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Israel has nukes and is trying to build an excuse to wipe out Iran (without incurring internal or international wrath).
by jjoonathan 8y ago
Israel has nukes and is trying to build an excuse to wipe out Iran (without incurring internal or international wrath).
- placebo 8y agosource/citation (not so much for the nukes, but for wanting to wipe out Iran)?
- Udik 8y agoIsraelis don't want to wipe out Iran (as much as Iran doesn't want to wipe out Israel- I think they have a more generic aspiration to the end of what they call Israeli regime)- but they surely want a weak, divided, impoverished Iran, and they have been lobbying the US for a long time to wage war against it. The US unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear agreement has been in Israel's wishlist for years. Not because it improves the chances of peace or because it makes Iran less of a threat- quite the opposite. But because it weakens it and improves the chances of a war.
- stef25 8y agoWithout wanting to get in to Middle East political discussions, I don't think anyone there wants to sincerely "wipe out" another nation. The consequences would just be brutal and wouldn't be worth it. I think Israel is much more in the business of targeted strikes on personnel and infrastructure to keep their enemies in check, something they're very capable of.