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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I got pissed off last night.

The Globe had a headline that Iran was escalating by bombing Qatar’s gas fields.

The first paragraph was about Israel bombing Irans oil and gas infrastructure, after the US bomber it last week.

I’m not siding with Iran, but you can’t bomb their gas infrastructure and expect them to not hit back in kind. It was obviously going to happen after Israel did it.

This is the stupidest fucking war.

[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

This was basically my reaction to the headline when I saw it. This is two different countries that have an economy that is platformed on oil production and sale. They don't call them oil barons for no reason.

I'm not sure what Israel expected, or what Iran expected, but even if the shoe was on the other foot and who attacked who was different, they share a lot of the same weaknesses and exploiting those weaknesses is a given.