r/neoliberal • u/Currymvp2 unflaired • Apr 13 '24
Iran begins attack, launching dozens of drones that'll take hours to arrive News (Middle East)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-iran-begins-attack-on-israel-launching-dozens-of-drones-thatll-take-hours-to-arrive/684 Upvotes
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u/UnskilledScout Cancel All Monopolies Apr 13 '24
They have had a truce in place. This is a ridiculous excuse. By that logic, North Korea attacking South Korea is fine.
Give me a break. You act like Iran is some sort of villainous puppet master controlling every movement of every proxy and this consulate was a critical point.
No, proxies by their nature are not controlled centrally, especially not Hamas. Hamas operates much more independently than people think. Iran supplies them because they are a group that will attack Israel, but that doesn't give them control over Hamas.
The closest thing to that is Lebanese Hezbollah, and, as I have explained in other comments in this thread, there was no material change on the ground between Oct 8 and the date of attack on the consulate/embassy/whatever the hell you want to call it. And if Hezbollah was the threat, you attack Hezbollah, and Israel has already been doing that.