As long as it's actually America bankrolled the whole thing and acting as an accountability shield in the UN, they will never stop.
They got victimized by nazis, they were given what they were given for it, and now they have wholly adopted the nazi playbook... except the ability to finance it themselves.
Clearly somebody wants it to be. I simply remarked at how attitudes change over time and depending on the circumstance, taking no sides, and making it clear I was taking no sides, and a mod removed it.
Apparently this place is no different than reddit.
Edit: apparently I used an insulting term no longer appropriate. News to me.
Compared to current day Isreal, Iran is looking pretty sane. Even though, they’re still a bunch of assholes supplying Russia the drones that are killing Ukrainians in that genocide.
I understand human rights aren’t exactly great there but between this response and their response to a high profile US assassination, they’ve been more than reasonable internationally. Thier own citizens have more cause to hate the regime than most other people.
This is like the one time they’ve been reasonable.
They’re an authoritarian autocratic regime that supports terrorist groups in neighbouring countries and contributes to the destablisation of the region (along with the US, etc.).
I agree that Iran apparently prefers not to escalate (although it’s hard to say whether its attack was deliberately limited or simply couldn’t penetrate Israel’s defenses) but this is consistent with Iran’s strategy of acting through proxies. Iran doesn’t want a more direct confrontation with Israel because the status quo allows it to damage Israel much more safely and cost-effectively than it could by fighting directly. In this context, effective Israeli action against Iran requires escalation because otherwise even defeating the proxies is still a net loss for Israel, and so killing the specific Iranian leaders responsible is a good strategy because it makes hostile action against Israel much more costly specifically to those instigating it.
so killing the specific Iranian leaders responsible is a good strategy
You lost me there. Perhaps some people would agree, but likely only until it’s their leaders being killed in their embassies. There are international norms giving embassies protected status for a reason. Would you think Iran killing US officials doing negotiations in Egypt is a good strategy?
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