Will Hezbollah chief Nasrallah's assassination spark full-scale war? | Battle Lines Podcast

On this emergency episode of Battle Lines we get the latest on the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah. What does this mean for Iran's 'axis of resistance' and will this be the tipping point of a full-scale war throughout the region?
Contributors
Venetia Rainey (Host)
Roland Oliphant (Senior foreign correspondent)
Adrian Blomfield (Telegraph contributor)
Paul Nuki (Global Health Security editor)

[@92656trw]

“Assasination”. They declared war on Israel.

[@thomasburke3013]

Ah yes the “master of geopolitics” Nasrallah

[@WriteInAaronBushnell]

He will be remembered as the man who made Jewish supremacy in Palestine economically unsustainable

[@bretrudeseal4314]

Wars are never cheap or without costs, that is why smart people avoid them. Unfortunately, the hatred of Israel in the region and in Europe makes war unavoidable and Israel has to respond in kind.

[@robertsteele474]

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[@ileanaseagal6757]

Who’s this woman so obviously pro-terrorists , she can’t stop praising them! I give this podcast a chance because I trust and respect the team on Ukraine:the latest, and some of them are involved I this production. I don’t know if she just an antisemitic or just pro terror in general!! Anyway she’s undermining this podcast credibility.

[@Beretta249]

Same. Ukraine the Latest is the Telegraph's actual best foreign reporting.

[@MaroonedInDub]

Iran has discovered that infamous creek. Roland Oliphant says it well.

[@dayidmcd]

All we ever hear is after Israel do these things is "there will be retaliation " and IF they do anything they phone Israel first and let them know it's coming, their petrified of Israel

[@chrisrutledge9330]

Spot on. The question should be "Why have the regional powers put up with Iran for so long?" The speculation should be, what is the path to escalate things to the point of regime change in Iran. In which case, neighboring states will wring their hands, while supplying Israel with equipment to get the job done. Indeed, Iran is petrified.

[@WriteInAaronBushnell]

The Israeli decades of preparation for this offensive into Lebanon blinded them to the impending Gaza Ghetto Uprising

[@WriteInAaronBushnell]

28:08 my thoughts on 1/3 of the US fleet being parked in the Eastern Mediterranean

[@AaronFromGuildford]

I remember seeing a documentary about the 1973 Yon Kippur War and the detailing of why Arab states did so badly again. They adopted a Russian (Soviet) top-down military command and control doctrine - often simply to enforce a dictatorship. Arab Commanders in ‘73 couldn't act fast enough to fast-moving events on the battlefield. Iraq had that problem in 1991’s Gulf War.
Are we not seeing the same disastrous command and control structure now in Russia’s, Hezbollah and Iran’s armed forces? If so, should the West simply fully arm Ukraine & Israel (both democracies) and wish them “happy hunting”?

[@colintuson9601]

As usual a well/balanced analysis of a complex scenario

[@coolhandlukedubble99]

I thought the trumpet would never shut up.

[@MaroonedInDub]

There is an encore at the end

[@daveh5947]

Very different balance now with Hypersonic Missisles in play....

[@dearmas9068]

Not really.

[@Interglacial_optimist]

I wonder if it's true that the bomb that was used in the assassination was manufactured in the united states of america.
Does that make the american taxpayer complicit?
What do the rules based international orders say?

[@jon9625]

Nasrallah was on the US terrorist wanted list, so US qiute is delighted