MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoHamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is killed in Iran by an alleged Israeli strike, threatening escalationapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down5·edit-22 months agoIf you define “good” as 1) a dangerous escalation that could spark a regional war and 2) effectively killing all hope of a ceasefire in Gaza, then I guess so?
minus-squarepsycho_driver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoA regional war that would likely pull the US in as well.
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoOf course. Who else would be providing the requisite military hardware? The slavish display that we witnessed at Netanyahu’s speech in Congress makes it clear that the US is going to back Israel no matter what.
If you define “good” as 1) a dangerous escalation that could spark a regional war and 2) effectively killing all hope of a ceasefire in Gaza, then I guess so?
A regional war that would likely pull the US in as well.
Of course. Who else would be providing the requisite military hardware?
The slavish display that we witnessed at Netanyahu’s speech in Congress makes it clear that the US is going to back Israel no matter what.