| ▲ | epolanski 16 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
The conclusion has long been embarassing unless we live under a rock. The US president has been played like a fool by the Israelis and Iran has inflicted a humiliating defeat to the US and its allies by leveraging cheap asymmetric warfare. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | woodruffw 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
I think this war's first phase was clearly in Israel's favor, insofar as Israel's strategic goal is neutralizing Iran as a peer adversary. But the latter phases have not really gone how they (= Netanyahu) want/s; the ideal end state for Israel is an enormous civilian infrastructure cost to Iran that would subtract from military budgeting, but that isn't what the deal suggests. (Intentionally targeting civilian infrastructure is, of course, a war crime.) | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | benterix 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> the US and its allies Which allies? | |||||||||||||||||
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