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Vladimir Putin:

'In response to Israe's criminal act, and in light of the failure of the UN Security Council to condemn this act, Iran appropriately punished the aggressor'

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The modern battlefield ‘grey zone’ advantaging the defender has Israel in a bind. Their neighbours learned their lesson and will no longer come at them in vulnerable armoured columns. They’re happy to sit and wait it out and Israel can’t afford an attritional conflict.

Israel wants to attack but knows it can’t, all that it has at its disposal is the US military or nuclear weapons.

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Mark, you say:

"Israel is aware that it long ago ceased to be an sovereign country and is totally dependent on the American Empire..."

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"[US] elected “representatives” are predictably kowtowing to their Israeli paymasters."

I know its not a simple answer but I wonder which statement prevails...

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I'm thinking the state of Israel, residing on the Mediterranean which is attached to the Atlantic ocean should be encouraged to join NATO like Ukraine. Or at worst, create a similar organization called MATO.

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Also Lufthansa

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Air France and KLM have also suspended flights.

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I am cackling at this from Iranian spox: "We ask the Zionists to not be retarded, and to act rationally."

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