Lebanese militant group Hezbollah made a thunderous speech to explain why his men are joining the fight against the “Zionist enemy.”Israel was “shaking and trembling” in fear, “weaker than a spider’s web,

This is another way of saying that Iran doesn’t intend to rush to Hezbollah’s defense. Iran’s Lebanese allies are on their own. Javad Zarif, Tehran’s favorite English-speaking messenger who now serves as a vice president, repeated the same talking points on CNN on Thursday.

Leaders in Tehran suggested it would be the Lebanese militia that would strike back at Israel after the killing of Hassan Nasrallah and bombings in Beirut.