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In reply to the discussion: Iran is inflicting real damage on Israel. Trump says "sometimes they have to fight it out" [View all]Metaphorical
(2,502 posts)One of the things that demagogues inevitably do is start believing their own press. Netanyahu has been spoiling for a fight with the Iranians for a while now because the only thing keeping him in office is the support of the ultra-orthodox jews (the Israeli MIGA, rather than MAGA, faction if you will). The Iranians were hit by an all out assault on their leadership as well as their energy infrastructure, and I suspect that they are about to respond in kind to Netanyahu and his cronies.
The Iranians have been waging covert war against Israel for years, but it has been far from one-sided. Biden kept that powder keg from going off, even at the cost of losing the election because of it, but Trump has neither the expertise (having fired everyone in the State Department) nor the leverage to do anything about it at this point. At this point, there's no governor, no backroom peace process there, Trump's hiding in Mar-a-lago, and we're watching the hot phase of World War III in real time at this point.
All I can say is that Trump better be DAMN sure that the security in MAL is top notch, because, it sure looks like a target to me. (Also remember that the Iranians never lifted their $80 million dollar bounty on Trump's head).
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