• Fusselwurm@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    you think WW3 is starting because of Israel? Can I also get under the rock your been living under, must be nice there.

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      Israel is a prominent member of the global western capitalistic hegemony, and they are escalating tensions with their genocide and attack on Iran. I wouldn’t say they’re the only ones responsible, but they do share a large portion of the blame.

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      Israel is not only at the very center of the world (look at maps: it’s very much the geographic center. That’s why we call it middle east.)

      it’s also reckless and like a dying star, a supernova. it blows up without regards to casualties. it is a very dangerous situation that we’re in indeed.

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          9 hours ago

          fair

          i guess most western maps are arranged in such a way that the middle east is in the center and the atlantic is on the map completely because

          1. the atlantic has probably been more important historically than the pacific, as europeans sailed over the atlantic, not the pacific.

          2. the pacific ocean is a bigger body of water, so having it on the “back” side of the globe makes sense because this way, you have a more uninteresting back-side of the globe and a more interesting front-side.

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            No, they are not. I really suggest you look at an European map. Algeria/Mali are in the center of the map, depending on how much Antarctica is included.

            Maps are normally centered roughly around the region you buy them in. European maps are centered on the 0 meridian, because it fits so nicely while keeping the European countries around the center. The 0 meridian was just defined by the Brits as going through Greenwich.

            The bottom is cut of more, because Antarctica is less interesting than Canada, Greenland and Siberia.

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        I dont see the potential for global conflict.

        Israel and Iran have been trading blows for decades now. Some direct, many indirect. It’s a regional conflict, and regional it will remain.

        Every now and then, Israel acts to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power – and honestly, we’re all the better for it, the world does not need another set of religious crazies to have nukes.

        (That being said, is Netanyahu a deplorable asshat? Absolutely yes – but for different reasons)

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          “have been trading blows for decades now. Some direct, many indirect. It’s a regional conflict, and regional it will remain.”

          Lol, this sounds like a quote from someone in 1914 being catastrophicly wrong.

          Every now and then, Israel acts to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power – and honestly, we’re all the better for it, the world does not need another set of religious crazies to have nukes.

          But apparently we do need religious crazies who already have nukes, are in the middle of a massive genocide, are attacking and occupying multiple other countries, and have ambitions of conquering the whole middle east, to act as World Police?

          You’re literally endorsing war crimes.

          Netanyahu a deplorable asshat

          By “deplorable asshat”, you mean the fascist leader of a genocidal ethnostate currently launching multiple wars of aggression.

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            Lol, this sounds like a quote from someone in 1914 being catastrophicly wrong.

            …or from someone describing one of the scores of conflicts since where “regional” has been a fitting description

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          Every now and then, Israel acts to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power – and honestly, we’re all the better for it, the world does not need another set of religious crazies to have nukes.

          At this point, I would be fine with Iran having the bomb. I really don’t see any evidence that they would behave more recklessly with it than Israel does.

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            11 hours ago

            cue Oprah

            YOU GET THE BOMB, YOU GET THE BOMB, YOU GET THE BOMB, EVERYONE GETS THE BOMB!


            Them not behaving more recklessly than Israel is unfortunately not a high bar; which given their past actions I’m not sure they’d pass. I’d like to err on the side of caution here.

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                for starters, If you’d like to immerse yourself into the system of Middle Eastern clients and proxies, you will have an especially fun and long day going through the rather noxious minions of Iran.

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              Iran has a right to self defense. Them getting the bomb is the side of caution here. Otherwise they will keep being attacked by Israel and it’s allies