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[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 94 points 1 day ago (8 children)

They've got the tiger by the tail now, then. Either the US and Israel pursue this all the way through to full regime change, or when they finally withdraw they're going to be left with an implacable enemy for generations.

I'm sure Trump thought this all through in thorough detail, though, and has a long-term plan.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 5 points 22 hours ago

Very long term. Maybe even Two Weeks™.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah plan is Israel takes whatever land they want, US removes their nuclear capabilities, bleeds them dry of resources/oil, tries to instate some puppet leader and then bounces only to let them fall into another awful dictatorship and the cycle continues.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you think that Israel will take land from Iran you better double-check where these countries are on the map.

[–] Spezi@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago

Duh, they can just build a bridge over Jordan and Iraque

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don’t think countries can exist non-contiguously?

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not in this neighborhood, no.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Israel has no reason not to try it with US support. I’m sure they’d love to establish some territory to the east and then squeeze to the middle.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It literally makes zero sense for Israel to claim hostile territory over 2000 kilometers away when the US already has numerous bases in the surrounding countries.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe they’ll just work their way east then starting with Lebanon and Jordan.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Sure, and maybe aliens will come to Earth and just teleport the entirety of Iran to Israel's doorstep.

[–] Dragomus@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah about that, he already "promised" the Islamic republican guard full immunity, you know those guys brutally slaughtering peaceful demonstrators...

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 18 points 1 day ago

Ah, less than a day into the fight and Trump is already frantically looking for a way to TACO.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm sure that last line was sarcasm. 🤣

[–] Tja@programming.dev 10 points 1 day ago

Well, he has a concept of a plan!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

they're going to be left with an implacable enemy for generations.

They already did this a few generations ago.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

My money is on Syria but bigger.

The last time they installed a regime in Iran they created an enemy for generations.