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Israel asks US to join strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites (kyivindependent.com)

submitted 3 months ago by PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Every administration has been eyeballing Iran for the last forty years, at least. Going to war with them is the golden goose.

[–] sudo@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Every politician until a general quietly informs them that Iran can easily sink a carrier.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 1 points 3 months ago

Everyone wants to do an Operation Praying Mantis, and walk into the briefing room the next day and yell "WHAT'S UP NOW" and then run the meetings from then on. I suspect that it's a strong motivating factor behind a lot of things which actually aren't in the best interests of any country from the standpoint of the people in the country.