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[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 6 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Does anyone actually knows what the objective was?

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 3 points 11 hours ago

For Israel to annex southern Lebanon and to distract from the Epstein files.

They're probably planning to take all of Lebanon. See the map of greater Israel from Epstein's home

[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The objective(s):

  • Open the Straight of Hormuz and revert it to its previous state of “open”
  • Kill the ayatollah at the request of Israel
  • Give Israel cover to expand their genocide to Lebanon
  • Get the US media to stop talking about Epstein and the fact the president is a pedophile
  • Get the US media to stop talking about how ICE is terrorizing and killing Americans and Immigrants
  • Boost Trumps poll numbers by stating a war in the Middle East that no one wanted and that he campaigned against.
  • Raise gas prices so oil companies can make a ton of money while the average citizen eats the cost.
  • Give Pete Hegseth a hard on from all the murder he gets to order
  • Make Trump feel like a big strong “war president”
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago

also to distract from getting replaced by TODD blanche as the AG.

[–] kubok@fedia.io 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago