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To be fair, there is certainly a time and place to intervene in how a country is governing.
I would hope we would all agree that the US intervention into WW2 was a good thing, even though a lot of civilians were killed in the process.
Obviously war is always terrible, and will almost always result in the deaths of people who didn't deserve it, but it is sometimes necessary.
Not saying that is or isn't the case here. Just pushing back on the notion that bombing another nation is necessarily always wrong.
And not to put too fine a point on it, but if Iran had run a successful op to bomb Netanyahu and also hit an elementary school in the process, I don't know that it would generate the same level of outrage here. And if the reason for that is, "well of course, Israel deserves it," then that undercuts the very point the meme is making.
False equivalence. Iran didnt randomly start bombing Israel, it's just responding to Israel bombing it. Many people here would support Ukriane bombing Putin because they'd agree that it's a defensive war.
Would it be a defensive war? The only action taken against Iran in the past while was the bombing of their nuclear facilities, which was clearly a US action. Israel cheered it on, sure, but what action had Israel taken against Iran that would have justified Iran bombing them?
Iran isn't Palestine. Iran isn't Lebanon (despite all of their proxy militants there). I'm not justifying any of Israel's actions, but Iran bombing them would be more like if Poland started lobbing bombs at Russia, which I think we all agree would be a big escalation.
Have you turned the TV on? Israel is currently bombing Iran together with the US
My guy, the hypothetical was if Iran had bombed Israel instead of the other way around. Reading comprehension is important.
What hypothetical? Iran bombed Israel in the 12-day war and is currently bombing it in the new iteration of Operation True Promise. If Netanyahu gets disassembled I'll be celebrating