How dare they respond to us attacking them?
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2025
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Don't fight back when we try and kill you, or we will kill you.
I'm not really on either side of this conflict, both are assholes IMO.
But it seems to me Israel just demonstrated why it is that Iran wants to have nuclear weapons to defend itself.
Also it was kind of USA that started all this bullshit, undermining and overturning a democratic government in Iran, to instate the Shah as a totalitarian dictator.
So I guess it's understandable that Iran doesn't trust USA, and Israel by proxy because it is heavily supported by USA.
AFAIK the sanctions against Iran is mostly because Iran want's to be able to defend itself against superior forces.
on either side
You need to be. One side is a signatory to a nuclear nonproliferation agreement who is trying to create a nuclear energy program for civilian energy, under watchdog guidance for 40+ years.
The other side is Israel. A nation committing a genocide, with the full backing and support of another nation, the US, who itself is the only nation, in the history of the world, to use nuclear weapons. Ever.
One side has really good propaganda and makes you think “both sides are bad.”
No doubt Iran is bad too, the death warrant on Salman Rushdie is very clear evidence of that.
The USs actions in world war two are an odd thing to bring up in this context. It was a radically different set of circumstances, 80 years ago, and none of the people involved are alive anymore.
It's entirely irrelevant.
May as well point out that the US was the driver for the creation of those watchdog groups and is a leading force in nuclear disarmament. It's just as relevant to if Iran has a nuclear weapons program or Israels justification for attacking.
Iranian opposition to US strategic interests in the region giving the US a strong motivation to let anything that makes them weaker happen is a perfectly good thing to mention.
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Note that Iran is theorized by the West without evidence to want nuclear weapons; it's not in any way established fact that they're trying to make them.
It is pretty well established that the levels that they have enriched their uranium is above that deemed for "civilian use". They have a highly scrutinized nuclear program, and we have a lot of information available to us about it.
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To be fair, Iran is an authoritarian theocracy that has called for the total annihilation of Israel. That may agree with what many crazy people on Lemmy want too, but it cannot really be called defensive. It's not as Iran just wants to "be left alone". In the eyes of Israel Iran is an existential threat, therefore the attack did not come out of a vacuum.
Pakistan is the other lone stander that absolutely refuses to recognize Israel and also happens to have nukes that can reach Israel, yet they've done jack on that sentiment, despite the ISI having a history of outplaying Mossad.
Iran wants nukes for the same reason everyone else has nukes. It's just a gg ez ace up your sleeve that can be utilized to prevent this exact conventional warfare escalation by threatening to use your nukes, which is exactly what Israel does to the other surrounding arab states. Moreover it would be dumb to nuke Israel when they keep daydreaming about reconquering the holy land, which would be impossible if its covered in radiation.
Pakistan and India's LoC is a massive militarized flashpoint that imo suprasses the DMZ, yet overtime they have a fight, it over after a few days when they nuke threat comes out and everyone signs a ceasefire agreement no questions asked.
Iran wants the same deal so they can be left alone to run their authoritarian regime in peace lol.
Israel engages in similar rhetoric. I wonder if the sentiment would be "Iran just preemptively defended itself" amongst our politics and media if Iran was to strike nuclear facilities and assassinate military leaders and scientists in Israel.
if we look at history then israel is a existential threat for not just all its neighbour but the entire humanity.
you do realize that apart from bombing school full of kids and sniping pregnant women, israel also supplies spyware and weapon to far worse countries than iran and even some of the most violent drug cartels of the world ? and they do so with full support of cia because they have hijacked both parties using the “aid” we give them.
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Israel should be annihilated if the occupiers refuse to leave.
The world would be a better place.
The fact they have a reward for the death of Salman Rushdie is enough for me to know they are criminally insane.
Like WTF! Death penalty for writing a book?
The Iranian government cannot be trusted. But it's the same for Israel. They deserve each other.
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They really want a world war 3
Israel does not want world war 3. They want to seize territory, establish regional hegemony, and build out their ethnically pure, fascist empire. All of that is terrible and they deserve to be wiped from the map for trying. They do want the US to fight their war for dominance for them, so they are trying to manipulate the US into ever more participation in the project. But, world war isn’t the goal.
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