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On Tuesday, the world witnessed one of the greatest achievements in espionage and warfare in the history of the world, an act that will be studied by future generations, an act that changed the face of modern espionage and warfare, an act that is actually better than any Bond movie, that will no doubt be the theme of a movie one day, a campaign that henceforth we shall call the "Grim Beeper."
Think of it as the modern-day version of the Trojan Horse, but even better. The head fake was incredible in and of itself, but the flawless and devastating execution couldn't have happened without the amazing planning and espionage that went into it.
First, the Israelis had to figure out where Hezbollah was getting their electronics, then they had to infiltrate and intercept the supply chain without being detected by either Hezbollah or their suppliers.
Second, in order to make this work, the Israelis had to invent an explosive charge that was small enough to be able to fit into the devices without detection, reliable enough to work on command and not prematurely detonate or be a dud, powerful enough to be effective, and then create an electronic detonation triggering device that- again- was small, reliable, and undetectable.
Third, after identifying and infiltrating the supply chain for the pages, the Israelis had to actually take possession of the devices and make the alterations without being detected, and make the alterations in a way that wouldn't cause suspicion in either appearance or function.
Fourth, the Israelis had to hack Hezbollah's network, coordinate the communications, and then actually detonate them almost simultaneously across a wide geographic swath.
Fifth, Hezbollah purchased the devices from a shell company owned by the Israelis, so in addition to getting a healthy dose of castration by detonation, Hezbollah helped fund Israel's war effort- with cash.
From a purely military standpoint, the amount of injured versus killed is a success because caring for the injured stresses enemy resources, and allows the Israelis to map the areas where the terrorists operate and inhabit, where they shop, where they receive medical treatment, where they sleep, and since so many were admitted to hospitals- who they are and the nature of their injuries.
They will monitor all social media posts, news reports, and electronic communications in the aftermath. All of that will now be tracked as will their families, friends, colleagues, workplaces, vehicles, and homes. The ongoing intelligence they will be able to gather from the aftermath of the attack is immense. Israel will be able to create a social graph from this and map the entire terror network, both in Lebanon and neighboring countries. Maybe we will find out why the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon had one as well.
In addition, for an operation of this depth and size, the collateral damage both in terms of casualties and property damage was almost non-existent. Another revelation of this operation is that it potentially renders the terrorists' use of human shields moot. If the terrorist can be targeted anytime, anywhere, individually or in groups, by their own devices, human shields are of no use.
Just imagine, you are a Hezbollah terrorist, or any terrorist operating against Israel in the middle east.... Are you going to answer your phone, turn on your TV or coffee machine, start your car, start running when your family or friends do? Do you trust any electronic device now? Do you trust anything you get from the Iranians now? Do you trust the command structure of the Hezbollah organization now?
This operation will go down in the annals of great intelligence operations worldwide, right up there with the Israeli operation that captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina after World War 2, maybe even more so.
Now, contrast the Israeli intelligence operation with the United States Secret Service. One side can blow up terrorists with little to no collateral damage, cripple their command and control, steal their capitol, and map their roster and whereabouts for future use, while creating doubt and dissention.... while the other side can't stop a snot nosed 20 year nerd with a high powered weapon from getting within 130 yards of President Trump and getting off 5 clean shots, wounding two including President Trump, and killing one. And to top it off, they allow another would be assassin to get within 500 yards of President Trump, again with a high powered rifle, and fail to apprehend him. Remember, the would be assassin was caught because of a tip from a bystander who photographed him, got his license plate number, and called the sheriff's department.
I'm guessing the Mossad doesn't have DEI policies. I'm also guessing that the Mossad is not run by democrats, because the Mossad is serious about their work because their very existence depends on it, and their leadership isn't there because of tenure or because they're best buddies with the President's wife or they grew up worshiping Obama.
Our federal bureaucracy is really good at spying on President Trump, republican lawmakers, and moms protesting groomers at school board meetings...but not so good at protecting them, as Steve Scalise and Rand Paul can also attest. It seems to me that the reason is obvious, just as obvious as the reason the Mossad is effective and legendary and our federal law enforcement fails republicans and conservatives seemingly every time- because of survival. The Israelis know that their survival depends on stopping the terrorists, the swamp knows that their survival depends on stopping Trump, his supporters, and high level populist conservatives.
Maybe one day we'll live in a country where our civil servants love America as much as they love their jobs and ideology, maybe that day will be soon, and maybe not, depending on what happens six weeks from now. In the meantime, we can all marvel and applaud Israel and the Mossad, for Operation Castration, also known as the Grim Beeper... while our slide towards socialism gets steeper and steeper.
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