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For those who missed it, Iran launched a missile attack on Israel, it appears to be over for now, but who knows how long?

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Not gonna lie

It was pretty cool watching the rockets flying in and getting blown up. I get the seriousness of it all but these are definitely interesting times.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, missile intercepts always look cool. Though, it is unfortunate that it's due to what is assuredly an escalation. Israel took the first Iranian missile salvo two months ago without direct retaliation; I don't see that happening again here.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 22 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

So, Israel will retaliate for Iran retaliating against Israel's actions that were retaliation for...

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 23 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It’s retaliations all the way down…

Always has been.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Israel has two realistic options

  • de escalate, don't retaliate and watch them keep going.

  • escalate, retaliate, and give Iran the same two choices.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Lather, rinse, repeat for 5,000 years.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The same can be said for the entire world for the last 5,000 years. Although most od the world has settled down to historic lows in the recent past, there are multiple external powers that keep destabilizing the Middle East whenever it seems like the cycle might end there.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Carlin used to joke about the India / Pakistan conflict. "Ancient hatreds with modern weapons!"

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