“Iran said to tell Qatar that expansion of Israel-Hamas war ‘inevitable’,” Times of Israel, 11-10-23.  This is from Press TV, a Iranian state-owned news network, its official name is Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (only media  entity legally authorized to transmit radio and t.v. in the country).  In other words, the FM making these comments really happened.  Remember, Iran has to decide whether to eat humble pie (Hamas is losing to Israel) or to push ahead in its 1979 expansion across the region.

This is why Iran will expand the Hamas war.  They are unable to stop (so far) normalization between Jews (ISR) and Muslims (SA) by the Oct. 7 attacks.  “Netanyahu Still Sees Peace Deal With Saudi Arabia After Gaza Fighting,” Bloomberg, 11-10-23.

China (and Russia) continue to empower Iran for their own purposes.  “Explainer: Iran’s expanding oil trade with top buyer China,” Reuters, 11-10-23.

“Iran Isn’t Impressed by U.S. Airstrikes,” WSJ, 11-10-23.  “The central fact is that Iranian proxies are now routinely trying to kill American service members abroad, while the U.S. is responding by shooting at ammunition.”  …  “The Pentagon said this week that Iranian proxies have attacked U.S. forces in the Middle East with drones or rockets 46 times since Oct. 17—some 24 times in Iraq and 22 more in Syria. Some 56 U.S. service members have been injured. The Pentagon is quick to stress that all have returned to duty, including those sent to Landstuhl in Germany for further evaluation. That’s good to hear, but troops have suffered traumatic brain injuries, in addition to more minor injuries such as shrapnel or perforated ear drums. These troops didn’t sign up to be repeated targets of enemy fire without the ability to respond in kind. The surgical U.S. military strikes in response aren’t making Tehran think twice about hitting American troops. The U.S. on Wednesday dispatched two F-15s to destroy an Iranian weapons locker in eastern Syria. But why would Tehran blink now if it didn’t after similar strikes on weapons depots on Oct. 26?”