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Does the US really want to play this game? 90% of Israel's water comes from desalination plants, and now we've given Iran the justification to strike back in a similar manner.

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[–] lustyargonian@lemmy.zip 19 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

consequences of letting Israel get away with all their war crimes. they are now normalized.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 15 points 5 hours ago

That was dumb as fuck wow.

Not that it was every in question in this war but...

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Ah yes, because nothing says "sound military strategy" like depriving civilians of fresh water.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 37 minutes ago) (1 children)

Remember that cruelty is the point with this administration

Stealing truckloads of cash from the working class isn't enough, they need to also see the poor and defenceless suffer needlessly in order to get their kicks.

[–] Marasenna@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

this administration

This is US business as usual.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

In response to OPs question. I am really wondering if this the point at which the US, especially under Trump, plays the "blame the Jews" card.

We've been watching the right wing shift towards anti Israel views. The tucker Carlson crowd etc.

Maybe Trump is too demented. But, I feel like his defining characteristic is to be good at "reading the room".

I just don't know where it goes with the evangelical Christians that think this needs to happen to bring back Jesus. That's literally the 20% of people that always agree with Trump. But, honestly, at this point. I think they will follow Trump and the pastors will give them a reason to hate the "the Jews".

I just don't see how Trump gets out of this otherwise.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 3 points 55 minutes ago* (last edited 52 minutes ago)

They (bipartisan USA plus UK, Germany and so on) have zero scruples right now about persecuting the antizionist Jews for opposition against Israel, so when the cannibalising of vassals finally hits Israel they will immediately drop all the pretense and go openly antisemitic.

they will 100% turn against Jews, even all those "I love Israel apartheid and genocide, if you're against it, you're antisemitic and hate jews"

[–] thelunaticmartin@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I think he risks being returned to the Earth if he turns on Israel.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Israel is a piece. If this war ends up threatening the one true ruler of the US, Capital, it won't matter what Israel wants.

I think this is the part that a lot of people will eventually be shocked by. Because they are following the wrong "leader".

Israeli interest and Israeli leaders are absolutely interwoven in American foreign policy. But, if the interest of capital see it within their best interest to drop Israel, they will.

Now, I think this will be mostly symbolic, I don't think US military support would ever drop. Or even much in terms of capital investments in Israel. But, I can definitely see them using Israel, specifically Benjamin Netanyahu, as a scapegoat for the failures that have already occurred because of the war with Iran.

And, this would bring support in from a lot of Trump's base that he has lost to the Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and Candace Owen narratives. If Trump played it well enough to capture their antisemitism, while at the same time, not entirely alienating his Christian Zionist base by using Netanyahu as "the problem" instead of directly blaming it on Israel.

It's just my though. My brain is rotted at this point though. I hate all of these people but am way too aware of how they shift and manipulate their narrative when things don't go as planned. It's a path forward I could see him taking.

[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Something something Collective Punishment something something Geneva Conventions

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 hours ago

Something something white exemption from the Geneva Conventions

[–] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 8 hours ago

Did they mistake it for an elementary school?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 44 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

a bit weird how the beacon of democracy will bomb schoolchildren and water supplies for the population, but the regime terrorists are only striking military facilities and infrastructure so far 🤔

beacon of democracy? when was that? it was always a shitty racist money first country from the beginning

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

We can already ascertain (I trust certain sources) that the US has likely lost more military personnel than the Iranians, to say nothing of the trade in production (including trade war limits making some hardware functionally irreplacable), cost, depletion of stockpiles, economic leverage of the strikes. They're really "smoking 'em while they've got 'em" since the Mossad network and Starlink strategy collapsed. Seems like they lost hope.

If anything this attack could be one last stab to slow the development of Iran, which is intruding into very high tech industries dominated by the US and western Europe, such as pharmaceuticals and even nuclear fusion in due time.

The west fears having to unleash the power of certified genius women (and men, but it's much more pronounced how their talents benefit Iranian industrial capacity and affect this war, they are a huge driver of the missile program) the way Iran and China have. Girlbossing and slaying is more about inflating the size of the high value service industry.

The future is bright, actually. Our horizons were limited. I think humanity will become something unrecognizable. One day all people will understand death on their own terms, without metaphor. Do not fear the genius women. Sexual selection is the reason we aren't scraping bugs out of tree bark. This will be even better.

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

hmmmmmmmmm 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔

i wonder what that means 🤔

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 18 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's terrorism when you're brown. When you're white, it's a precision strike.

[–] doomslang@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

Sparkling terrorism

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 52 points 10 hours ago

Iran already had a water shortage, this is pushing a wounded critter into a corner and expecting it to not fight for its life.

[–] raicon@lemmy.world 46 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Learning war crimes from their daddy Israel

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 11 points 10 hours ago
[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 33 points 10 hours ago

Smells Like Trump War Crime

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 24 points 10 hours ago

That's genuinely one of the most despicable shit

[–] idriss@lemmy.ml 20 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Iran so far has been the adult in the room. I get that a lot of things are fucked up there from economy to freedoms, but boy that's nowhere close to what the US/Palestine occupiers are trying to do to them. I come from a shithole too and I keep shitting on our government for a good reason, but I would definitely prefer them over being holocausted by US/Palestine occupiers.

[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Iran's issues are literally because of US imperialism. Their economy isn't doing great because of insane illegal sanctions, and their paranoia comes from having been under siege their whole existence. I believe things will get a lot better for Iranians after the aggressors leave the region.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 4 hours ago

I was waiting for them to get it, but you know...

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 10 hours ago

I get that a lot of things are fucked up there from economy to freedoms, but boy that's nowhere close to what the US/Palestine occupiers are trying to do to them.

🧐

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This really is our generation's Viet Nam, isn't it?

[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

I think we re-enter the middle east in some capacity every 5-10 years since like desert storm. Its not new. People are just sick of it. It could be weapons, it could be troops. We never really take our hand off the wheel over there.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 hours ago

absolutely criminal

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Every other country in region, Israel included, is much more dependent on desalination for water than Iran as a country. Unclear why they want as many dick moves as possible.

IIUC, on same day Iran apologized for attacking neighbours, this attack was launched from Bahrain, one of the/the most dependent desalination country on earth, that is a rock throw away from Iran.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

oh they’ll strike back. eventually. they’re hopefully gifting flight sim steam keys to an entire generation of newly radicalized teenagers.