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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 80 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Pinning this as it's HUGE.

Live updates here:

https://apnews.com/live/israel-iran-attack

CNN is reporting a 2nd wave of attacks is ongoing right now.

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-strikes-news-06-12-25-hnk-intl

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 70 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon calls on Security Council to stand by his country. “This is a moment to make moral decisions. Stand by Israel - or you will be partners in a dangerous silence", He said.

That's a threat not a warning

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 58 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Israel is threatening nuclear Holocaust for the entire world if you do not support their genocidal warmongering. Which will likely end in nuclear genocide. That’s what I’m seeing here. Fucking great. Awesome. Love that for us.

[–] kayky@thelemmy.club 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Everyone keep in mind, Israel would rather destroy the entire planet with nukes than lose their sovereignty as a state.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option

Zionists are scum and not meant to be trusted or reasoned with.

You know how it's okay to punch Nazis? We can add Zionists to that list as well. They are both equally shit and should be treated accordingly.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 1 points 7 hours ago

The CIA under the Dulles brothers also stated several times in their documents that they’d rather have the world suffer nuclear annihilation than let a non capitalist or fascist system take hold of world hegemony. So I would add anyone who supports the CIA to that list.

[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is all part of the very real Evangelical/Zionist rapture prophecy. Israel and all our western leaders are literally trying to bring about the apocalypse, they want it with religious furvor, so yes a nuclear genocide is to be expected from these people.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 8 points 2 days ago

Yeah but it just seems so batshit insane to me that it’s hard to fully fathom.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

The moral decision is blindingly obvious and it's not to threaten nuclear war to shield your rabid pit bull of an ally from retaliation, motherfucker.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 8 points 2 days ago

The “dangerous silence” part rings alarmingly true, but not for the reasons protected.

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah this isn't a small strike. They went after the leaders of Iran and their nuclear sites all at once.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Looks like they got the head of the Revolutionary Guard too.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (16 children)

To be clear, FUCK Israel-

but if you're going to do this, this is the way to do it. War is hell, and the objective should be to do whatever is necessary to bring your opponent to the table for surrender or negotiation as quickly as possible and avoid a prolonged engagement. In any other era we wouldn't even be discussing this.

Again, though, for those in the back- fuck Israel.

[–] ShoeThrower@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

That type of flawed logic is exactly what led to atomic bombs being used to kill hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians, and is Israel's supposed justification for their barbaric campaign against Palestinians.

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[–] kayky@thelemmy.club 1 points 14 hours ago

US officials lied, again.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Bullshit! Who in the hell supplied the satellite intelligence and targeting data. You MAGA fucks better do your "patriotic" duty, sign up for 11 Bravo (Grunt Infanttry) and gear up to invade Iran.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

If the USA government says it's not involved, that means it's involved, right? Every lie from them is a truth these days.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 102 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] kayky@thelemmy.club 1 points 14 hours ago

Keep in mind, these people all have families.

Even when they're long dead, we will still have no shortage of people who profited off of their exploitation to hold accountable.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Also, does anyone actually believe this shit, re: the US lmao. They're using our arms.

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[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fascism is a death cult.

I wonder how those red heiffers are doing.

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[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I thought the vote happened before the strike?

edit: Yeah, I definitely think it happened before the strike. It wasn't off by 2 votes either.

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[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Did Israel use American produced F-35s?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

No US involvement

Beyond the billions upon billions in weapons and sales that we've sent them, and keep sending them, of course

[–] FEIN@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I've heard enough, let's send 3 trillion dollars to Israel to help them fight the oppression they're facing 😞😞😞

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[–] Saleh@feddit.org 47 points 2 days ago

Great. Israel proves once again that Iran needs a nuke to protect itself. Iran now has all the reason to quickly develop a nuke, which Israel will take as a pretext to demand the US to invade Iran for them.

An Iranian nuke will make Saudi want one, and then Turkiye will also want one.

Israel is doing everything it can to keep the region in perpetual war, justifying its imperialist and genocidal regime as "self defense".

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 60 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Targetted military installations, Israel said. But seems they instead hit residential apartment complexes. So, yet another war crime.

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well this is Israel’s big skillset. They are a culture organized around the oppression and murder of innocents.

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[–] mangaskahn@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago

Except for the weapons we sold them, the intel reports we provided, etc, etc.

[–] PixelTron@lemm.ee 44 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Funny how the US diverted 20k drones from Ukraine to the Middle East recently, wonder where they will end up…

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And funny how the US embassy there was emptied a few days ago, citing "tensions in the region." Almost looks like they knew, doesn't it?

[–] ytg@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They did know… it has been explicitly stated that they did. They're just saying that they don't take part in it.

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[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

DUDE, can we just like, stop, for a moment?

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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 days ago (6 children)
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[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Not to diminish the other grave consequences of this strike, but because of Trump's tariffs and other erratic behavior, the U.S. economy is teetering on the edge of recession. This strike has already caused oil prices to jump significantly, which will almost certainly speed the onset and deepen the depth of the coming recession.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Israel's war with fucking everyone around it, is like the bullshit wars South Africa fought with all its neighbours.

This Apartheid regime, like that Apartheid regime needs to end. It needs to be crushed and reformed.

When Barghouti is the president of the post-Apartheid State of Israel and Palestine, we can start having peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one etc etc etc.

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