Iran offers missiles to others for use against Israel

Sunday Telegraph:

Iran has offered to arm neighbouring countries in the Middle East with sophisticated missiles for use in battle with the "Zionist regime" of Israel.

The offer was made last week by Yahya Rahim Safavi, the commander-in-chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, as Iran and the US staged rival shows of military might in Gulf waters.

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Speaking on Iranian TV, Maj Gen Safavi said that Iran would be willing to share its arsenal. "We are able to give our missile systems to friendly and neighbouring countries," he declared.

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His comments appeared to be directed primarily at Lebanon, where the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia fought a summer war with Israel, raining down missiles on the northern areas of the country. Now Iran has offered to open its armoury to the official Lebanese army, providing air defence systems that could target Israeli warplanes.

"Teheran considers this as its duty to help friendly countries which are exposed to invasion by the Zionist regime," said Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad Reza Sheibani.

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Maj Gen Safavi was confident Iran would be ready to repel a US military strike.

"Iran has its own defence and deterrent power," he said. "It is unlikely that America will cause us problems."

The US and Israel can only hope that Iran's missiles will be as ineffective as the ones it gave Hezballah. While several thousand were launched, primarily toward non combatants in violation of the Geneva Conventions, they were mostly ineffective. However, the distribution is a clear indication of the Tehran entity's hostile intent and its desire to destroy the state of Israel.

This story in the Sunday times indicates Hezballah is already replacing the rockets it wasted in its war with Israel. Hezballah now claims to have a five month supply for its next war with Israel. The Belmont Club has commentary on the coming train wreck.

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The amazing thing is how many of the actors who will soon be capering all over the wreckage of the battlefield, looking very solemn and concerned and pointing their fingers with trembling self-righteousness, are at this very moment seemingly indifferent to the gathering storm. The Times article continues.

Israeli military intelligence has warned the government that renewed fighting with Hezbollah, which it regards as a terrorist organisation, should be expected as early as next spring.

Indeed, the French who are supposed to be watching what is happening in southern Lebanon are instead worried about Israeli overflights designed to discover the rearmament. Again the UN is a total and abject failure at preventing the next war in the Middle East.