{"id":6373,"date":"2024-08-14T14:57:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T19:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=6373"},"modified":"2024-08-17T21:55:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T02:55:40","slug":"6373","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/08\/14\/6373\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Claiming that God is on your side, or that God talks to you, is quite questionable.\u00a0 And dangerous.\u00a0 \u201cKhamenei warns of ‘divine wrath’ if Iran backs down amid Israel tensions,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 8-14-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cInternal strife: Iran’s delayed retaliation to Israel sparks rift within terror proxies \u2013 report,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 8-14-24.\u00a0\u00a0It is just too bad these actors don\u2019t get along\u2014\u201cHezbollah, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, various Iraqi factions, and the Houthis.\u201d\u00a0 But note that (they are unnamed) \u201c[d]uring the meeting, the Hamas representative demanded the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in retaliation for Haniyeh\u2019s death, warning that Hamas would not support the Iranian proposal otherwise, al Jarida noted.\u201d\u00a0 But Note to Hamas:\u00a0 The Israeli PM heads up a state; Haniyeh and Sinwar head up terror organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s mixed signals leave some allies in the dark and set region on edge,\u201d<\/a> CNN, 8-14-24.\u00a0\u00a0The Leader appears to be worried about another 99% loss such as what happened in April when Iran sent 300 weapons at Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoogle confirms Iran-linked hackers targeted Trump, Biden campaigns,\u201d<\/a> Politico, 8-14-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe Google Threat Analysis Group wrote Wednesday that APT42, a hacking group associated with Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, had targeted \u201cthe personal email accounts of roughly a dozen individuals affiliated with President Biden and with former President Trump.\u201d These included current and former U.S. government officials and people working on the campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cProjectiles Fired by Iran-Aligned Militia Miss U.S. Base Near Syrian Gas Field,\u201d<\/a> OilPrice.com, 8-14-24.<\/p>\n

I tend to look at articles like this (I post articles on both sides of the Iran debate) and ask the authors why their view of Iran and other bad actors represents about one out of 50.\u00a0 That is the ratio I\u2019d guess among IR observers.\u00a0 Certainly those who follow realism.\u00a0 And seemingly reflected in an overwhelming way by the evidence the international and domestic media report on of agreements, military movements, trade, support at international organizations, drug trade, proliferation (nuclear and conventional arms), the list is long of cooperation and bad acts, from Asia and the China Sea to the Middle East to Eastern Europe to South America to Central America.\u00a0 Am I missing something?\u00a0 \u201cThe \u2018Axis of Evil\u2019 Is Overhyped,\u201d<\/a> FP, 8-14-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoogle says Iranian efforts to hack US presidential campaigns are ongoing and wide-ranging,\u201d<\/a> CNN, 8-14-24.<\/p>\n

Triggers.\u00a0 \u201cIran advancing research on nuclear bomb detonators, nuke expert tells ‘Post’,\u201d<\/a> JPost, 8-14-24.<\/p>\n

Finally.\u00a0 \u201cThe U.S. Is Working to Curb Iran\u2019s Oil Exports,\u201d<\/a> OilPrice.com, 8-14-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claiming that God is on your side, or that God talks to you, is quite questionable.\u00a0 And dangerous.\u00a0 \u201cKhamenei warns of ‘divine wrath’ if Iran backs down amid Israel tensions,\u201d Iran International, 8-14-24. \u201cInternal strife: Iran’s delayed retaliation to Israel sparks rift within terror proxies \u2013 report,\u201d JPost, 8-14-24.\u00a0\u00a0It is just too bad these actors … <\/p>\n

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