• @tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz
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    112 days ago

    Seems like the rhetoric is that since Iran was building a nuclear weapon, it was justified as a defense. Now, if Iran had attacked Israel when it was developing its nuclear weapons, I wonder if that would have qualified as defense as well?

    • @Samskara@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      The Iranian mullah regime has been announcing its desire to destroy Israel daily and loudly for decades. „Death to Israel“ is a signature slogan.

      Israel has never announced any intention to destroy Iran and expel the people.

      That’s kind of a fundamental difference.

      Iran has been attacking Israel through its proxies for decades. Do you live under a rock?

      • @Revan343@lemmy.ca
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        12 hours ago

        Let’s see, we have a regime that claims to be peaceful and defensive, which is actively commiting genocide, and a regime that calls for the death of the genocidal regime. Hmm, I wonder which of these is the bad guy, tough call…

        You fucking clown

      • FerretyFever0
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        122 days ago

        Yeah, okay, thanks buddy. Israelis don’t seem so fond of their neighbours either.

      • @tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz
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        82 days ago

        The Iranian mullah regime has been announcing its desire to destroy Israel daily and loudly for decades.

        Has it though? Daily? And surely you’re not dumb enough to think the rhetoric used is anything but political theater? For Iranian leaders, saying death to Israel makes sense, since their main audience is their population and they need an enemy. For Israel, it’s rational to stay quiet, since they want to associate with Western democracies.

        Israel has never announced any intention to destroy Iran and expel the people.

        They didn’t announce much about Gaza in advance (or their expansion on the West Bank). And look what happened.

        Iran has been attacking Israel through its proxies for decades. Do you live under a rock?

        Whoo boy. Let’s not start talking about the history of this conflict. Spoiler: no one will come out as a hero.

    • @PugJesus@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      Now, if Iran had attacked Israel when it was developing its nuclear weapons, I wonder if that would have qualified as defense as well?

      Iran was closer to the West than Israel at the time, and Israel’s nuclear program was strongly opposed by everyone except France and the UK, so probably.