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Ok does someone want to catch me up on this opinion shared by world leaders but quite literally no one else?
Like yes, Iran is a terrible authoritarian state that is very dangerous. But so is Saudi Arabia?!
Well you see the existence of Iran forces Israel to bomb them, thus destabilizing the region. If Iran would simply stop existing, Israel wouldn't have to bomb them, and the region would be stable
Iran is literally funding all terrorist organizations in the region and even beyond that directly support Ruzies 🙄
Resistance groups
Lmao
Whatever reason you give its not exclusive to iran, furthermore trying to defend actions of israel against iranian people is just golden
Here's the short version (yes, this is incomplete because even writing this is a small essay. If somebody feels like adding context please do so), to answer your question on the background to their statement & position. The position is fairly common outside Lemmy at least.
History, history, history... (very long story)
2022: Israel was working on normalizing relations with the Arab countries. Things are relatively peaceful in the ME, albeit pretty shit for Arabs in Gaza & WB, not a warzone though. This succeeding would have been a threat to the Iranian network of terrorist organizations (Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, groups in Syria such as the IRGC).
Iran pushes forth October 7 to reignite tensions, training Hamas operatives & such.
Hamas attacks Israel on Oct. 7 kicking off the war - other Iranian proxy groups soon join in. Initially there is no direct conflict between Israel & Iran.
2024 april - IDF strikes the Iranian consulate in Syria to take senior officers in the Hezbollah chain of command and assassinates several others. Iran retaliates with missiles against with strikes against Israel proper.
After that, tit for tat strikes in increasing magnitude and escalations which have culminated in the current situation. No, it was not surprising, this conflict was always fundamentally between Israel & Iran and has been slowly escalating for a long time.
My dude...
Duh. OP asked about the position world leaders hold on the topic, not The Entire History of Everything™. Hence, the latter was cut for brevity.
I love unfounded conspiracy theories
Now that isn't a reply I expected considering how well established this particular narrative is in the mainstream.
But here you go, a well sourced academic article on the topic:
https://ctc.westpoint.edu/the-path-to-october-7-how-iran-built-up-and-managed-a-palestinian-axis-of-resistance/
I’m not defending anyone here, but Iran has made it very clear they want to use one
They have done the exact opposite
Literally no? Where did you get that from? There is no country (other than the US, 80 years ago) who have made it clear they want to use one
North Korea enters the chat
I left Korea recently after living there for 3 years. Idk what Fox News and CNN have going on, but no, North Korea is not threatening to nuke anyone. They use nukes as a "don't invade me", same as every other country
이 답은 좀 답답해.. 난 대한민국에서 살았고 친구들이 군대 갔어 근데 너는 이유 없이 나의 말을 무시해.
Why even bother reading things written by individual people who have experience in the region if you're going to dismiss what they share?
I've had to share this before but since I guess you don't believe me, here's my residency card
Cool. Now send a face pic holding up 3 fingers.
You got me. I photoshopped the whole thing, and made a fake Lemmy account where I talked about living in Korea for years to troll people. I'm actually Chinese and used Google Translate in my above message.
(Is this the "whataboutism" response you were looking for?)
Did you really give up?
What's your backup plan when you realize I'm not lying?
Here's where I blog about random stuff. You think I started this lie 7 months ago too? https://lemmy.ml/post/22516232
Well, that’s not whataboutism.
All you did was send a photo that could be anyone.
See, watch:
Here is me.
Shutup vaush.
I don’t even know what that means, parlor pink.
Too advanced for Eglin chairforce base tactical cheeto eaters.
Ok vaush. Hope the new ozempic shipment reaches the base within schedule because cholesterol and desk jobs is more lethal than conventional combat.
Does the chairforce have advanced technologies to prevent oiling up keyboards with cheeto dust? I hear it causes PTSD in servicemen.
Look who had the language issues all along. They really hire the absolute bottom of the barrel don't they?
More language issues, keyboard combat related stroke imminent. No great mind will be lost though.
I’m glad to see you’re having fun. I am unaffected. Have a good night.
Shift over?