US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

No-one needs to march though?

Israel has the latest in airborne weaponry. They bombed Gaza into rubble, are currently doing the same to Beirut and pounding the gas field in Iran. They are well able to wage war at a distance.

Geography doesn't really come into it. Especially when you have nuclear weapons and the ability to kill people far far away with pagers.

The use of a phrase like "a horrifying geography" is exactly what you'd expect from an Israeli Govt. Spokesperson or the IDF.

If you were making this argument a couple of hundred years ago, I doubt anyone would disagree. But in 2026 its nonsensical and pure Hasbara.

The assessment of Israel's geography as terrible is not mine - it comes from external sources.

Yes, but you posted it so presumably agree with it and find it credible. No?

I agree that Israel taking on Turkey and countries far afield then annexing it seems ridiculous.

But, Israel is well able to wage war on Iran. They won't put boots on the ground but they will flatten it.

Closer to home though, Israel has illegally taken land from the Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. It has waged war on Gaza - it still occupies more than 50% of it.

It has illegally taken Golan and other parts of Syria.

It is currently re-invading Lebanon (boots on the ground) and has threatened to take everything south of the Litani.

And just back to Gaza - it's very clear how Israel can terrorise 2 million people, kill over 70,000 of them and subjugate the rest. Something they've been doing for decades.

Gaza wasn't called an "open air prison" for nothing.

And for such a minuscule population, how come they are top of the leaderboard for killing journalists in the last two years?

Prior to Gaza, long term data shows the ratio of deaths to be about 20 Palestinians to 1 Israeli.

For Gaza over the last 2 years, the ratio is at least 60:1

I've not seen any numbers for Lebanon but I'd imagine it's circa the 20:1 mark. Could be up to 60:1 mark soon enough though.

Interesting that you give a "rationale" for the West Bank.

Everyone else calls it "illegal occupation". And the ICJ agreed last year telling Israel to leave all occupied land and pay reparations.

Also interesting that you give a "rationale" for Israeli attacks.

Perhaps you could give the Israeli "rationale" for executing 12 medics and burying them and their vehicles in the sand?

Or perhaps the "rationale" for using a 60 ton Merkava Battle Tank with a crew of four to murder a five year old girl?

Or the "rationale" for the IDF setting their dog on a boy in Gaza who died later, all alone? He had Down's Syndrome.

Or the "rationale" for the neonates who the IDF left to decompose in their incubators after they bombed the hospital?

There is absolutely no "rationale" for what Israel does in exactly the same way that there is no "rationale" for the extermination of 6 million Jews.

If someone in the IDF deliberately targets a civilian for no military reason, i.e. just for s***s and giggles, then I have no interest in defending them. Same for the other stories in this or another thread about the prisoners being mistreated. There's no justification for that.

It doesn't change the fact that threeball's map of Greater Israel - which you thanked - is a load of nonsense, as Israel's strategic posture is well known, and that they have nothing to gain by attacking Turkiye or Kuwait just about anyone else on that absurd map. It doesn't change the fact that Israel does not wage war or claim territory without a very good reason.