• guojing@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    11
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    2 years ago

    Good that you bring up the Israeli occupation. Your quote already makes it clear that its a terrorist entity which murders scientists (civilians). And its the only country in the region which has nuclear weapons. That is much more worrying than Iran.

    • MelaninDigenous@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 years ago

      Absolutely. Reading how much they’ve done in the region since the late 1940’s is staggering. They truly have it set up where they play the victim as this helpless baby surrounded by middle eastern terrorists but their mossad’s motto says enough. Then all their elites who have super villain level connections literally own and control the U.S. which is just their personal army.

    • pingveno@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      6
      ·
      2 years ago

      The worry about Iran and nuclear weapons extends far beyond Israel. The problem is that if Iran gets them, Saudi Arabia and Iran’s other regional adversaries will want to develop nuclear weapons. Then you get more nuclear proliferation, which isn’t good for anyone.

      Killing scientists involved in the nuclear program is kind of a grey area in terms of labels. They’re working on a nuclear program that can quickly be turned to military purposes, and they knew what they signed up for. In that sense, they’re every bit as military as the members of the Manhattan Project, and I have no doubt that they would be seen as fair game.

        • pingveno@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          4
          ·
          2 years ago

          No, nor am I advocating for Israel to assassinate Iranian nuclear scientists. But I think it’s inaccurate to label attacks on essentially military targets as being terrorism.

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            8
            arrow-down
            4
            ·
            2 years ago

            Except that it is terrorism. Israel is not formally at war with Iran, and what it’s doing is conducting state terrorism in Iran.

            • MelaninDigenous@lemmy.ml
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              8
              ·
              2 years ago

              Israel is a terrorist state to be sure, and there are books and books documenting their war crimes and violations of int’l law and geneva accord. You just don’t hear anything about it in mainstream news in the west because, take a few guesses why.