We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
Bluff or reality: Netenyahu’s plan for Lebanon invasion unfolds
The operation carried out by Israel on Hezbollah’s pagers and radios on Tuesday and Wednesday was, by any measure, impressive.
On Tuesday, Israel infiltrated Hezbollah's supply network, planting PETN explosives in communication devices. While the details of how the explosives were placed were still being debated, on Wednesday, radios began exploding during the funeral of the son of Hezbollah MP Ali Ammar, who had died in the previous day’s attack.
Although this operation was seen as an attempt by Israel to weaken Hezbollah before any ground invasion into Lebanon, 48 hours later, Israeli forces had not crossed the border. However, Israel gained a significant psychological advantage over Hezbollah.
Israeli officials, particularly Prime Minister Netanyahu, seemed unsatisfied with Hezbollah’s shock. Immediately after Tuesday’s pager attack, the Israeli cabinet granted Netanyahu and Defense Minister Galant the authority to initiate actions against Hezbollah, potentially leading to full-scale war in Lebanon. Galant remarked that the center of gravity of the conflict had shifted north.
High-ranking Israeli officers speaking to Clash Report noted that the U.S. had expressed displeasure with Israel’s recent actions.
One Israeli officer commented, “Are we stronger than in 2006? I don’t think so. Our firepower may be sufficient for a contained area like Gaza, but it’s not sustainable for Lebanon. The Americans have voiced their concerns to Tel Aviv about a war with Hezbollah.”
When asked if the Israeli army could succeed in Lebanon, the officer said the public debate was missing the real issue:
“Can we enter Lebanon? Absolutely. For an army, opening a front is never the problem—it’s getting out that’s the challenge. I don’t think the Prime Minister or his advisors are accurately conveying the real issue in Lebanon. In the list of options to deal with Hezbollah, a military operation is the last of the top five.”
Another officer stationed near the Lebanese border suggested that Netanyahu’s talk of entering Lebanon was a bluff, but warned that if pushed, he might proceed at any cost.
“It’s a bluff. Look at our losses in Gaza over the past ten months. Reserve forces arrived, but frankly, they were more of a burden. Entering Lebanon to fight Hezbollah on their territory will cause massive losses,” the officer said, adding that the army had presented a long-term, target-focused plan to Tel Aviv as an alternative to invasion.
When asked about Netanyahu’s likely response to the plan, the officer said, “I’m not sure how seriously they’ll consider it. He may have already given the order for an invasion—I don’t know.”
Towards the end of the interview, the officer commented on the mood within the Israeli army regarding a potential ground operation in Lebanon:
“It’s complete chaos. The reserve forces are eager, and Netanyahu’s supporters are the same. But within the professional army, there are serious doubts.”
Meanwhile, Hezbollah is struggling with communication issues and is not in a position to respond quickly.
Yanis Varoufakis (former Greek Minister of Finance) describes AI as a new form of capital that produces not goods, but behavioral modification. This is achieved by engineering perceptions.
The answers provided by ChatGPT, or the images rendered by StableDiffusion — as these increasingly inform our perceptions, they in turn define the reality we experience.
This is what makes AI so powerful — he who controls the AI, defines the reality of tomorrow.
⚡️🇺🇸 Some more things coming out for the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Under the preliminary drafts of the bill, the USAF is requesting a release of $57,000,000 USD ($57.0 Million) to retire all remaining 162 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in current service. Apart of the 2023 NDAA, there was a clause for a few million dollars to be released every so often to gradually retire the (then) 250 airframes by 2034; however due to the push by the Dept of Defense to ‘shed’ obsolete or obsolescent airframes that cannot be overhauled or upgraded further without a whole new airframe, it appears the USAF wants to retire all 162 remaining A-10s by the end of 2026.
The USAF plans to fully divest the 340-total remaining A-10s entirely, including those that currently serve in a handful of Air National Guard units in some states; which will be replaced by F-15EX Eagle IIs (like what is already happening with the Michigan State Air National Guard’s A-10s), or F-35A/Bs.
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My older sister lives in the country in between Velma Oklahoma and Duncan Oklahoma near the Fuqua Lake area, this story was told by a rural mail delivery woman who delivers the mail in the country.
The incident happened while she was on her route, when she came upon to the mailbox a male Chinese nation came out brandishing a, AK-47 rifle being very hostile,
I don't know if he pointed it at her since it is against the law to do so but she was terrified and said she was never going back and that the location that had a guard tower. Was the sheriff department notified, I don't know, did she notify her supervisor, don't know. But word is from the country folk who live in the area they have seen the guard tower at the pot place;
I refuse to call it a farm because it is an insult to farmers.
And yes she was traumatized by that ordeal
