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0 pointssoldthat4mo ago0 comments

> Israel is attacking all of their neighbours.

That’s a bit of an exaggeration. Israel has not attacked Egypt or Jordan.

It has attacked Lebanon after the north of Israel had been evacuated for many months due to relentless rocket attacks from Lebanon.

The only preemptive attack on a neighbour was Syria, after the fall of the Assad regime.

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hnlmorg4mo ago

They’re also attacking Iran too. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdj9vj8glg2o

I don’t really care who started what. That’s just silly playground politics best left for historians who specialise in Middle Eastern foreign politics. My point is they’re at the “let’s show them our military force” phase of their foreign policies.

soldthatOP4mo ago

Iran is a thousand miles away from Israel. There are like 30 other countries within that radius.

I get that you’re trying to make a different point, but your exaggerated language presents a distorted slant, and such one-sided rhetoric, especially when repeated many times, actually contributes to the political shifts and the spirals of violence that you worry about.

hnlmorg4mo ago

I’m not going to disagree with your more general point, even though you’re missing my point, but now you’re the one being exaggerative.

soldthatOP4mo ago

I was actually trying to be precise.

The 27 UN member countries (within 1,000 miles):

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Chad, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, Yemen.

Additional non-UN / partially-recognized entities also within 1,000 miles

Kosovo, Palestine, Northern Cyprus.

Although my source occasionally hallucinates, I think this is approximately accurate, especially if you consider the distance Israeli jets actually travelled.

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hnlmorg4mo ago

They’re also attacking Iran too. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdj9vj8glg2o

soldthatOP4mo ago

Iran is a thousand miles away from Israel. There are like 30 other countries within that radius.

hnlmorg4mo ago

I’m not going to disagree with your more general point, even though you’re missing my point, but now you’re the one being exaggerative.

soldthatOP4mo ago

I was actually trying to be precise.

The 27 UN member countries (within 1,000 miles):

Additional non-UN / partially-recognized entities also within 1,000 miles

Kosovo, Palestine, Northern Cyprus.

Although my source occasionally hallucinates, I think this is approximately accurate, especially if you consider the distance Israeli jets actually travelled.

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