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• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Are greater power responsible for the actions of their proxies?

  Before you answer, remember the answer to that question applies to both sides in this conflict.

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  • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What proxy? Israel bombed Iran unprovoked directly, no proxy there.

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    • pishadoot@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The most prevalent proxies are the houthis and Hezbollah, which Iran has been arming, financially supporting, and influencing for about two decades now so they can attack Israel without getting themselves into an all out war with Israel and the USA, which they know they would likely lose.

      Argue all you want about whether or not Israel should have bombed Iran, but calling it unprovoked is extremely disingenuous.

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      • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        By that logic, half the world has the right to bomb the USA for arming proxies all over the world, though.

        Also, why are you jumping to defend the actions of a state currently committing genocide against Palestinians?

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      • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Hamas is also an Iranian proxy. They attacked Israel in a very big way.

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    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Is Iran responsible for what Hamas does with the weapons and munitions they supply them?

      Is the US responsible for what Israel does with the weapons and munitions they supply them?

      Do you have the same answer for both of these questions?

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      • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Is Iran responsible for what Hamas does with the weapons and munitions they supply them?

        Yes, Iran is responsible for supplying weapons to Palestinians in their legitimate right of violent defense against an occupying force. Don’t you like international law or what?

        Is the US responsible for what Israel does with the weapons and munitions they supply them?

        Yes, the US is responsible for keeping the weapon deliveries to a genocidal apartheid state.

        Are you, by any chance, trying to somehow equate Israeli genocidal violence to Palestinian militant defence against a genocidal occupying force?

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      • the_tab_key@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yes to both.

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