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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 195 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (16 children)

Man, I really hate being on the Axis side. I hope we lose.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (6 children)

Hmmm. This is the Evil side.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 112 points 1 day ago (15 children)

We already lost. Trump got bullied/suckered by Israel into this mess without a clearly defined American win scenario. Israel has one and they are getting it. The US does not, because Trump is weak and catastrophically dumb, ignorant, narcissistic, and incompetent.

[–] hietsu@sopuli.xyz 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Epstein was the ultimate life insurance policy for Israel. Most of the americal leaders are in their pocket because of the kompromat he collected for decades for the foreign agencies (Israeli and Russian it seems).

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If Israel is around in 100 years I'll eat my shorts. They're speedrunning being turned into a crater

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Israel's nuclear doctrine is the Samson Doctrine.

Basically, if they get nuked... they nuke Moscow, European capitals, anyone and everyone they can reach.

So.... yeah...

Its literally 'kill everyone'.

[–] Yliaster@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

How the heck does the world "negate" or oppose Israel with the Samson Option running around?

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[–] BlushedPotatoPlayers@sopuli.xyz 3 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

So, basically what Iran does now, but with nukes?

[–] hietsu@sopuli.xyz 1 points 18 hours ago

Yeah the whole area is a hot mess. Always has been though, and always will be, unless of course it’s the nuke o’clock some day.

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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

People who will win: defense contractors, evangelical christians with investments in Israel, oil companies that can pull the "make money" lever at whim, saudi princes and everyone who is going to shore up around the capitalist might of US/Israel's war machine.

People who will lose: anyone who needs insulin, food or childcare.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 95 points 1 day ago (10 children)
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

100% chance that if they did this, they'd find a reason to invade the squishy but obscenely rich Gulf to the east as well.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

Hard to imagine only half of the Arabian Peninsula or just a minor sliver of the Levant would be enough. "We're here, why isn't it ours" seems like the Israeli motto.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ah yes just casually taking the bulk of the fucking Nile…

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Might as well clean up the rest of Egypt as well at that point.

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

They're salty about...

...being let go by the pharaoh? After writing silly stories claiming credit for natural disasters ruining Egypt? Such salty crybabies.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The amount of cultural squashing that would need to happen to make this possible is just ridiculous lol.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

WTF I am not paying the broadcasting fees for this bullshit

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Ahhh so thats why we bombed iran.

[–] lmdnw@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hope for lots of dead Israeli soldiers!

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 4 points 1 day ago

Why? Is there another Hannibal Directive planned I haven't heard about? Or it that mostly just for civilians?

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 day ago

Lebanon can’t catch a break.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Someone invade "israel", so they get what they do to others.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Three countries (and more really) tried to do exactly that, and they have still not recovered

Their militaries are woefully inadequate, they can't compete with US/Israeli doctrine directly

There are many reasons why, "top heavy" is simplest explanation; rank and file are afraid of their superiors (rightly so), so they withhold and misrepresent unfortunate news.

This makes modern military operations that depend on adaptability, communication, and coordination very difficult.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s been tried multiple times and the invaders always lose the war and territory.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So how much territory could they actually effectively hold and control?

[–] BananaLama@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Most people already fled. So it's pretty sparsely populated right now

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, invade this christian nation once again

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

I heard he was deported to Mexico

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Impossible! Everyone knows Jesus is a white man with blond hair and beard and shining white teeth who lives in a cloud above Arkansas or Kansas, he wants us to bomb the shit out of brown people, our pastors say so.

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Watch the Lebanese army and goverment again do nothing while their citizens are massacred other than scold their opposition to stop resisting.

[–] breakfastmtn@piefed.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] BananaLama@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

I swapped it out for it.

Hopefully the mods are OK with that

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