Hezbollah is part of the political game here in lebanon. It is almost the only party that is, you know, armed and lebanon and also has representation in the parliament. But has engaged in fights and conflict with israel since it started in 19805 until this latest confrontation that we are living these days. Frank, a lot of people i think certainly after the attack we saw a couple of nights ago, that unprecedented attack in terms of Scale And Size that iran launched on israel. One question which people are asking is why did iran Attack Israel and will israel now Attack Iran . Ok, so this really goes back to april the 1st, when the israeli Air Force carried out an airstrike on Irans Consulate in damascus, killing a number of Iranian Revolutionary Guards officers, including allegedly the man who was coordinating the flow of arms from iran through syria to hezbollah in lebanon. And that was an attack on a diplomatic premise, the international outrage was pretty muted. Iran said it would re
Killings of senior members, a very senior member of hamas, and every time people wait what we are potentially looking at here is something slightly different. We could be looking at a senior hezbollah commander. We are also, no doubt, i think looking at a large number of civilian deaths and casualties. When you look at those pictures of the buildings and curing the words craters used, six, eight, ten buildings and perhaps raised to the ground. The question is what kind of response might that provoke if youre looking at a large number of civilian casualties and hezbollah stronghold area. And think that will create new levels of nervousness. I and think that will create new levels of nervousness. Levels of nervousness. I want to net levels of nervousness. I want to get in levels of nervousness. I want to get in because levels of nervousness. I want to get in because anna, levels of nervousness. I want to get in because anna, I Levels of nervousness. I want. To get in because anna, i want
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Thank you for getting up Way Too Early on this tuesday morning. Morning joe starts now. Biden is back, baby haters are talking their [ bleep ]. They are too old, too weak, cant make it. He wont be able to stand. I see you, haters. I know who you are. [ laughter ] good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, march 12th. Weve got a lot to get to this morning. Including Donald Trumps latest promise to his supporters who stormed the capitol on january 6th. Ithungarys Prime Minister is revealing how trump would handle the war in ukraine if he wins another term. Plus, well go through Donald Trumps flipflop on tiktok. Follow the money. The platform he used to ban well, he pushed a ban while he was president. It comes as the house is expected to vote tomorrow on a significant bill tied to the apps beijingbased parent company. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of Way Too Early, White House Bureau chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. And pulitzer prizewinning columnist a