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AloeVera

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4. Israel destroyed much of Iran's air defense network 7 months ago.
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 11:33 PM
Jun 14

Including destruction of its long-range detection radars and long-range surface-to-air missile batteries. Its missile production capability was crippled.

I thought then that Israel was already planning something big like this. It just needed a pretext. Iran should have been more mindful of this threat. Instead, it miscalculated trying to maximize its leverage (with the enrichment) during the negotiations. It backfired and Netanyahu pounced. After all, eliminating Iran as a threat is his lifelong goal. Along with the creation of Greater Israel on the backs and lands of Palestinians of course.

Yes, Iran was stupid, done in by the regime's hubris and fundamentalism. But there is no justification for yet another assault on a neighbouring sovereign country. Especially when you are the bully of the neighbourhood and the only one in the neighbourhood actually in possession of nuclear bombs. But as we see, Israel's security trumps everyone else's.

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