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KT McFarland on why Iran is diverting attention from internal problems
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- Date Jul 19, 2012
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I want you to take action now -- from our contributor national security contributor KT McFarland.
She's the host of Defcon three and you can follow her at at KT McFarland.
On her Twitter account okay.
You know Israel right now is threatening retaliation and they are clearly saying.
Netanyahu and others say that this is of the work of Hezbollah.
And and the implications for that.
Couple things I mean -- is that there's in the Middle East there's never anything straightforward it's always sort of another turn another turn another turn -- -- layers of what's going.
There have been a number of things in the last several years from last year particularly.
Attacks against Israelis traveling abroad.
-- there was a bosh -- yeah terrorist attack against Syria there were botched terrorist attacks against Israelis in various countries.
Now why is that because -- can't -- -- Israel but can't attack Israelis in Israel because of security assessment.
Why are they doing and where are they doing it now it's almost like they're trying to distract attention is almost like we have two kids.
And you know one little old girl is usually fighting with her brother and she's kind demands and she's punching manages sort of you know -- -- man and also on the little brother -- goes wham like that award programs running the mama says he hit me had me.
I think what they.
Hezbollah and the Iranians are trying to do is provoke Israel into -- response why they want to distract attention to the problems they're facing internally.
Iran has oil sanctions as having real problems on its own people.
Hezbollah is a client of Iran isn't so client of this unions Syria right now is having.
Major internal Eminem -- the government may fall within the next couple of days so why are they doing this -- they can provoke Israel.
Into responding against Hezbollah.
Attacking some you know bombing parts of Hezbollah's training sessions in southern Lebanon then all the Arab countries Iran.
Syria others can say.
Don't worry about our problems -- got a bigger prominence Israel.
And so lets all band together against this is another way to keep the focus on Israel no matter what Griffin won't turn around and went from -- all right I'm --