Hezbollah has confirmed the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, after Israel said he was killed in its airstrikes on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday. Follow for live news updates.
Israel has the unfortunate advantage of being one large US military base. And instead of being just generally murderous occupiers like Americans in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, Israel’s approach is simply to kill everybody and turtle outwards.
I hope it’s unsustainable, but while they have relatively few losses in manpower and the West provides it with effectively unlimited support, I’m not so sure.
Israel has the unfortunate advantage of being one large US military base. And instead of being just generally murderous occupiers like Americans in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, Israel’s approach is simply to kill everybody and turtle outwards.
I hope it’s unsustainable, but while they have relatively few losses in manpower and the West provides it with effectively unlimited support, I’m not so sure.