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»Netanyahu “won’t have any choice,” Trump told the Financial Times in a telephone interview Sunday. “I call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn’t call the shots.”«

https://wapo.st/49OP3v7

#usa #israel #iran #war #waraims

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… Or, Amanat asked, do they seek the disintegration of the Iranian state, akin to what unfolded in Libya in the wake of NATO’s intervention in its 2011 civil war. That would lead, Amanat said, to “total chaos” and “a wasteland” — a wasteland, as an ancient Roman once put it, that even Trump would struggle to call peace.“

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„Abbas Amanat, a professor emeritus of history at Yale University and an Iran scholar (…) said that neither Israeli nor U.S. officials appear to be reckoning with the profound uncertainty that would follow a collapse of the regime. “If you’re engaging in a campaign of this scale, what is the future of Iran?” he asked. Does Israel imagine “a country subordinated” to its interests — a scenario that’s highly unlikely…

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https://wapo.st/4kOhTPI

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„But even with the IDF occupying about a third of Gaza’s territory, to many Israelis, the current situation feels like defeat. Despite full mobilization & the near-unwavering support of the U.S. government, the IDF—still under the same command as it was on October 7—has failed to win. Hamas’s leader, Yahya Sinwar, has not surrendered. And around 100 Israeli hostages remain missing in Gaza, about half of them still alive (…).“

https://www.transcend.org/tms/2024/10/israels-paradox-of-defeat/

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„Esther Buchshtav, whose son Yagev was killed in captivity earlier this year, said on Monday at a meeting in Israel's parliament that a military investigation found her son had been executed by Hamas when soldiers came close to where he was being held.“

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/cousin-of-israeli-slain-in-captivity-says-military-pressure-is-killing-the-hostages

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„Surgeons who worked in European and al-Aqsa hospitals describe extensive wounds caused by ‘fragmentation’ shrapnel experts say are designed to maximize casualties.“

I suspect these weapons will be a big seller at the next international arms fair...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/11/israeli-weapons-shrapnel-children-gaza-injured

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„'Israel Failed To Eliminate Hamas': U.S. General Gives A Gaza Reality Check To Netanyahu & IDF

Former Head of U.S. Central Command described IDF's success in the Gaza Strip as "very limited". Retired General Franck McKenzie said Israel even failed to eliminate Hamas' political and military echelon. The former U.S. General further called Israel's campaign in Gaza "nonlinear".“

https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/world-news/israel-failed-to-eliminate-hamas-u-s-general-gives-a-gaza-reality-check-to-netanyahu-idf-101707191013843.html

The #FourCorners report on the #nuclear #submarines that #Australia doesn't need was lame.

While it highlighted the horrific #costs to have them built, grave assumptions were made. One being that if #China were to attempt to fulfil the #OneChinaPolicy (ie. unify with #Taiwan) that we'd need such subs, again assuming that we'd even want to go to #war over such an event.

Fellow #Australians, do you… really?

How might $300b be better spent?

#warMaking #warAims #depopulationEffort #radiation