I feel like, if Iran wanted, it could destroy Israel in a very short time. But what would happen then? Thereās the high likelihood of being the target of a devastating attack by the US-led coalition, which would almost certainly bring the current Islamic government down since this is also desired by a significant portion of the Iranian citizens. The predominantly Sunni realm of Islam would be glad for the destruction of not only Israel but also of the current Iranian regime. But would this be a happy and justified result?
Iām not sure but I think one of the reasons for the Iranian regime to play somewhat dirty tricks in its conflict with Israel within the Palestinian context is to both ensure its survival and also raise its rank in the Islamic world.
Many, if not most, Sunni religious scholars believe and claim that Shia is a false and pervert, even demonic, way of practicing Islam. But then the Palestinian conflict might be a most interesting litmus paper in terms of the contentious relationship between the Sunni and Shia main branches of Islam.
Most of the Sunni Islamic nations or governments donāt appear to be willing to unite for counteracting the demonic Israeli oppression of the Palestinians. Iran, by comparison, is almost the āprofessionalā Islamic force that counteracts Israel in this sense. I donāt know but doubt that the Palestinian resistance groups could maintain their fight without the direct and indirect Iranian help.
A lot of Sunni opinion leaders claim that Iran doesnāt really oppose Israel but, on the contrary, is as evil as Israel, that it joyfully benefits from the Israelās tyranny, thereby spreading Shia and oppressing Sunnis under the guise of opposing Israel. They might be justified to some extent in this criticism but then, I think, one must also question how virtuous or how truthful the Sunni-majority Islamic world is in view of their great general silence, even approval, in the face of the long-standing Israeli-US tyranny against the Palestinians.
Based on historical discourse, and also with the benefit of being the overwhelming majority, the Sunni Islamic view seems to be significantly justified in its fierce criticism of Shia Islam, but then the Palestinian litmus test indicates otherwise, I believe. Or, maybe, it provides an interesting balance in the debate of āvalidityā between the Sunni and Shiite Islamic views. We know that there are many deep falsities in the widely-accepted views of the history of Islam in its entirety as is the case, more or less, with some other religions. I donāt intend to defend Islam or a specific branch of it, I try to understand various aspects of Iranās position regarding Palestine, Israel, the Sunni Islamic world, etc. Based on this, I also try to find clues with regard to how the basic schism between Sunni and Shia Islam developed. This thread is probably not ideal place for the history aspect of the matter but I wanted to share some of my thoughts about why the Iranian regime often acts āweirdā, to say the least, in its so-called fight against Israelās evilness. There really seems to be some genuine intent but also many dark or suspicious deeds. I donāt doubt that the regime has been involved in significant corruptions (very interesting things were also said by the Cās in this regard, which I consider to be true most probably) but, still, Iranās opposition to Israel doesnāt seem to be fake altogether. Thereās almost the sense of a predestined mission in this regard, despite the high level of corruption. Even if the Iranian regime is capable of destroying Israel when it wants to, it also has to consider what would happen thereafter. I think it both wants to ensure its survival after a possible āEnd of Israelā, and it also wants to ensure more (even absolute?) legitimacy as the central base of Shia in the Islamic world, the overwhelming majority of which is Sunni with a mostly unfavorable view of Shia.
It's never a good idea to do late night posting and not accurately weigh the info catching one's attention especially when a deep down fear that the current situation will escalate to beyond dire levels is triggered. WWIII has been bandied about for some time now as the many military confrontations proliferate and intensify particularly between Ukraine and Russia. Now Iran and Israel has literally exploded with not only US involvement, but apparently NATO as well. Add that the Cs have said certified insane people are operating.
