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Israel carried out covert attacks on two major natural gas pipelines inside Iran this week, disrupting the flow of heat and cooking gas to provinces with millions of people, according to two Western officials and a military strategist affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps.

The strikes represent a notable shift in the shadow war that Israel and Iran have been waging by air, land, sea and cyberattack for years.

Israel has long targeted military and nuclear sites inside Iran — and assassinated Iranian nuclear scientists and commanders, both inside and outside of the country. Israel has also waged cyberattacks to disable servers belonging to the oil ministry, causing turmoil at gas stations nationwide.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or we could not and just let Israel clean up their own mess and face the consequences of their actions without big daddy Sam’s aegis.

Stop sending weapons, retract our carrier groups, and let the full force of their actions strike home for once.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's Iran that made the mess. They aren't going to clean it up.

Why aren't you calling on Iran to stop sending weapons to various psychopaths in the region?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I officially call on Iran to stop sending weapons to various psychopaths in the region.

I also officially call on the United States to follow the same advice

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cool, as soon as Iran complies with your request, the US will follow suit. One step closer to peace in the Middle East!

Hold on a sec, I'm getting a phone call from Iran... they say... "DEATH TO AMERICA!"

So we'll just put Iran down as a "maybe" on your proposal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh my bad, I thought we looked down on Iran for those same actions.

Are we fucking hypocrites or should we be better?

But here is one that you should like, we get out of the Middle East and stop meddling in their affairs?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's the goal. But you don't want to leave the place to collapse, especially considering our economic dependence on oil until we can transition off of it. So in the interests of stability, after the US leaves there needs to be a coalition between Egypt, Israel, and Saudi Arabia to offset Iran's efforts to destabilize the region. That was coming close to fruition when October 7 happened.

But once Hamas is mopped up that plan can happen, and the US doesn't need to be directly involved in the Middle East anymore since the countries there will be well positioned to handle Iran's fuckery on their own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You always have another reason we need to stay a little bit longer don’t you guys

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just the reality of the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Has been my whole life, one reason after another, always a new thing to keep us there a little longer.

Lmk when y’all come up with the next one.