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I want to believe that that is too simplistic, too. It does seem to fit the evidence far too well, though.
by taeric 3y ago
I want to believe that that is too simplistic, too. It does seem to fit the evidence far too well, though.
- comte7092 3y agoIt’s only really simplistic if you come at things from a pro US/western point of view. The nuance is that not everyone agrees about US backed hegemony in the region. The goal isn’t to “destabilize”/whatever neutered phrase the pentagon is using, the goal is to assert a different political order. The language you’re using here takes the current state of affairs as neutral or a given when it is not.
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- dralley 3y agoIran supports Iranian hegemony in the region, news at 11?
- belter 3y agoNeither Hamas, Hezbollah or the Houthis would survive without the support from Iran. They don't even try to hide the origin of their weapons...
- mulmen 3y agoSo who backs Iran? They’re not a superpower. How long does Iran survive a shooting war with the US?
- belter 3y agoWho backs Iran? Russia of course. Did you not notice the amount of Iranian drones attacking Ukraine? Other agreements between the two must be in place...This is the result of all the appeasement tactics of the last 15 years.
- epakai 3y agoYou have to wonder if this could all be tied back to Russia. They obviously stand to gain a lot if foreign powers are distracted. So far it's proving quite the boon to have the US interests split between Ukraine and Israel. I haven't seen evidence to suggest this is the case though. I imagine if we had that evidence it would be paraded before the US Congress to make it apparent that Ukraine's struggle is intimately tied to the unrest in the Middle East.
- mulmen 3y agoAll they’re really doing is giving us a reason to dust off production capacity. The last thing Russia or China should want is a fully primed arsenal of democracy.
- jfengel 3y agoI'm afraid it really is that simple. The various big players in the Middle East have been doing it for decades. Iran also provides support for Hamas, which is why the Houthis are involved so directly. The details are of course incredibly complicated, but the basic observation that weapons and money flow out of Tehran is straightforward.
- briffle 3y agotaking out a drone with an expensive rocket is a bad choice, but taking out the drone launching crew and site with a rocket (or even better, a good size naval canon) seems like a much more cost effective choice. Its easy to launch things when nobody is shooting back at you.
- mulmen 3y agoDo these drones need significant infrastructure to launch? Seems like whack-a-mole. What do you do when they launch drones from school athletic fields? Or on top of hospitals?
- jfengel 3y agoExcept when the drone was launched from a civilian apartment building. Then you get a whole lot of bad press, and people insist you stop fighting entirely.
- bluGill 3y agoAll might be to strong, but it is clear that Iran is funding, providing leadership, training, and giving vocal support (sometimes in secret channels). With out Iran this might still exist, but it would have a lot less ability.