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Merged Israel Attacks Iran /Yet Another Country/Iran

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“Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East closer to a regionwide war.“

https://apnews.com/article/33fcffde2d867380e98c89403776a8ac

Thought this needed a thread ASAP, so just a brief OP.
 
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Yeah, this is not going to end well. As if it weren't bad enough for everybody.

Been watching it on CNN, and it ain't like a proxy group, though it seems that some are from Lebanon. If a country sends drones and missiles into another country, that's usually called a declaration of war. Just what Israel needs right now, maybe part of a larger strategy?

We havin' fun yet?
 
Seems Israel suffered no casualties from the attack. Hezbollah is not invading. This might well blow over. Another attack and Israel will likely respond with severe consequences for Iran.
 
lobosrul5 said:
Seems Israel suffered no casualties from the attack.
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Yep, at least, no fatalities. From the link:

“The Israeli military’s spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said Iran fired scores of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles — with the vast majority intercepted outside Israel’s borders. He said warplanes intercepted over 10 cruise missiles alone, also outside Israeli airspace.

“Hagari said a handful of missiles landed in Israel. Rescuers said a 7-year-old girl in a Bedouin Arab town was seriously wounded in southern Israel, apparently in a missile strike, though they said police were still investigating the circumstances of her injuries. Hagari said a missile struck an army base, causing light damage but no injuries.”
 
I just hope both countries are willing to de-escalate now.

Israel got in it's strike by bombing the Iranian consulate and Iran got its retaliation in to safe face.
In both cases innocent civilians died to please posturing warmongers.
 
...In both cases innocent civilians died to please posturing warmongers. L.Sisser, the reports are that nobody died in Israel as a result of this massive assault.
In Damascus, the IAF strike succesfully targeted Iranian military leaders, and not 'innocent civilians' in Syria.

Israel is already at war, with three fronts of combat operations underway. (Gaza, Lebanon, and Yemen). Israel is not posturing for anyone, my friend.
 
webfusion said:
...In both cases innocent civilians died to please posturing warmongers. L.Sisser, the reports are that nobody died in Israel as a result of this massive assault.
In Damascus, the IAF strike succesfully targeted Iranian military leaders, and not 'innocent civilians' in Syria.

Israel is already at war, with three fronts of combat operations underway. (Gaza, Lebanon, and Yemen). Israel is not posturing for anyone, my friend.
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No, the civilian that died was in a different country, but she was not Israeli, so does not count?
And the Iranian consulate was in a totally isolated area and staffed only by terrorists I guess. And again, not Israeli citizens, so their lives don't matter?
 
This thread is hopefully going nowhere.
"Iran Attacks Israel" and that is the entire story, without any continuation.
 
lobosrul5 said:
Seems Israel suffered no casualties from the attack. Hezbollah is not invading. This might well blow over. Another attack and Israel will likely respond with severe consequences for Iran.
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doubt it.
the current Israeli government has every incentive to let this escalate.
 
jt512 said:
I'm not sure "do nothing" would send the right signal to Israel's enemies.
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Yes it would.
Remember that this is a retaliation, not a preemptive attack.

Doing nothing more would calm things down, as balance has been reestablished.

Escalating would trigger retaliation on all kinds of levels, including more terrorism.
 
The Great Zaganza said:
Yes it would.
Remember that this is a retaliation, not a preemptive attack.

Doing nothing more would calm things down, as balance has been reestablished.

Escalating would trigger retaliation on all kinds of levels, including more terrorism.
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Israel had conducted a limited, targeted attack against Hamas leaders at a known location. In response, Iran indiscriminately launched over 300 drones and missiles at Israel. Who escalated?
 
The Great Zaganza said:
Yes it would.
Remember that this is a retaliation, not a preemptive attack.

Doing nothing more would calm things down, as balance has been reestablished.

Escalating would trigger retaliation on all kinds of levels, including more terrorism.
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Funny how that calculus always gets deployed to Israel's detriment. "Balance" is a nonsense construct you made up to excuse Iran escalating instead of calming things down. The truth is Iran has been sponsoring terrorism and waging proxy wars across the Middle East, especially against Israel. There is no balance to be had here. Just Iran doing whatever it thinks it can get away with, and Israel being expected once again to shoulder the burdens of its enemies' moral failures.
 
I thought, is this the first time a nuclear power has been attacked by another country?

Looking it up, it has happened once before. Argentina attacked the UK, starting the Falklands War.

Let's hope Israel can be as level headed as the Brits when it comes to the power at their disposal.
 
Ryokan said:
Let's hope Israel can be as level headed as the Brits when it comes to the power at their disposal.
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Oh, come on! Here is the probability that Israel will attack Iran with nuclear weapons: 0.
 
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