Tucker Carlson plants his flag
An extra-credit assignment for Middle East 101 students
Once again, the headlines say that Iran will attack Israel in the coming 48 hours—or they might not:
Major Iran attack of 100 drones, dozens of missiles at IDF targets could come as soon as today
US issues travel warning for Israel with Iran attack believed to be imminent: Israel is bracing for a worst-case scenario that US officials believe could materialize within just hours.
“The wicked regime has made a mistake. It must be punished and it will be punished,” Khamenei says.
“Israel … has no way to escape from its doomed fate and will be destroyed.”
“One of the things we excel at over the years is that the enemy never knows what surprises we are preparing for it.”
US said to believe Iranian attack on Israel is imminent. “Matter of when, not if.”
The US has picked up intelligence that Iran is planning a retaliatory attack that would include a swarm of Shahed loitering drones and cruise missiles ... The attack is likely to come between now and the end of Ramadan next week.
US not ruling out launching joint response against Iran if it attacks Israel.
Our commitment to Israel’s security against these threats from Iran and its proxies is ironclad,” says Biden. “Let me say it again, ironclad.”
The Iranians must be chortling into their robes—how many weekends can they ruin this way?
While they stir their uranium and keep the world in suspense, here’s an extra-credit assignment for readers who’ve been following along with our Middle East101 class.
On Tuesday, Tucker Carlson discovered, to his astonishment, that some Palestinians are Christians. He released this interview with Munther Isaac, a Lutheran pastor in Bethlehem, on Twitter. The full interview is about 45 minutes long, but the preview conveys the flavor:
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