US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

The markets seem to be acting like the whole thing will uncoil by the weeks end. This negates the fact that Donnie's lizard brain can now see runway for dictatorship. Escalate the Iran standoff, put boots on the ground like Kharg island which is then detonated by Iran, begetting an emergency mobilization in Washington and possibly the draft, which in turn allows Donnie to indefinitely suspend elections.

And if the Iranians can name a son as successor then so too can the US. It's all sunny uplands in Donnie's head.

So … no evidence for your nonsensical psychobabble about evil Joos looking for a "Greater Israel" and all the evidence from Israel against it.

They're an expansionist colonial regime, just because you agree with them doesn't change the fact. And really, this constant refrain from you about "Joos" is painful.

Hubris.

Remember that the US is run by a narcissistic parasite, high on the smell of his own farts, whose zone of interest barely extends beyond his line of sight and who is, in turn, handled by genuine sociopaths like Stephen Miller, the real driver of US policy. Israel has a genocidal maniac at its helm whose dream of a Jewish hegemony in the middle east has been foremost in his mind since the 1970's. Netanyahu's vision is one of a middle east that is dominated by an Israeli powerhouse regardless of how that is achieved.

With people like that in power, there's no telling where things are going to go. These are the type of people that would drag entire nations down rather than relinquish their power to better people.

Three of the most unworthy, reckless and dangerous leaders*, Putin, Trump and Netanyahu, are in control of three powerful nations and they are causing absolute havoc to the stability of the world with their delinquent behaviour.

If the three of them all had massive, debilitating, strokes in the morning the world would be in a much better place.

*and I use the word lightly

Away with you and your facts.

They're actively colonising the West Bank and will probably do the same in Gaza, they've invaded Lebanon and occupy parts of Syria. But yeah, nothing to see here. As usual. And just to preempt your other go to, "the Left".

Haaretz says that one of the missiles that got through their Iron Dome defense then released 70 bomblets.

I would hardly call operations against a territory from which a major military force is constantly launching attacks any kind of proof of an Israeli desire to form a "greater Israel".

They handed Sinai back to Egypt and peace has held for six decades. I would say if a similar group was operating from Egyptian territory and the Government refused to do anything about it, Israel would not hesitate to step in.

Personally I think the idea of a vast Lebensraum-esque conspiracy to seize vast tracts of land in neighbouring countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt to be conspiracy nonsense.

New slivers of land or buffer zones in Lebanon and Syria and West Bank expansion is far more realistic, not sure why people can't just stick to what's actually happening rather than these bizarre fantasies.

Israel attacked Lebanon almost every day of the ceasefire but you only call out violations of the ceasefire by Hezbollah. A ceasefire which the US helped negotiate by sending an ex IDF tank commander as an impartial “honest broker”.

But Hezbollah are Muslims, you have to remember the thought processes that go into these 'arguments'.

Iran were sticking to everything they declared, which led to the conclusion of the IAEA military dimensions investigation, which was a required precursor to JCPOA in 2015/16.

In 2018 evidence came to light that Iran hadn't declared all of their nuclear material, and tests at previously undeclared sites came back positive for Uranium isotopes. Iran still hasn't given an explanation (or denial) for their existence.

This opened the currently ongoing IAEA Safeguards Investigation, which Iran are not fully co-operating with.

The material suspected to have been used is pre-2003 Uranium (from the initial secret development program).

In short: Iran lied to get the deal, and won't re-engage in JCPOA until this investigation is closed

This is all public and available on the IAEA website to see what Iran have and haven't co-operated with, including the nuances of what they have and suspected haven't declared.

It could be a way to get a win out of this disastrous war for them. If they annex a chunk of Lebanon then in the long run that will be a success.

I don't really care about whatever this map is. The fact that you keep defending their expansionist policies isn't surprising, and engaging with you any further on this is clearly pointless because you seem to think Israel is incapable of doing any wrong. Or, worse, you couldn't care less about the wrong they are doing because of the people who are subjected to these wrongs.

Lavrov mocks US for 'miscalculating' war in Iran.