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Iran Strikes Back
(www.twz.com)
Shocking. Who'd have guessed that this could happen?
I’m no Israel supporter but fuck the IRGC. I hope Iranians can at least get a regime change out of this. Death to khamenei and death to all the IRGC leadership. I hope they all become kotlets.
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Well, Iran has the right to defend itself
As always, the article primarily gives the view as seen from Israel, Tel Aviv; But where is the view from Iran?
You haven't seen people singing from their balconies during the night time: "death to khamenei!", have you?
That's the view from Iran. Do you accept the reality though... 💁
You’re downvoted but you’re correct. Iranians hate their government (rightfully so, it’s a repressive religious extremist police state) and will hopefully use the chance of a weakened Khamenei to finally overthrow the mullahs.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVZ_I-bmVCw
More available if you go looking.
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Since Zionist colonialism began, the region has been drawn from one conflict to another. It operates like a cancerous tumor.
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Nice. Iran has the right to defend itself.
I wouldn't include Nice, but I agree with that.
Israel came in and started an act of war. If it was flipped, news would be screaming about Iran being a warmonger.
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Oh man it's gonna be a good day when Israel falls.
This website is collectively completely deluded. Every thread on this topic I see people (I’m assuming tankies and/or actual Hamas supporters) fantasizing about Iran destroying Israel with is… just laughable from an objective PoV.
I despise the Israeli government but regardless of my feelings towards them, their military is so much more advanced than Iran's, it’s not even comparable. And they have the backstop of a US carrier group, in case something does go wrong.
Unfortunately it’s all feelings and no facts on this website. Makes it really hard to actually engage with people.
This website
You realize Lemmy is a network of federated servers right? Like, I’m not on the same website as you but you’re reading my message.
A lot of people don't, they just know it's where to go when you get fed up with reddit
I know nothing about defense and everything I learned, I did so at NCD, but doesn't Iran have like 88 million people and Israel just 9 million, and Iran has like six times Israel's active personnel? Iirc they're one of the largest armies in ME.
Then again, just by sheer numbers Russia was supposed to overrun Ukraine, 1M dead later and they're still where they started plus few towns charred to the bone.
Perhaps this map will help:
To get from Iran to Israel, the Iranian soldiers would have to cross Iraq (and Jordan) or Syria, both very unfriendly countries full of mountainous terrain. Not a viable ground invasion whatsoever!
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Iran's standing forces are kind of irrelevant without a way to get them to Israel.
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Iran has 82 million inhabitants.
The amount of people willing to die for this regime is much much smaller. 16% are Azerí, 10% Kurds and 2% Balochi, all groups who would rather die than fight for the IRI. Not that this would stop the IRI from pressing 15 year olds into service, but there wouldn't be many volunteers.
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Iran has many remote areas that are populated. Their military equipment is decades behind, and Israel gets all their equipment from the US.
The comparison here is very stark; in a single strike Israel managed to cripple Iran's nuclear program, kill a lot of leadership that has been around since their revolution, and completely eradicate all of their radar and early warning systems on the West side of the country.
The best response Iran has? Just over 100 drones. Most of them got shot down before they even reached Israel.
Israel gets a free pass on bullying anyone they see fit in the Middle East.
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Yeah the entire discourse about this conflict here is even more stupider than on reddit
It's not just their total disconnect from history (were they born yesterday?), it's their translating scorn for Israel's actions in the region to mean that Israel's opponents must be the good guys.
Iran has been under the control of two different mullahs for the last 45 years. Just because the Shah was bad doesn't make the Ayatollahs good.
Hamas and Hezbollah are literally terrorist organizations, and Hamas holds onto power in Gaza by oppression and violence. If they both weren't getting massive support from Iran, there might be a negotiating partner for Israel in Palestine like Arafat was.
Without Iran's support, Russia would be failing much faster in Ukraine as well.
Israel is literally a terrorist country.
Nelson Mandela was literally a terrorist too.
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The title suggest that Israel's bombing in the first place was New Hope?
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