Iran tells Hamas it will not enter the war with Israel
Iran tells Hamas it will not enter the war with Israel
Supreme leader accuses the terror group of not giving any prior warning of the Oct 7 attacks
They must have known Israel would retaliate heavily.
I wonder if their plan was to try and draw in other countries and create a large multi country war.
If so they seem to have failed.
Iran and Hamas just wanted to stop Saudi Arabia from establishing diplomatic ties with Israel, further marginalizing Iran in the region. They succeeded there, and the majority of the retribution fell on the citizens of Gaza.
Iran got everything they wanted and came out clean.That was Hamas strategy for sure.
Iran won't join; Hezbollah will go in their stead.
Iran or Israel's plan? Iran is well known for enlisting terrorists to do their dirty work for them, and Israel is probably eyeing up some border territory they can grab.
Apparently the sentiment among settlers is that the "natural borders of the Jewish Homeland" extend from the Nile to the Euphrates.
You know, that famous Jewish city, Dubai.
I think this is something a lot of people don't realize. If Israel showed any weakness after the Hamas terrorist attacks, it is likely Iran, Lebanon, who else knows who, would attack as well.
Israel was put in an impossible situation and did what it had to do to protect itself.
Gaza has been under military occupation by Israel since 1970 (including after the disengagement in 2005; the blockade is very much a form of military occupation). Being attacked by the people you're occupying is the obvious outcome, setting aside the specific details of the attack because I know Hamas did some unspeakable things in Oct 7. If Israel wanted to protect themselves they'd stop their occupation of Palestine and retreat to 1967 borders.
If Israel showed any weakness after the Hamas terrorist attacks, it is likely Iran, Lebanon, who else knows who, would attack as well.
Ironically enough, this is how they got the land in the first place; except they won so strongly they actually ended with more land than they started.
Not directly
Rule #1 of having a proxy war, really.
not with an american battle group in the area, certainly. there may have been a few others that biden wanted to send message to, but if so, it was by sending an open letter to Iran.
Yeah, that what it's there for. It's not that intimidating to Hamas, the USA doesn't do much at the moment. They shot down some rockets, but ultimately are "just" a cocked gun to anyone in the region thinking about entering this war.
Having multiple carrier groups locked and loaded right next door makes this decision pretty easy.
I would like to remind everyone of the current year and that in this year a nation of 90 million people are ruled by a council of shamans. You know just in case anyone was kinda happy that this was isn't going to explode even more so.
Pending United States government if the Far Right ever gets their way.
Religion needs to become history.
They don't need to "enter the war" because they are already successfully planning, funding, and supporting it from behind the scenes.
I just want this war to be over already. I'm tired of reading about dead babies and naked women being spat on. It's gross on all sides
Dark Brandon's message to Iran seemed to have worked.
"Don't."
I don't think Iran needed Dark Brandon to remind them a direct conflict with Israel would be a stupid risk for them. Iran's strategy was always to use proxy groups to attack Israel even when Israel attacked Iranian territory. If they won't start a war as a response to a direct aggression it's pretty obvious they would never risk themselves trying to save what they see as disposable tools¹.
¹ if you disagree with this assessment, look at who contributes more foreign aid for Palestine, even when accounting for the donor's GDP
Good.