War on Israel or on the World?

If you really think for a moment that the War on Israel was one planned on the spot of the moment, sorry, but you must still believe in Santa Claus, in the Little Red Riding Hood, and the Tooth Fairy. This war was not only planned ahead, but it was also strategically premeditated to the last evil detail that went into it.

What really perplexes me is the fact that, notwithstanding the deservedly widespread coverage it has received since its start on the morning of October 7th, what is startling to me is that little or nothing has been said about the timeline, the timing of the attack.  While much has been made of the attack itself and the daily developments of the war, not much is said, again, about the timeline – which I find absolutely puzzling if not outright mystifying.

I beg you to please, think about what I am going to say for just a moment.  I think we can all agree that no matter which way you look at it, there is something here that just does not quite add up. First and foremost, Hamas’ Izz ad-Din and al-Qassam war brigades have only 30,000 to 40,000 fighters.  Meantime, the Israeli Army including their reserve units total approximately 635,000. By the same token, Israel is one of [the] most militarily strong countries in the world. Compare that to the State of Palestine which has no land army, no air force nor a navy.

According to experts, not me, the Israeli Defense Force [IDF] has a very capable, modern air force equipped with high-tech aircrafts like the F-15, F-16, and the F-35.  Israel’s defense budget, including U.S. aid is believed to be around $23.6 billion in 2023.  Hamas, in contrast, has a much lower budget to fight with, not to mention “there is a quite a qualitative discrepancy in pretty much every category of military equipment” as said by Dr. Sidharth Kaushal, research fellow and military sciences expert with the Royal United Services Institute.

So, the simple facts that I have just outlined for you beg the question, why would Hamas dare attack Israel knowing full-well they would be hit back with the brunt of a much bigger army?  What made Hamas pick this date of October 7th? Why now?  While the entire media world is now just centered on the daily exchange of bombs and on when will Israel finally invade the Gaza Strip, I am more focused on what is going on behind-the-scenes, as sure as I can guarantee you there is a lot more than meets the eye.

My own personal presumptive answer to some of the enigmatic questions is, first, I have to assume that Hamas, being the “David” in this “David and Goliath” story, did not go into this brutal massacre oblivious to the fact that Israel would retaliate with all their military might, thus, I have to assume that Hamas went into it with a complete reassurance from Iran and from most all antisemitic countries in the Middle East, i.e., Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, to mention a few that they would back them up. So, just like that, “David” is no longer “David.”

Hamas knew darn-well, they would get full support of the Lebanese Hezbollah army, and, if it came to that, they would also get help from even the big boys, like Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea.  Matter of fact, I very much contend, the whole purpose behind this war extended well-over just an attack on Israel. I am convinced that there was a major plan behind it all for this war to escalate into a global conflict.

I am certain that Hamas in conjunction with a whole anti-American coalition around the area, planned this attack, knowing full-well that the U.S. would be unavoidably dragged into the conflict considering the U.S. / Israeli ties as the latter’s’ greatest ally in the region.

The U.S. aid to Israel, would, sure enough, pave-the-way, for every U.S. hater out there to begin countering this help with their own aid to the Palestinians – both in terms of military aid as well as financial subsidy.  I think the daily events now taking place, give my presumptions, some credence as we now see a whole host of military attacks to U.S. bases in the region, as well we see that Hezbollah has already begun their support in Israel’s northern frontier with Lebanon.

Moral to my story today, in my humble opinion, I don’t believe for a moment that the title to this war should be limited to “The War on Israel”.  How about “The War on Israel and the War on the entire non-Islamic world.?  I see this war having been pre-planned and masterminded to escalate much more than the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

I think this was a calculated, conscious, and deliberate attempt of the Palestinians, to wage their religious wars on the rest of the world and we must remember that the Quran, the sacred text of Islam, dictates that its followers must convert the rest of the world to Islam or kill them if they refuse.

What really worries me is that, the world, humanity as a whole, we are all playing with fire as the day will come when passions, being religious, or otherwise political, supersede and displace reason to where we enter into a nuclear war in which we self-annihilate the species, albeit with an understanding by the rest of us, that there are many in these world, who believe that self-annihilation is rewarded by their God.  May God save us, and my God save the world.