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In reply to the discussion: Israel vs Iran: This War Has Been Decades in the Making [View all]Duncanpup
(15,010 posts)11. Yes I watched your video.
Yet firstly a lot of parents have skin in game active duty or draft age children
This will be an air war if we do have players on the ground definitely our Tier 1 operators.
After seeing the I.D.F. in Gaza its not army its a mob and as soldiers you dont need to mess with civilians.
Asymmetrical warfare yes . Yet I.D.F. Intentionally targets civilians.
10/7/24 was sickening yet Bibi allowed Qatari $ to flow into Palestine. https://www.972mag.com/netanyahu-hamas-october-7-adam-raz/
We do not need to be involved yet we are. And these things can go sideways and escalate into mission creep.
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I'm all for letting Israel and Iran slug it out between themselves without direct US forces involvement,
MarineCombatEngineer
Jun 18
#22
Israel is the source of constant strife and instability in the region?
MarineCombatEngineer
Jun 18
#42
Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism, the movement for the self-determination and statehood of the Jewish people. nt
LexVegas
Jun 18
#26
Yes, I believe in a 2 state solution. However the Palestinians are a defeated people.
tritsofme
Jun 18
#32