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121 points · 126 comments · higginsniggins

  1. qalmakka · · focus · HN ↗
    This is basically self inflicted, as usual messing up in the Middle East always ends up with consumer paying the price for their ruler's stupidity

    "Oh no, my drinking water tastes like crap after I pooped in the well"

    1. 21asdffdsa12 · · focus · HN ↗
      Eh, how is this self-inflicted, when you have a radical has-been-empire blocking a global arteries by waging relentless proxy wars. Stop it with the "only white people can be actors on the global stage"-ism, the us basically clashes with Iran once every president (directly or indirectly) - and not by choice.
      1. iSnow · · focus · HN ↗
        Iran is a pain in the ass, but the latest round of escalation was started by Israel and the USA.
        1. bertrayde · · focus · HN ↗
          Well, you can play “who started it” to no end, but technically direct country-to-country assault started with Iran’s missile barrage on Israel.

          Now of-course this was preceded by the killing of IRGC members in Syria (and some by beeper casualties in Lebanon), but they were there handling Hezbollah attacks on Israel.

          1. m4rtink · · focus · HN ↗
            I would argue the October 7 massacre perpetrated by Iran backed proxies started this round.
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