Insane Israel will cause our next global war. I’m positive about that.
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025
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That must make Putin so sad, he was trying so hard.
Not doubting you, but could you supply the evidence that makes you so confident? Curious to know the full logic too. Globe is kinda big in comparison to 2 or 3 countries no?
Israel makes no secret that they intend to steal more land from their neighbors. They're extremely nationalistic so this is popular for their political leaders. They know the USA will protect them. It's a series of facts with a logical conclusion. If someone else doesn't start it first, they will eventually.
Facts without evidence from 'some_guy' = trust me bro?
Are any of my statements of fact in dispute? I just checked what I wrote and all three are verifiably true. And the idea that they will continue to agitate as a result makes perfect sense.
No disputes. I don't disagree. I was (still am as none has been seen by me) looking for evidence. It was a humble request because I'm overly curious. Sending peace and good vibes to the super-dimension-fortress crew🙂
Gotcha. Cheers.
In bro we trust.
Well it's pretty simple to understand that Israel is supported by many western countries, and there are many others who do not support Israel and/or those western countries. Those western countries will support Israel and push their influence onto them, so anyone who wants to oppose the influence of either Israel or any of those western countries will have an incentive to support Iran in the conflict. What you have there is the same set of conditions that led to the world's previous global conflicts.
That sounds like a glorified proxy war than an actual world war. Nobody wants to fight on the behalf of Iran. Most countries are going to distance themselves from the regime, and a few of the more isolated countries will maybe give them weapons... That's about it.
Israel bombed Iran because they know they won't be able to respond. They called them out on their bluff again and Iran did nothing again. Israel has been humiliating Iran for the past several years and they basically dismantled Iran's entire foreign strategy in the region, a strategy they've spent billions and decades working on.
A global war can only happen when the opposing side has enough weight to fight back and bring allies alongside it. Iran doesn't have this capability.
this ages poorly really fast
Except it didn't. If anything their response proves my point. It is such a weak response compared what Israel did to them. Think about it, what did their retaliation actually accomplish? Most of the missles didn't hit, and the very few that did hit didn't hit any strategic targets. They literally only hit random some random buildings and caused some civilian injuries... That's it. Compared to what Israel did to them that's nothing.
Keep in mind in their first attack they targeted the Mossad headquarters and Nevatim base. Israel said they were aiming at civilians, and actually arrested the journalist trying to find where the rockets hit (only democracy in the middle east, amiright?)
so I would be skeptical regarding whatever Israel says about what was hit or how successful it was.
the truth is that whenever Israel decides to randomly bomb and murder people on another country, they will get hit by a barrage that makes their iron dome useless.
You can't hide damage of that significance. Both Israel and Iran lie about the extent of the damages, but damage can be verified. You can't hide dead commanders or hide from satellite images. We tend to have a good idea of what happened shortly after.
In this case, Iran has admitted to a lot of the damages that Israel claimed and a few other of their claims can be verified with satellite imagery. However, Israel hasn't admitted to any strategic damage by Iran nor has there been any verification for the damages that aimed for. Iran can say they aimed for something, that doesn't mean they did. They can claim they hit something, doesn't mean they did.
I understand being skeptical of Israel because they're a dubious source, especially when they're one of the parties involved. That being said, we're at the point where we can tell that Iran's missle barrage yesterday didn't do much.
makes their iron dome useless
Just an FYI, the Iron Dome is not designed to intercept missles. It's designed to intercept short range rockets and artillery. This means that the Iron Dome probably wasn't used at all yesterday. Instead, other systems like Arrow, David's Sling, and THAAD were used since these systems were actually designed to counter missles.
Iran was planning a massive response, but Israel sabotaged them by blowing up the military command meeting and drone striking missiles sites. Instead of 300 Missiles launched in response it was only 100.
I doubt the full 300 would've done much tbh. Only like 7 of the 100 or so missles actually hit anything this time around. So if we triple the results for 300 missles, that's only 21 hitting targets. Even if we become generous and assume an extra 7 hit anything to even the number of successful hits to 30, that's still only a 10% success rate. Sure, 30 targets is way more impactful than 7, but that's not exactly enough to even shock Israel, especially when you consider how weak the payload is on these missles.
Last time 300 missiles overwhelmed Israel’s defenses and they needed US and Jordanian support to take out most of the attack. Both sides learned from the last skirmish.
Countries do this in general because those projectiles are violating these countries' sovereignty. Iran doesn't ask these countries for permission to have their missiles go through their airspace, they just do it. No country is going to allow another country to endanger it's people by sending through its borders without their consent, so they just take them down.
In this case, Jordan is under the protection of the US and they have American bases and use American systems. So when something like this happens, Jordan works in coordination with the US to take the missles over its borders.
Anxious about how to defending israel without being too obvious
Yeah, they're going to have to pump the arab street with propaganda and censorship to prevent riots...
Dubai will hopefully be levelled. The UAE is a uniquely evil entity.
Meh. If they get pulled in and actually commit, Israel would be wiped off the map.
I don't think they'd actually be able to do that though. Israel still has enough support from around the world. Maybe a lot of precision strikes to destroy their defensive positions, then let the bordering countries take back their land.
The Gulf states aren't going to fight Israel. If they do join the war, they'll be fighting alongside Israel.
Why do you say that?
They're all a part of the same coalition that is under US protection and against the influence of Iran and Turkey.