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04/06/2026 23:02

Subject: Re:War with Iran

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Anonymous wrote:lets hope US finishes this

it would be so great for the region to be rid of Iran and it's proxies. dont know if that is really possible, but seems we are close.

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It would be a gift to the entire world.

That would be a disaster for the US and world economies but what does Israel or you care about the US or the world?

Eliminating the entire Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies would be a disaster? Are you high?

Eliminating Israel’s control of republicans would be a gift to the entire world. The true terrorist state Israel.

So if Israel is "the true terrorist state" (in your mind), what is Iran?

Iran is like every other state in the region. They're reacting to Israel. How these states decide to react to Israel is some combination of size, population, proximity, capability, courage, and, finally, the legitimacy of its ruling elite.

Thank you for this non-answer, carefully constructed so as not to call out Iran for what it is. A terrorist state.

It's not some gotcha moment. You asked and that's the answer. No country within the entire MENA area and into Central Asia, Eastern Europe, or Central Africa would defend Israel if they were ever invaded. Any neighboring country would destroy Israel if they had the requisite opportunity. That's fact #1.

Israel has done nasty shit from its inception and has been protected unconditionally by the US. Each nearby countries has come up with its own coping mechanisms until the US decides enough is enough and leaves the region. This is fact #2.

These two facts are inarguable. When Israel either is taken over or becomes a pluralistic democracy with no population controls, and thus poses no danger to others, we'll see how the MENA countries and their individual populations will develop. Some will be positive and others will be negative.

But it's not hard to see that at least some democracies will arise. After all, no matter the xenophobia and racism that exists in western countries vis-à-vis muslims, many muslims thrive in democratic societies.

I love it when nitwits claim their "facts" are "inarguable." Sure, there are some democratic muslim countries - the UAE, for instance. Iran is not one of them. Iran and its proxies are roundly loathed throughout the Middle East.

Gulf countries have raised concerns over the prospect of attacks by Iran-backed militias and proxy armed groups in the region, which they fear could destabilise their regimes and escalate the war in the Middle East.

In a joint statement this week, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Jordan condemned Iranian attacks on their soil, both as strikes carried out directly from Iran and “through their proxies and armed factions they support in the region”.

On Wednesday, Kuwait said it had foiled a plot to kill state leaders, and arrested six suspects believed to be associated with Iran’s most powerful proxy group, Hezbollah.

For decades, Iran has used proxy militias as a pillar of its foreign and security policy, as a means to export its revolution, expand its regional influence and destabilise enemy countries. The most prominent examples are Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen but other brutal and influential Iran-backed militias also operate in Iraq and Syria.

There are growing signs of Gulf countries trying to crack down on any Iranian proxy activity. In early March, Qatar said it had arrested two cells, involving more than 10 people, linked to the Iranian regime. Bahrain then arrested several people it accused of being involved in espionage for Iran, while Kuwait said this week it had foiled a large Hezbollah-linked cell involved in plots to target national security.

The threat of these groups is seen as particularly worrying for countries such as Saudi Arabia, which has a history of the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah al-Hejaz carrying out violent attacks in the country, and Bahrain, which has long accused Iran of planting proxy cells in the country. Saudi Arabia is also still engaged in conflict with the Houthis, in Yemen.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/28/gulf-countries-threat-iran-backed-militias-proxies-war-us-israel-middle-east

The American strikes are likely to be accepted – and even privately praised – by a Middle East officialdom that has long seen Iran as the primary threat to regional stability.

“These countries are quietly delighted to see Iran cut down to size,” said Firas Maksad, the managing director for the Middle East and North Africa at the Eurasia Group.

For generations, Iran has cultivated powerful proxy organizations throughout the Middle East, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, militant groups in Iraq and the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, whose focus on threatening Israel have promoted instability in their host countries.

The Islamic Republic’s oft-stated ambition to “export” its 1979 Islamic Revolution has long worried its neighbors, particularly those whose populations include sizable Shia minorities who have long felt aggrieved by the region’s mostly Sunni Muslim leaders.

The Arab-Iranian cold war has been a primary factor behind Israel’s increasing diplomatic coziness with its Arab neighbors, who have largely shelved generations of anger against the Jewish state in order to check Iranian power.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/us-strikes-iran-arab-leaders-support-rcna214442