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Once Gaza and the West Bank are taken care of, will Lebanon, Jordan, or Syria be next?

Israel very much depends on being the dominant power in the region. If they lose US support, things could get ugly indeed. And they are losing support rapidly now.



They've already attacked Syria and Lebanon multiple times already. There's no doubt that they're already planning for new wars once this one is over.


I wonder why Israel is attacking Lebanon. It's a real mystery.


Israel is attacking Lebanon because Israel is a country led by religious lunatics.


Why should Israel allow themselves to be attacked by Syria and Lebanon? Did you miss what Lebanon did to people in northern Israel? Seems like you think Jews should just sacrifice themselves for some reason.


The fascist regime in Tel Aviv has been attacking almost every other country in the region. Israel is a country led by religious fanatics.


You're avoiding the question. Why is Israel expected to sacrifice itself when it's attacked?


> Why is Israel expected to sacrifice itself when it's attacked?

Because that's what the inhabitants of Mandatory Palestine did for the Israelis?


Israel is an invader. People have a right to defend themselves from Israeli agression.


Hezbollah declared war on Israel, unprovoked, on October 8th through to late 2024, by launching constant missile attacks on civilian areas, notwithstanding their violation of UNSC Resolution 1701. Israel is justified under international law to invade South Lebanon and completely decimate Hezbollah unless it offers an unconditional surrender.

I am more sympathetic to your views regarding Syria, however. That is a less justifiable war with nebulous preventive/preemptive motivations, which is somewhat coherent on a pure self-interested security basis but is likely validly unjust under different frames of reference (morality, modern global norms and taboos, and international law).


Israel has been bombing Lebanon for decades. Israel clearly is the aggressor here.


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The Netherlands and the United Kingdom (specifically, the Isles of Scilly) were at war from 1651 until 1986, with war declared by The Netherlands. In practice it only lasted for a few months during 1651, was bloodless, and they simply forgot about the formalities. A peace treaty was only signed after a historian asked the government whether they were still at war, and they discovered that they never got around to it so technically they still were!

Does that mean the United Kingdom would not be the aggressor if they were to bomb The Netherlands in 1985?


Have they not taken a bite of Syria - sorry, "established a buffer zone" - recently?


Given that Jordan & Israel have relatively good relations (I say "relative", the entire region is a mess), why would they be next?

If anything, currently it looks like Israel's relations with its nearby neighbours (excluding Palestine. Syria is bit unclear also) are improving while its relationship with the broader world is sinking like a stone.


I think if Israel went the lebensraum route, it would be WW3 for real.


What are they currently doing then? They're already supporting the "settlers" so territorial expansion is already in progress. They haven't expanded beyond that right now, but judging by their current actions, it seems to me they're already on that route, and only small parts of the world is currently trying to stop them.


Nah, the world would let it happen.

Or more accurately, the world would let the US let it happen. And the US would probably fund it.

And the world would feel so, so sorry as they paved over the mass graves and built AI data centers and luxury hotels in what used to be Gaza.


Israel has been on that route for decades now.


You think Lebanon, Jordan, or Syria are candidates to be the "dominant power in the region?"


Israel bombs Syria and Lebanon on a daily basis. There is an Israeli puppet dictator in power in Jordan.


If US looks away for even half a year the whole region will turn into one massive sand storm.




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