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Another serious question: if this attack was so desperately needed, why did it take Israel to push America into it? It’s almost like it didn’t need to happen.
by lostlogin 6mo ago
Another serious question: if this attack was so desperately needed, why did it take Israel to push America into it?
It’s almost like it didn’t need to happen.
And if we step further back, relation with Iran are troubled, why would that be?
- laughing_man 6mo agoIt's more like a nuclear armed Iran is an existential threat to Israel, while the threat to the US is longer term.
- traderj0e 6mo agoIran isn't a problem for the US, it's a problem for Israel. They're a third-world country on the other side of the world. And their govt is severely corrupt and oppressive, but that's their problem, which we aren't even trying to fix with this war.
- lostlogin 6mo agoIt almost makes you wonder how they got that government doesn’t it? If America stopped messing with far-away countries, it might get something more palatable.
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- traderj0e 6mo agoWe know the US and UK propped up shah Pahlavi after forcing his father Reza to cede the throne to him in WW2, and it's likely they also turned against him when he started going his own way in the 70s. If so, that move was to Israel's benefit, not ours. Still, dunno what would've happened otherwise. There's a solid chance Iran would still be the same kind of mess because of tensions with Islamists, which was the theme of the Qajar vs Pahlavi internal conflict. US can't make revolutions happen out of nowhere.