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/
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u/EmpressHiyori Apr 13 '24 edited Apr 13 '24

Legit question: Why is iran not justified in doing this? Israel bombed their consulate first. If this was the other way around and iran had attacked first you would be cheering israel on.

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u/God_Given_Talent NATO Apr 13 '24

Because we don’t view the world in isolation. Iran is the primary reason why terrorist org that have started wars and fired tens of thousands of rockets at Israel. They didn’t just bomb a random consulate. They targeted an Iranian general of the IRGC. Specifically, he was part of the Quds force, the entity responsible for recruiting, training, and arming foreign proxies (primarily to attack Israel. Basically all the bad non-state actors in the region can trace back to Quds be it Shiite militias in Iraq, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, etc.

You make it sound like Israel was trying to kill a bunch of diplomats instead of a de facto terrorist commander.

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u/God_Given_Talent NATO Apr 14 '24

That they're bad?