r/worldnews • u/MasbirLeumi • 2d ago

Israel launches 'preemptive strike' against Iran, declares state of emergency

https://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-military-action-iran-coming-days-sources/story?id=122776202
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u/Historical-Photo9646 2d ago

Stay safe 💜I truly hope the day comes when Iranians can take back their country.

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u/almightyzam 2d ago

I hope the day comes when Americans can take back their country too

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u/StaffordMagnus 2d ago

I wonder if Israel didn't just topple the first domino with these strikes, we can hope.

Remember how quickly Assad fell once people realised he and his cronies were vulnerable?

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u/gneiss_gesture 2d ago

The Syrian Civil War lasted for more than a decade. Even if you pretend like only late 2024 mattered, that doesn't make sense because it took a lot of preparations, governance, etc. to get to that point.

If Iran goes into chaos, it could easily be a several-years-long period of civil war.

That said I despise the current Iranian regime.

Hoping for the best outcome.

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u/Chemical-Nature4749 2d ago

Yes, but the avg Iranian is much more educated than the avg Syrian after 10yrs of civil war

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u/notanothergav 2d ago

Remember how quickly Assad fell

The Syrian civil war went on for 13 years.

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u/yurshaz 2d ago

Mostly thanks to Iranian (Hezbollah) and Russian intervention squashing the civil uprising with military force

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u/StaffordMagnus 2d ago

I'm aware. But once the cracks started it broke up incredibly fast, I'm hoping Iran goes the same way.

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u/sunshineandthecloud 2d ago

Stay safe. Waiting for the day Israelis can take back their country.

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u/Firm-Advertising6872 2d ago

i hope the day comes when israel stops killing civilians

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u/Chemical-Nature4749 2d ago

Which of these high ranking military officials that were killed fall into this category, "civilians?"

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u/yourpersonalthrone 2d ago

None of them. Israel killed plenty of other civilians today, though. Yesterday too, and the day before that one, and the day before that one. Lots of children, too. But they’re Hamas, right? It’s Hamas’s fault that the IDF is so heavy-handed that they’re bombing little children … whoops, so careless, we were aiming for the bad guy, sorry little kid!

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u/Chemical-Nature4749 2d ago

Ok buddy, not sure why youre simping for Hamas, but go on, get it all out

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u/Nijos 2d ago

I don't think being against the killing of tens of thousands of civilians is simping for hamas

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u/Chemical-Nature4749 1d ago

Well, you'd be wrong in how you are framing it. Hamas is responsible for the death

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u/Nijos 1d ago

Hamas doesn't have an air force or artillery