r/neoliberal Oct 08 '24

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u/Spectrum1523 Oct 08 '24

A few reasons I can think of

a) they are making efforts to reign him in privately which are not working

B) Bibi is purposefully making the US either tacitly agree with him or directly force him to stop, betting that the US will not escalate

C) half of voters think Isreal is doing the right thing with these escalations

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u/IRequirePants Oct 08 '24

C) half of voters think Isreal is doing the right thing with these escalations

Explain the escalation here? This is before the pager attack. Hezbollah was firing thousands of rockets. 100,000 Israelis were internally displaced. Israel responded by killed a high-level Hezbollah commanders with American blood on his hands.

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u/Spectrum1523 Oct 08 '24

I don't think it's controversial to say that Isreal has escalated its offensive against Hezbollah, is it? They were doing very little in the north because of the major military action in Gaza and they've clearly refocused

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u/IRequirePants Oct 08 '24

I don't think it's controversial to say that Isreal has escalated its offensive against Hezbollah, is it?

It was when this quote was made.

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u/Spectrum1523 Oct 09 '24

oh, okay. that's true - my comment was thinking about the current situation.