Indeed the US does not support the drug cartels, Iran does support Hezbollah. They are different. Wikipedia:

> Hezbollah's 1985 manifesto outlined its key objectives, which include expelling Western influence from the region, destroying Israel, pledging allegiance to Iran's supreme leader...

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austin-cheney 6 months ago | parent [-]

What does that have to do with Israel bombing Iran right now? I just see people performing absurd mental gymnastics to invent unfounded qualifications for going to war.

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tim333 6 months ago | parent [-]

Iran has declared it wants Israel destroyed, attacked it via it's proxies and been working on making weapons grade uranium. Israel not wanting to be destroyed or nuked has arranged to attack Iran's nuke facilities. Is it that complicated?

	▲	austin-cheney 6 months ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, it is complicated. Israel says the same things and now its primary proxy just bombed Iran. Iran did not initiate these attacks. Israel did. Iran does not have nuclear weapons and is years away from having them, but Israel has them. When you peel back the baseless rhetoric this issue is completely one sided.