• errer@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    As shitty as this is, I think Iran is a paper tiger. Israel has been beating the shit out of them for years now. I don’t think they’re going to be able to successfully counterattack in any meaningful way.

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        Iran is one of the biggest instigators of genocide in the Middle East. Their proxy terrorist groups have been systematically wiping out religious minorities for decades now.

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              Resistance can’t be genocidal because the only goal is stopping the oppressor from oppressing the oppressed . The only genocidal state in the middle east is israel

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                8 days ago

                Some Kurds might differ from you.

                Ditto some women who think that they are entitled to the same rights as menfolk have, as well as the LGBTQI2Ss.

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      8 days ago

      How does the attacked country being a “paper tiger” influence your judgement of whether it’s shitty or not to attack it? Is it less shitty to attack a country because it’s perceived as being weaker? Is it only shitty when the attacked country is able to defend itself? Why? That would make the Israeli genocide on Palestinians “less shitty” too, since you know, “Israel has been beating the shit out of them for years now.”

      It’s an interesting moral compass you’ve got there.

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        I read his post as “as shitty as this is, it’s not likely to break out into a full scale war we’ll get pulled into”. It’s not about it being morally okay, or at least I didn’t take it that way.

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          8 days ago

          Exactly. Israel (and the US) will bully Iran but it’s not going to turn into WW3, as some commenters are suggesting. Iran just isn’t very threatening militarily anymore.

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          Ahh, ok, got it. So it’s out of an extraordinary callous attitude where bombing of people is shitty when and only when they impact my life.

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            8 days ago

            I think you’re putting words in their mouth with that view. That’s not what was said at all.

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        How does the attacked country being a “paper tiger” influence your judgement of whether it’s shitty or not to attack it?

        It’s the “I’m the center of the world and this does not look like it’s going to affect ME so everything is alright” point of view

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      They literally proved they had munitions that could defeat Israel’s air defenses just a few months ago.

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      8 days ago

      Israel is the snot-nosed brat who runs and screams to the US while causing problems for everyone. If the US stopped propping up that sequel to nazi germany, we’d see who’s the real paper tiger.