What is the appropriate response from Israel to Iran?
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In theory, I don’t totally disagree with you. In reality, that’s the rub. Israel is almost certainly more than a match for Iran…but geopolitics of the region imo make it impossible for them to fully assert themselves vs Iran.
If nothing else, Iran is many times their size, with a far larger population. I’m genuinely not sure it would be possible to eliminate irans ability to strike at them again, and history tells us that strategic bombing, missile strikes aren’t nearly as effective at that as we would like to believe.
Not to mention, to fully unleash their military against Iran would run the risk of a much broader war in the region, I highly doubt egypt, Jordan etc would just sit by and do nothing.
I don’t pretend to have all the answers, just expressing my opinion that Israel needs to consider any response here very carefully.
US taxpayers haven ‘given’ Israel over 320 billion dollars since WW II. This is a joint exercise whether we admit it or not.
Which means a lot of the blood is on our hands as well.
Israel’s been treating the Palestinians like rabid dogs for YEARS. And it’s been done with the blessing of damned near every, single politician in DC; democrats and republicans alike.
Now tell me who the real savages are again? 🤷♂️
How much financial assistance has the US given Israel?
The U.S. and Israel have what has historically been called a “special relationship,” and the U.S. has given more money to Israel than any other country since 1946.
Of course there's the fact that Iran has and continues to sponsor terrorism around the middle east with Israel being a pretty big target. Everybody knows what's going on.
My point is they could fire equivalent drones and missiles.
I encourage you to look at more of the history of the region.
First, Iran is Persian, not Arab. Their ties to the Arab nations are through Islam, but the sects are very different. That's definitely not a trivial tie, but it's an important distinction. Before the fall of the Shah of Iran, the US was an ally of Iran, and protector of Iran against the Arab nations.
Second, the Palestinians are the red headed step children of the Arab nations. They've been notably kicked out of Saudi Arabia and Jordan. The Arab nations want nothing to do with the Palestinians, but like many families, they don't want outsiders picking on their family member either.
Third, there's evidence the Arab countries provided help to Israel prior to and during the attack this past weekend. The Arab nations are publicly saying they won't participate if Israel attacks Iran. That's a very diplomatic way of putting it. The Arab countries consider Iran to be a bigger threat to the region than Israel. The flip side is religion of course.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_League–Iran_relations It's wiki, but the references are genuine.
I’m aware of the basics here - so you think the Arab nations would allow Israel to cross their territory and attack Iran directly?
You are being very condescending here whether you want to admit that or not. I’ll admit I hadn’t heard them say they wouldn’t participate in any attack.
I'm not intending to be condescending. My responses have been based on your opinions that aren't consistent with history. If you did consider history, there's some other bias going on. I'm not saying you are wrong, because the area has been in conflict for thousands of years, and there's never been a simple solution.
Israel is in a perpetual fight for it's life as a country. That's the bottom line.
I think Iran reached out to Israel and the Syrian thing and said we have to retaliate, so at 9 tomorrow night were sending in our clunky old SCUDS and you can shoot them down. Saves face for Iran.
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