Netanyahu is copying Putin's tactics by bombing Iran's energy system - it will backfire badly

[Uncle Joe]

The Israeli bombing of the South Pars gas field has chilling parallels to Russia’s bombing of Ukrainian infrastructure, which has been condemned as a possible war crime. World affairs editor Sam Kiley writes that such a strategy will cause needless pain and do nothing to bring the regime to its knees

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Well, it is because Netanyahu, who is under indictment for crimes against humanity for his campaign in Gaza, has copied the tactics of Vladimir Putin, who himself is under indictment for alleged crimes against humanity in Ukraine.

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Trump does not care about human rights and alleged war crimes. He consistently takes Putin’s side over Ukraine and has been a staunch, uncritical ally of Netanyahu’s far-right government during its campaign against Gaza and its ongoing annexation of Palestinian land on the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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Given that the Trump administration has no definition of what victory looks like in Iran and no plan for how to achieve it, this may not have made any difference, in the moment.

But the effects on global fossil fuel prices will further threaten to hobble economies from Asia to the Americas and offer only Putin a lottery win of unplanned financial windfalls. Moscow’s oil sales have already generated up to $10bn (£7.5bn) in extra revenues for his war in Ukraine, according to Volodymyr Zelensky.

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https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/israel-iran-war-netanyahu-gas-fields-putin-b2941773.html

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1. nutty yahoo will turn the iranian people against the war on their country nt

[LymphocyteLover]

2. the key point is it helps the evil Russians... just as Putin planned

[Uncle Joe]

3. They discussed Iran by phone about six weeks before the attack on Iran

January 16, 20263:43 AM CSTUpdated January 16, 2026

Putin and Netanyahu discuss Iran by phone, Kremlin says

MOSCOW, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the situation in the Middle East and Iran by phone on Friday, the Kremlin said.

Putin offered Netanyahu Russia's help in mediating in regards to Iran, and told the Israeli leader he was "in favour of intensifying political and diplomatic efforts to ensure stability and security in the region," the Kremlin said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/putin-netanyahu-discuss-iran-by-phone-kremlin-says-2026-01-16/

Now what would one indicted war criminal want to talk to another about six weeks before a war: starts which drags the U.S. into an unprovoked war with Iran?