By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Iran sent a message to Israel via the United States.
The Islamic Republic News Agency, known as IRNA, reported that Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdullian told the Americans to pass a message to Israel.
"We told the Americans that the leaders of the Zionist regime should await the consequences of their act."
He continued: "We tell them to await retaliation but we will decide about its timing, place and the
strength."
The death of an Iranian general at the hands of Israel while he was, literally, on the border of Israel in Lebanon together with a Hezbollah team was a painful blow to Iran.
And Iran needs to save face. Their operations in Lebanon and Syria most often go unreported and are unknown to the world. This Israeli intervention forced the spotlight on Iran's presence in those areas.
And it showed that Iran was plotting and planning and advising Hezbollah in ways to attack - and even try to destroy, Israel.
There are those who say that the Israeli action was a mistake. Iran could attack Jewish sites around the world in retaliation. This is true. And in the past they have done just that.
But it is also essential that Iran knows they cannot get that close to Israel without consequence.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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