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There is so much to say about this that its hard to summarize, but to try:

Its basically impossible to imagine how "America gets something out of Iran" war. The idea that we are going to drop a few weeks of bombs and suddenly Iran is going to love Israel and the 2 will exist in some sort of lasting peace is beyond the limits of credulity.

It is, however, possible to imagine US gets something out of toppling Maduro.

Iran doesn't have to love Israel

The goal is to neuter and defang Iran specifically the theocracy, the radical Islamic theocrats

I have gone back and forth on this: part of me wants to see Iran nuke Israel, we nuke Iran, then we can focus on a world with no Iran or Israel (if only...)

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That's not really how that would work. There's still a Japan, for instance, not to mention the enormous diasporas of both Iran and Israel.

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I really hate the term Diaspora

and I am not the only one

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I really hate the term Diaspora

Why?

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it feeds and validates victim status

for example: anti Semitism is the oldest form of discrimination

who the fuck cares, you want a trophy for being the oldest victim

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"Diaspora" has nothing to do with victimhood

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the word is also overused

every race or ethnicity now has a diaspora

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I admit that I haven't war gamed this completely

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If they want to obtain economic natural resources while simultaneously appearing to the general public as a kind of liberating nation...

That's a good move...

And I also say that peace between Iran and Israel is not going to happen; this rivalry or division has existed for centuries...

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