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Iran launches drone attack against Israel as Biden rushes to White House
(www.theguardian.com)
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Western media hypocrisy made it seem mike an ordinary thing to target embassies, which have a very particular status akin to targeting the homeland territory , some mainstream media barely touched upon the news or dismissed it completely, if it were any other country like Russia targeting an EU embassy in asia or Africa it would have been non-stop news and escalation. they manufacture the outrage on small issues and keep the people ignorant on more important ones.
My local news straight up called these air attacks "Iranian aggression". No, you fuckers, Israel went first this time. Usually it's a slight slant but that's just lies.
"You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war!"
William Randolph Hearsts, the lot of them.
"went first"? Are we just sweeping under the rug Iran's role on the 7th of October?
How far back do you want to go, lol? It's easy to skip back to the last "tat" in a series of "tit-for-tat" that stretches back to the 40's at least. The hardliners on both sides like to go back all the way to mythology, and while that's obviously backwards it at least is intellectually honest.
On the 6th there was a ceasefire, then what Hamas did on the 7th changed that. People going further back are apologists looking to justify the unjustifiable.
Wowee, that's so arbitrary.
Silliness to try and justify the taking of human life. No matter, "who started it."
But that’s an awfully simplistic take too. I’m not defending Israel’s actions, but if these officers have been involved in either “starting it” or even the continued war, taking of human lives, they are valid targets. Having them run and hide in a diplomatic building while continuing to participate in the war, continuing to take human lives, is surely frustrating. To the country whose lives they are taking.
I’m not trying to take Israel’s side here, just saying that you can’t just take this attack out of context
I’ve seen the media careful to make a distinction between the embassy and “a consular building adjacent to the embassy”. I did a quick search expecting the to be the defense.
But international law is the real wtf. According to the Wikipedia entry
So, it’s Syria’s fault for not protecting diplomatic buildings? Plus Syria probably has a claim against Israel, whereas Iran doesn’t?
I’m sure Israel will attempt to argue self defense based on the targeted officers and however they may have participated in the original attack and involvement of Yemen, but that’s a pretty big stretch.
"Embassies."
Fuck off promptly