美國正在努力阻止以色列試圖透過地面入侵將加薩變成廢墟。The US is working hard to dissuade Israel from attempting to reduce Gaza to rubble and ashes via a ground invasion.
#EmpireAtAllCosts (不惜一切代價建立帝國邪教組織)更希望以色列國防軍充當代理人,攻擊並嚴重削弱伊朗在黎巴嫩、敘利亞和伊拉克的代理人。The #EmpireAtAllCosts cult would much prefer that the IDF serve as a proxy to attack and severely degrade Iran's surrogates in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq.
在烏克蘭消耗了他們的#MotherOfAllProxyArmies(所有代理軍隊之母)卻沒有達到削弱俄羅斯的目標後,帝國的主人已經降低了他們的目光,現在渴望將伊朗的勢力驅逐出黎凡特。Having expended their #MotherOfAllProxyArmies in Ukraine without achieving the objective of weakening Russia, the Masters of Empire have lowered their sights and now aspire to expel Iranian power from the Levant.
事實上,如果以色列願意提供肉,美國就承諾向以色列提供空中和海軍資產。Indeed, if Israel will provide the meat, the US promises to bring air and naval assets to the party.
當然,以色列人並沒有超級熱衷於對抗真主黨和所有渴望加入戰鬥的鄰國,這是有充分理由的。在過去的幾周里,以色列國防軍已經因反坦克飛彈伏擊而損失了幾輛梅卡瓦坦克和幾名士兵。Of course, with good reason, the Israelis are not super-duper enthusiastic about taking on Hezbollah and all those in the neighborhood eager to join the fray. The IDF has already lost more than a few Merkava tanks and several soldiers to ATGM ambushes over the past couple weeks.
唉,1967 年已經是很久以前的事了。Alas, 1967 was a long time ago.
即使2006年也是很久以前的事了。從那時起,真主黨等組織的實力明顯增強,而以色列國防軍參與高強度戰鬥的能力卻在相應削弱。Even 2006 was a long time ago. Since then, Hezbollah et al. have grown significantly stronger, even as the capability of the IDF to engage in high-intensity combat has eroded commensurately.
對於帝國及其附庸來說,已經沒有什麼「輕鬆」的戰爭可以打了。For the empire and its vassals, there are no more "easy" wars left to fight.
如果美國的目標是將伊朗人趕回底格里斯河以東,他們將不得不付出大量美國人的血來做到這一點。And if the US aims to drive the Iranians back east of the Tigris, they will have to shed a lot of exceptional American blood to do it.
最令人擔憂的是,他們一路上不可避免地會遇到俄羅斯人。Most concerningly, they will inevitably run into the Russians along the way.