This past weekend there were multiple drone attacks on Iranian military targets. There have been no claims as to who carried out the attacks. We do know, however, that the drones were launched from within Iran.
The Ayatollahs have claimed none of the strikes were successful, and even if they were the damage was minimal, except where the damage was substantial, but no military targets were hit and the fact that we’re convening an emergency session of the Supreme National Security council is mere coincidence.
Advisor to Volodymyr Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted about the not-so-good night the Iranians had yesterday.
Needless to say, the goat shagging Ayatollahs did not take it well. They summoned the Ukraine Ambassador. The supreme security council issued a statement saying Podolyak’s tweet would “cost Ukraine dearly.”
Seeing as Iran has already sent 1000 suicide drones to Russia, I don’t see what else they can do. I mean, the plant where those drones are made was just blown up.
Now on to who dunnit. Let’s be honest, there are only two countries that it could have been. The US and Israel. I suppose there is an outside chance it was Ukraine, but I just don’t see that as likely.Considering the State Department’s slavish devotion to the Iran nuclear deal, that kinda rules out US involvement.
That leaves us with Israel.
Israel, as they always do, make no claims or denials for this attack. There is a long history of Israeli covert ops in Iran, very few of which are acknowledged. In fact, the only one I can think of was the theft of half a ton of Iranian nuclear documents back in 2018. Bibi went on TV and showed a lot of the docs.
The timing of this makes me think there are several reasons behind it. I think the new Israeli government is flexing a bit. The previous coalition government was seen as being a bit weak when it came to Iran’s involvement with the palestinian terror groups. This strike, especially because it was launched from inside Iran, is meant to send a message to the Ayatollahs. It doesn’t hurt that the regions where the strikes occurred are not particularly friendly to the regime in Tehran. I know it doesn’t get the coverage it did, but there are still large protests happening around the country.
The choice of targets was also a bit interesting. The fact that the facility that produces the Shaheed suicide drone was hit isn’t important by itself, Israel has struck that type of facility before. However, the drones produced there are going to Russia for use in Ukraine. Up till now, Israel has been very reticent about supporting Ukraine. I think that has just changed, at least quietly.
