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Coffee Gaddafi's avatar

A very good summary of the lay of the land. I do think that the longer Iran waits, the more likely it is that their response will be a heavy one, and that part of the delay is getting defenses in order for the inevitable Western response.

One thing that’s been gnawing at me: the Ukrainian incursion into Russian territory came almost immediately after Russia announced its backing of Tehran. Can’t help but think that’s a US-driven effort to redirect Russian attention away from Iran, while serving the dual US goal of further reducing any chances of Moscow agreeing to peace talks.

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

"As a sovereign country, you cannot just allow attacks inside your territory unchecked."

So you agree with me that Israel is entitled to defend itself by eliminating mortal threats.

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Oceanus's avatar

They can, but they must also be prepared for the consequences. That is how the world works. If that consequence includes thousands of missiles raining down on Tel Aviv, so be it. That is the framework we are working with.

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

Now I get you, and I could not agree more.

Blowback is an always-present cost that gets always-ignored by some, but is after all just a cost. The devil is in deciding if it is worth it, and we've decided it is way too often, imo.

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William Tyndale's avatar

Israel did 9/11 and killed JFK. So America has the right to erase Israel.

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

Convenient, your "reality".

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William Tyndale's avatar

This reality of parasitic Jews getting thrown out of countries 111 times is not the host countries’ “racism”. If a man was arrested 111 times for beating his wife, maybe it is husband is a monster. Jews are LARPing as God’s Chosen, many are not even Semites, not Hebrews of the Bible.

Time to take our finance and media and top 500 corporations away from Jews. Some call is pogroms, it call it inevitable getting out stolen country back.

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

Simple. You confuse the individual for the group and vis versa.

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William Tyndale's avatar

That trope of yours does not hold up to history. Entire peoples are judged by their leadership. Cities sacked, populations enslaved. Japan had nukes rain down on them. Weak men allow tyrants. Those weak men, such as yourself, will not be safe behind tropes and your impoverished descendants will call you a fool and a coward.

A country has the Jews it deserves. Just as mosquitoes can thrive and settle only in swamps, likewise the former can only thrive in the swamps of our sins.

~ Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

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Timothy Andrew Staples/pop122's avatar

Hmm. I'll think about it.

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