An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, will leave everyone blind and toothless.

 WHO WANTS A NEW MIDEAST WAR?

ISRAEL AND U.S. WARMONGERS WANT WAR WITH IRAN

This weekend's retaliation by Iran on Israel in response to Israel's bombing of the Iranian embassy in Syria is a major escalation. It is exactly what Israel hoped to achieve with its bombing of the Iranian embassy. It is the first time that Iran has directly attacked Israel.

Much of the continued violence in the middle east by both parties is rooted in the Old Testament remedy for civil disputes, as money was not always possible in those days penalties were awarded with equal loss to the perpetrator. As stolen or dead livestock were to be replaced by a similar animal.  Summed up in the eye for eye or tooth for tooth remedy. Today we see both Muslim and Jewish leaders continually using this remedy for political disputes. It has resulted in a disastrous never ending cycle of reprisals and it is now escalating until they may all be destroyed.

What about the biblical admonition about, "Vengeance is mine, I shall repay" meaning let God or Allah exact punishment in his way. Or, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". Or, the fact that forgiveness is good for everyone in the long scheme of things.

While Iran has many years of meddling in the region, it is clear and they have made it clear, that they do not want war with Israel. Not necessarily because they are afraid of Israel, but that all the major countries in the region are looking to a future era of peace and prosperity. While Iran has not been fully there yet, they have been moving in the right direction recently. 

In the last week, Iran has made it clear to the U.S. and others that their response to the embassy bombing was meant to be a one time event and that they consider that to be the end of this. It was a limited and restrained attack, that many are heralding as a failed mission. The reality is far different in that they sent hundreds of drones 3 hours before their first missiles and then lastly had hits on 2 airfields and Israeli intelligence center. They also did not use their most effective weapons. The estimated cost of the defensive missiles is now $1.3 billion. A very high price for a limited attack.

Israel cannot win a war with Iran, but the hope is that the United States will participate and then the hope that they then can prevail. I still doubt it, I don't expect anyone to be foolish enough to enter into a ground war in Iran. If Israel gets themselves into a existential situation, I doubt they would hesitate to use nuclear weapons.

The great accomplishments toward long lasting peace in the middle east that were started with the Abraham accords has been derailed by the Hamas attack and the  Israeli response. In fact, they have created many more thousands of enemies. Hamas, a fringe group that intentionally did not want the peace initiatives to succeed and Israel's response that they believed is acting strong, is in fact just plain stupid. 

This coupled with the delusional war mongers, like John Bolton who have been advocating for war with Iran for decades are agitating with dangerous and poor advice.

They were winning and now they are on the brink of a catastrophic war.