▲ | JoRyGu 4 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
You have literally worked yourself up into hysteria if you think Israel is in any position to invade Iran, even with US support. | |||||||||||||||||
▲ | mjburgess 4 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
What do you mean by "in a position"? Do i think it would be successful? of course not, that's mad. Do I think israel is inclined to try, or otherwise, risk failure on the back of US blood and treasure? More or less, yes -- i think that's quite likely. The US invasion and occupation of vietnam, afganistan, iraq, etc. were all mad. The US foreign policy elite are not very competent because america doesnt receive any real blowback from its failures -- so there's no conditioning mechanism to force it into instutitonal competence. Do I think such an elite would do one more stupid thing? yes, its actually far more improbable that they'd learn caution They've bankrupted america, caused half the world to turn against them -- all the while presiding over the rise and enrichment of a peer competitor (china). You could not describe a more incompent, warmongering, self-destructive set of foreign policy institutions. It's what happens when you are isolated on your own continent and rarely have to pay for your decisions. | |||||||||||||||||
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