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You need to understand your enemy if you want to defeat him. If you impute his motives to him instead of finding out what they really are you will not understand him and will have a harder time defeating him.
Trump first said he would go to Iraq, after it failed he said it was a bad idea.
Mm. Lasted less than 3 hours. From here: Israel-Iran war live: Israel defence minister says he has ordered attack on Iran after claiming Tehran has violated ceasefire
Apparently Israel claimed that Iran broke the deal. I wouldn't trust Netanyahu further than I could throw him. A man who has troops mowing down people waiting for aid trucks in Gaza. From the same link I gave earlier:
Why should I be upset about ceasefire? It would only prove that Iran is not some fanatical country that goes into "all-in" war, but acts quite rationally (and so it would debunk the need for an immediate strike in the first place).
Because you do not respect the sovereignty of other countries (if they are significantly weaker than you), the UN or the international law.
Well you are probably not speaking Japanese. It killed thousands but potentially saved millions. War is ugly but sometimes necessary. Even in scripture whole cities were wiped out at God’s direction you can take that up with Him.
...but that's how this pattern normally goes.
That we agree with. Its what ive been saying throughout these threads. Far too often leftists dont get it. They use the western mindset and apply it to the middle east mindset. Islamists do not think like us and if you dont understand that you will never understand how to deal with it.
That is a popular justification narrative. History says the war with Japan would have ended within months, before the end of 1945 had the U.S. not dropped the atomic bombs. The combined death toll is estimated to be between 145,000 and 246,000 people. Civilians. Women. Children. Innocents for the most part. It is hard to reconcile the narrative that it saved lives.
Expecting all of our friends here on the forum are going to be able to parse subtlety and nuance at this point in time, is pollyannaistically optimistic
