Israel strikes Tehran nuclear sites in operation 'Rising Lion' - bombing expected to last DAYS
Israel strikes Tehran nuclear sites in operation 'Rising Lion' - bombing expected to last DAYS
Israel has carried out what are believed to be unilateral "preemptive strikes" on Iran in a major escalation of geopolitical trouble in the Middle East as a state of emergency was declared.
"They have backed up their genocidal rhetoric with a program to develop nuclear weapons."
Netanyahu's not in the best position to accuse others of genocidal rhetoric backed up with powerful weaponry.
Important to note that it's more than just hypocrisy, it's probably also a complete lie.
https://apnews.com/live/israel-iran-attack#00000197-66c5-d617-a597-7fddbf0e0000
The U.S. intelligence community assesses that Iran is not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon
It's good old Projection: every accusation is an admission.
No need to change nukes to weaponry, Israel has nukes too.
Are they running out of people to murder in Gaza? Or do they just need someone to fight back, so they can look oppressed?
Neither. Internal politics in Israel threatened to break up the government, and starting a war with Iran was the easiest way to stop that. Can't break up the government now, we're in a state of emergency!
Bibi would sooner burn down all of Israel than step down from power.
The moment they stop fighting is the moment they have to collectively come to terms with what they have done as a nation. Netanyahoo has to keep it going.
Netanyahoo lmao
The US is obligated by law, to keep sending them weapons in order to maintain a "qualitative military edge" against all potential threats. This unfortunately incentivizes Israel to maintain a high threat level, in order to increase the amount of weapons it receives.
The US is obligated by law,
Yea, that's a law we passed, right? One which we could repeal, too?
Trump started all this shit when he ruined the last nuclear deal in his first term.
He sure is great at fucking everything up, and sowing chaos.
Here are the global knock-on effects of Trumpism. The world has been afraid of this for years. And mind you, it's not because the USA is losing its grip, its role of world police. It's because of fucked-up diplomacy dominated by egomania, backing the wrong allies in the wrong way. And being so dumb that you're easily exploitable.
I'm sorry for once again seeing every conflict through USian eyes - Americans do that well enough by themselves - but in this case it's just true. Fuck Trump, Fuck Netanyahu. Let's hope this nightmare ends soon.
From the article:
A U.S. official told CNN that the United States had no involvement or assistance in the Israeli strikes
Um, sure. No involvement at all during the last 8 decades.
And Netanyahu:
"This is a clear and present danger to Israel's very survival. 80 years ago the Jewish people were the victims of a holocaust perpetrated by the Nazi regime. Today, the Jewish state refuses to be a victim of a nuclear holocaust, perpetrated by the Iranian regime."
Of course they stick to that one however nonsensical it has become, considering Israel is the Nazi regime now, inflicting its own holocaust on others.
“I think it’s been excellent. We gave them a chance and they didn’t take it,” Trump told ABC on Friday morning. “They got hit hard, very hard. They got hit about as hard as you’re going to get hit. And there’s more to come, a lot more.”
This sounds very "not involved"
Can't keep himself from bragging even as his PR people try to tone it down.
You make it sound like slavish devotion to Israel isn't bipartisan.
Because the State department policy is bipartisan because the hegemony is bipartisan
The Zionist regime is a rogue state. It threatens the security of mankind.
Unfortunately it also has the backing of a much larger rogue state.
Wonder if this is what the US missiles redirected from Ukraine went to….
There isn't a dearth of missiles. This is just another convenient excuse to weaken Ukraine.
Anyone else shitting themselves about this?
That's 3 countries and Palestine, which is also a country in my book.
"Defense"
Crazy that within just a couple weeks Ukraine and now Israel have successfully smuggled drones into a country. Terrifying new vector of war.
Nowhere mentioned that israel used smuggled drones.
Sorry I read that in a different report here: https://apnews.com/article/iran-explosions-israel-tehran-00234a06e5128a8aceb406b140297299
Israel’s military said about 200 aircraft were involved in the initial attack on about 100 targets. Two security officials said the country’s Mossad spy agency was also able to position explosive drones inside Iran ahead of time and then activate them to target missile launchers at an Iranian base near Tehran.
Iran will win this war.
Defense contractors will win, we will be poorer and Iranians will be slaughtered by the millions.
Israel doing something good for once
Finally.
