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[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 82 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As Tehran residents evacuated the capital in increasing numbers, Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, threatened to make Tehranis “pay the price” for Ali Khamenei’s decision to keep firing missiles at Israel in retaliation for the Israeli attack.

This is literally an adult... saying "why are you hitting yourself".

[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Defending yourself when Jews start genociding you is so antisemitic.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Iran has the right to self defense just like Israel, so are they not now justified in killing 30x as many civilians like Israel does?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Jesus christ I’m getting a bit worried that Bibi’s gonna pop some canned sunshine. Fuck me.

[–] AnalogNotDigital@lemmy.wtf 38 points 1 month ago

Canned sunshine is the most terrifying and badass name I've ever heard used to describe a nuke.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Does Iran have operational nukes? They'd probably respond in kind. If not, they'd probably launch basically everything they have at Israel.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

~~Pakistan has made guarantees that they will retaliate with their nuclear weapons if a nuclear strike occurs on Iran.~~

EDIT: I went to find a source and Pakistan has walked this back and are denying that they ever said it

Well that ups the chances that Israel will use one. That was the one thing I was hoping would stop them

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Pakistan already played spades. Told Israel they would use theirs if Israel uses one on Iran.

[–] torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

They do not, that’s kind of what this whole deal is about dude. And they’ve been launching what they have at Israel for a few days, it’s not much.

[–] waylandyr@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not much? They broke through the iron dome, that's a bit more than not much my dude.

[–] torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

It’s not nothing but Israel is bombing targets on Iran's eastern border right now, that speaks a clear language.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most countries, Israel included, don't possess the material for a protracted war. Most Non-US countries can make war, at best, for six months.

[–] torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

They just have to make war longer than Iran.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Even if they don’t have any nukes that they developed themselves, there’s always the possibility they could’ve bought one or two from North Korea…

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago

The Tangerine Toddler wants to beat him to it

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t think they will, but I’ve been thinking that one way Israel could get current and potential future enemies off their back for good would be if they finally showed the world that they do possess nukes and are not afraid to use them, possibly by making an example of someone. I do hope they won’t prove quite so callous.

[–] NobodyElse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

If that happens (and I hope it doesn’t, but they’re crazy enough to do it), can the west stop supporting them and leave them to their own devices?

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

If anyone does. It'll be Nosferatu. All to cover his own ass. Because once he's out as pres he's going to jail for a loooot of corruption apparently.

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, he seems narcissistic enough that he really doesn't think there would be consequences.

Hopefully there are other people around him who doesn't want the rest of the world aiming everything they have at them.

[–] korsystems@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Proof that Iran needs the bomb, and quickly.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Yup. Going nuclear is now an existential need for Iran.

[–] faizalr@fedia.io 23 points 1 month ago

Pathetic act by Israel.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

The Gaza playbook.

[–] soyboy77@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Joshua/WOPR: SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz -3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why is Isreal bullying Iran they didnt do anything to deserve this.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Netanyahu has had a hard on for regime change in Iran for 30 years. Israel wants to destroy every country in the region that is pro Palestine. With the help of the US neocons, he has virtually succeeded; turning Syria, Libya, Iraq, Sudan into failed states that pose no threat to Israeli hegemony.

This policy was first set out in the 1980s by Israeli strategist Oded Yinon who called for breaking up Arab states into weak, sectarian mini-states (Sunni, Shiite, Kurdish, etc.) fragmenting states in the Middle East to weaken them

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bibi has to keep the war going or he'll lose control over his dictatorship

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

the main reason is staying out of jail.

[–] Cocopanda@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would t call what Israel is doing as a genocide. Not yet at least. But we clearly are seeing how Russian air defenses are basically useless against American 5th Gen fighters.

Maybe Russia needs to figure out their shit before they sell defensive systems that do nothing.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Hm, I've had this feeling that I can express thus: these missile exchanges, decoys, air defense saturation and "War of the Cities" feel like dry runs for nuclear exchanges. They are perfecting the launch and psychological warfare tactics.

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago

It's always serious and prep at the same time.

They're seriously fighting over resources and land, and prepping for the future wars to come because everyone knows the resource wars are around the corner

[–] Cocopanda@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Israel will never use a nuke. That would be the end of global economies. They care about money more than they care about nuking Iran. They don’t need to nuke them. They have complete air control. They can do whatever they want with explosives now.