Simply doctors and drug dealers were the only ones who had pagers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Additionally, you learned to call the voicemail and left a numeric code if you happened to be friends with a doctor or medicine supplier. ( We even discovered a way to distribute football scores. ) This communication process was n’t turnkey, but where there’s a will, there’s a way.
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But pagers, of training, went the way of the machine and telephone system. Now, the only people who also use pagers are, properly, doctors and drug dealers. ( Lots of hospitals have lousy cell reception, so the medical staff is armed with pagers. )
And extremists, also. ( At least they used to. )
The media is trying to form-fit Israel’s knowledge glory into its larger tale on the Israel-Palestinian issue: Israel is the indicate ol’ warmongering attacker, while the brave and noble Arabs simply want to live in peace. The longstanding narrative has n’t changed an iota, same song, same verse. Consider the recent media beat:
” Opposition parties denounce Israel’s attack on Lebanon”
At the UN General Assembly, a Lebanonese minister calls report explosions “war crimes”
” Arab Resistance condemn Israeli assault on Lebanon, reward Hezbollah”
The French Deputy Prime Minister refers to the Hezbollah pager event as a “terror attack”
After the Jewish terror attack in Lebanon, “international proclamations pour in.”
Meanwhile, antisemitic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich. ) described Israel’s actions as” Disgusting”. Because of training, she did.
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No matter: Because they do n’t have the authority to change any of the facts on the ground at the moment, this is an example of the media being neutered. And speaking of neutering, those explosions are likely to have hit a sensitive area of the terrorists ‘ anatomy because most people keep their pagers in ( or attached to their pants pockets ). ( Ahem. ) Yesterday evening, balloons were flying all across Lebanon— but nothing was playing sports.
The only thing that would’ve made Israel’s actions funnier would’ve been if they triggered the beepers to play a few bars of” Hatikvah” before detonating.
The great history that the internet are missing, nevertheless, is what comes next. The pager bombing may or may not be over: Today, there are even reports of walkie-talkies (! ) exploding in Lebanon!
But if hair dryer start blowing away, I guess we’ll all know who was responsible. Well, those extremists were forewarned: You DON’T disaster with the Zohan.
Either way, Israel’s steps carried a secondary information — one that the internet overlook but will quickly merge in the hearts and minds of Israel’s opponents: We delivered you these pagers. We’ve been tracking your activities for decades. We know where you are now. We know where you go for your” key sessions”. We know who you’re meeting with. We are completely aware of your personality and work.
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And also, if we want a aircraft to drop a bomb on your mind, we’ll do so at a moment of our own choosing.
The significance of Israel’s anti-terrorism countermeasure is n’t just what it has already done, albeit that was impressive enough. Instead, its real value is that it suggests what Israel may do next.  ,
Sleep well, criminal lowlifes.
But even if those terrorists do n’t have their testicles anymore, no worries: If this intelligence operation demonstrated anything, it proved that Israel has balls to spare.
