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Source: https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/09/ding-dong-nasrallah-is-dead/
Ding Dong, Nasrallah Is Dead
(National Review) Editorial - It would be difficult to overstate Hizbullah commander Hassan Nasrallah's significance to the terrorist organization he led and the blow to it represented by his death. He led an organization estimated to be capable of fielding upwards of 50,000 fighters with around 150,000 missiles, rockets, and drones at its disposal. He was the most reliable of Iran's proxies, the commander of its strongest militia in the region. And now he's gone. This is good news for the West, but the Biden administration and its European allies aren't acting like it. From the outset of Israeli operations against Hizbullah, Israel's supposed Western allies have called on Jerusalem to stand down. Israel has refused because it would get nothing from a premature cessation of operations whereas Hizbullah would win a new lease on life. The Israelis are acting fast because they know their supporters in the West, who stand as much to gain from Hizbullah's decimation as Israel does, don't have the stomach for a protracted counterterrorism operation. Israel's victories have come in short succession out of sheer necessity. Nasrallah's death does not neutralize the threat posed by Hizbullah. But the devastating blows Israel has meted out against an organization that is an enemy of the West with American blood on its hands are staggering. They should be celebrated.