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The US will deploy additional warships and fighter jets to the Middle East to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies, the Pentagon said.
Missile defence forces were placed on a state of increased readiness to deploy, the Pentagon said, adding that its commitment to defend Israel was “ironclad”.
Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khamenei has vowed “harsh punishment” against Israel for the assassination of Haniyeh.
Haniyeh, 62, was widely considered Hamas’s overall leader and played a key role in negotiations aimed at reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza war.
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At what point do we just tell Israel they’re on their own in the mess they created. I’m sick of getting into wars we have no business in. Imagine if Russia deployed jets for Hamas to defend them from the consequences of assassinating the Israeli peace negotiator. Its a bad look.
I’m really hoping for a very, very harsh crackdown on Israel following November elections. I can see the strategy pre-election but you’re right, it’s time to let these assholes stand on their own. You can bet money Bibi and Putin are doing everything they can to get a Trump presidency. Not good.
lesser evil the country into ww3
Are you lamenting an alternate world where Trump was President so Iran doesn’t dare oppose Israel because Trump would be pushing to glass the whole country?
No. They’ve simply radicalized themselves beyond the point of sanity. I’m wondering what’s up. They were screaming about the Zionist mods of the politics Community here having banned them. Yet here they are still posting. I wouldn’t put lying past them.
He already tried goading them into a war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani
For a fight that everyone thinks is Israel vs Palestinians, Iran sure has its dick stuck into the middle of it a lot.
It’s almost like the Palestinians are being funded by Iran to attack Israel in a proxy war.
Oh right, that’s exactly what is happening.
I mean the US is supporting Israel in that proxy war. Just like we trained freedom fighters in Afghanistan and helped create the Taliban. Just like Russia did to Castro in Cuba.
Welcome to geopolitics. If you don’t like someone, you assist their enemies.
You know, I realized the other day that this is exactly what France did in supporting the USA in fighting against the British. I’m still not sure how ethical it is.
Depends on whether you’re supporting the right side (if there is one) and on the consequences of arming a particular group of insurgents.
I don’t think there are any good guys in geopolitics.
I thought it wasn’t Israel vs. Palestinians but Israel vs. Hamas? Did you just show the world your whole ass?
It’s Israel vs Iran, with Palestinians being used as pawns.
The whole world is watching a proxy war and getting mad at Israel instead of getting mad at Iran.
Just to be clear, Iran does not care about the plight of the Palestinians at all, they just want to weaken Israel.
Yeah there’s totally no Apartheid state committing Genocide. Just those evil Iranian cartoon villains being evil again right?
There’s totally not a large military force inside Gaza made up of tens of thousands funded and armed by Iran, and hiding behind civilians to cause as much outrage as possible and make eliminating them incredibly difficult.
You know, the ones that killed over a thousand Israelis on Oct 7th.
The US killed about a half a million civilians in the middle east in response to 9/11.
I view it more as a war between right wing religious fanatics who lack popular support or legitimacy against civilians. Israeli and Iranian leaders should be tried at The Hague and there should be a peace and truth commission so the region can maybe have peace.
If you have a dog in this fight, maybe they won’t be convicted. That’s why we have trials. But it’s been a war crime extravaganza so they’ll probably be convicted.
How the fuck do you feel about a war where civilian and adults are kidnapped and starved, children take headshots (or worse), there will be no victors, and every “leader” is loathed by 70% of their population but use the war to cling to power? Do you think maybe we should use international law to prosecute the war criminals and try to create peace? Or do you think we should treat it like a sport where we root for our favorite team?
Personally, I care about the whole of Subsaharan Africa more than the Middle East but I’d like to know why this is a very special situation where one side is good.
