launched a rocket-saturated bombardment of Israeli defenses and settlements in the Golan Heights. Israel's "Iron Dome" system responded to the interception, but Israel still suffered huge losses due to the large number of incoming rockets. According to Israeli defense analyst Amir Bobat, Palestinian and Lebanese factions have a stockpile of about 1.5 million rockets.
While firing rockets at Israel, various armed groups quickly gathered ground forces to prepare for an attack on Israel. Recently, videos released on social platforms showed a large number of Iraqi Sadrist militias in Baghdad for general mobilization, preparing to go to the battlefield to fight the Israeli army. In addition to the Sadrist militia, Hamas, jihadi and other armed groups have united to form an anti-terrorist coalition and are preparing to jointly confront the Israeli army. The entire Arab world has united in hatred and turned its spearhead against Israel, an alien race in the Middle East.
Objectively speaking, the armed groups armed groups armed with rockets are not opponents of the Israeli army, but it is difficult to fight with two fists and four hands, and Israel's land area is too narrow, once the armed men attack from all directions, Israel is really difficult to resist. Therefore, in this situation, Israel's ally the United States urgently dispatched the nuclear submarine "Florida" to the Middle East. The nuclear submarine can carry 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles, mainly to deter Iran and deter Iranian military operations.
The United States used to draw Saudi Arabia against Iran, which can create a very favorable geopolitical pattern for Israel, but now it can be seen that the United States has bankrupted the "offshore balance" strategy in the Middle East, and the entire Arab world is no longer caught in infighting, but unites against Israel and the United States.
The United States has had to invest more military power in the Middle East, but in the context of the frenzy of expelling American power in other regions, the United States cannot do everything, which has led to the erosion of American power from all over the world. The world would be a better place without American hegemony.
(Text/Choi Tsai)
