COVID19 Factors We Should Consider/Current Events

[rmscott_75077]

After israel decided to attack an Iranian embassy, Iran was forced to respond; no country would allow an attack on its embassy to go unchecked

It was not the embassy, it was the building / consulate next door.
Yes, Israel bombed a building next to the embassy because they were planning attacks, so no Iran did not need to respond.

[wal]

Iran told israel and the US that is was planning on attacking; Iran probably even told them the exact locations, times and weapons through back-channels.
After israel decided to attack an Iranian embassy, Iran was forced to respond; no country would allow an attack on its embassy to go unchecked.
However, in an effort to avoid sparking a larger conflict, Iran wanted to minimize damage while still putting on a display of force.

Iran intentionally gave the US and israel time to prepare for the attack.

I don't think this is the case. That was no embassy, it was a military outpost run by Iranian military personnel planning for proxy wars with Israel. It is no secret that Iran wants to remove Israel of the face of the earth and only uses the Palestinians, Hezbolla and Islamic Jihad as its proxy army.

Iran is Shia Muslim, but has joined forces with Sunni Islam to destroy Israel and western countries and once that has been achieved then Shia and Sunni factions will fight each other for dominance, that is the mindset of Islam, submit or die.

[Jenni]

What do we think Israel's next move will be? Another missile strike, this time within Iran, or a false-flag "the next 9/11" attack to galvanise Western public opinion?

Both. I think they are going to have to do a 9/11 style deal to get the US public to go along with backing them when they launch into Iran proper. I think they had been assured that backing before they did the attack on the consulate, which would obviously be seen as the declaration of war that it is. I think our and Isreal's leaders and the WEF types all see this as a win win.

[Yngvi]

I wonder if HiAS also advocates for open borders for Israel, too? Nah.
What do we think Israel's next move will be? Another missile strike, this time within Iran, or a false-flag "the next 9/11" attack to galvanise Western public opinion?

The old "migrants for thee, but not for me" motto.
That is not the way you would treat a friend or ally.

The international jewish community is lobbying to continue the destruction of the US through weaponized immigration:
17 Jewish Groups Express Concern Over Efforts to Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Used to Normalize Deadly "Invasion" and "Replacement" Conspiracies - Jewish Council for Public Affairs

I do not know what will happen or when.
They sloppily repeat the same patterns again and again.
They might be priming the public to believe ISIS can also be your average White suburban kid:
Idaho teen arrested for alleged plans to attack churches in name of Islamic State | Idaho | The Guardian

It was not the embassy, it was the building / consulate next door.
Yes, Israel bombed a building next to the embassy because they were planning attacks, so no Iran did not need to respond.

Both embassies and consulates are considered inviolable national territory under international treaties and conventions.
According to all international law and convention, israel directly bombed the nation of Iran.
The only way to interpret the bombing is an act of war.

I don't think this is the case. That was no embassy, it was a military outpost run by Iranian military personnel planning for proxy wars with Israel. It is no secret that Iran wants to remove Israel of the face of the earth and only uses the Palestinians, Hezbolla and Islamic Jihad as its proxy army.

Iran is Shia Muslim, but has joined forces with Sunni Islam to destroy Israel and western countries and once that has been achieved then Shia and Sunni factions will fight each other for dominance, that is the mindset of Islam, submit or die.

You are applying a double standard; this is also the mindset of israel.
We should not be choosing between supporting one adversary with anti-American values or another foreign adversary with anti-American values.
https://twitter.com/DougAMacgregor/s...88829941440622
Colonel Douglas Macgregor Reveals TRUTH on Israel War in Middle East - YouTube


Anti-American hate incidents have increased by 6,000% this year.

[Subby]

Does no-one remember back in 2003 or so when the war in iraq was kicking off the neo cons were eyeballing Iran and collectively realised it just couldn't be done? It's 80 million people plus with a large mountainous geography. Countries like that don't get invaded and conquered.

This is what I was thinking of:
Apple presents the iRack - YouTube

Back when mainstream TV could be funny.

[anticausal]

The downside of diversity - NYT

From 2007. The NYT would never publish something like this today:

IT HAS BECOME increasingly popular to speak of racial and ethnic diversity as a civic strength. From multicultural festivals to pronouncements from political leaders, the message is the same: our differences make us stronger.

But a massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam -- famous for "Bowling Alone," his 2000 book on declining civic engagement -- has found that the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, the less they give to charity and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust one another about half as much as they do in the most homogenous settings. The study, the largest ever on civic engagement in America, found that virtually all measures of civic health are lower in more diverse settings.

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“The Stranger” — A Poem By Rudyard Kipling

The Stranger within my gate,
He may be true or kind,
But he does not talk my talk–
I cannot feel his mind.
I see the face and the eyes and the mouth,
But not the soul behind.

The men of my own stock,
They may do ill or well,
But they tell the lies I am wanted to,
They are used to the lies I tell;
And we do not need interpreters
When we go to buy or sell.

The Stranger within my gates,
He may be evil or good,
But I cannot tell what powers control–
What reasons sway his mood;
Nor when the Gods of his far-off land
Shall repossess his blood.

The men of my own stock,
Bitter bad they may be,
But, at least, they hear the things I hear,
And see the things I see;
And whatever I think of them and their likes
They think of the likes of me.

This was my father’s belief
And this is also mine:
Let the corn be all one sheaf–
And the grapes be all one vine,
Ere our children’s teeth are set on edge
By bitter bread and wine.