Iran launches dozens of drones toward Israel

I think my big worry at this point is that somebody is going to start firing hypersonic missiles (travelling a Mach 8 speed) at slow-moving targets -- like our American aircraft carriers. Oh, believe me, I'd LOVE to be completely wrong about even the possibility, but I'm afraid that everything points to that inevitability.

. "No way! It just sounds like more "Jewish nonsense" to me!"

 

I wouldn't worry mate....seriously.... you're massively underestimating the defence screens your carriers have....in any case these doohdads are massively overhyped and with all the kit you yanks have packed into the AD triad....mate...they're pretty easy to see and you'll have no problem banjaxing them. Fear ye not!

 

There is a rule about how diplomatic facilities should be used. They should not be used by the military to plan attacks on another country. Top Iranian Guard members don’t normally involve themselves with diplomacy. The military is used when diplomacy fails.

https://www.reuters.com/world/un-security-council-fails-condemn-strike-iran-syria-2024-04-03/

 

Gosh, our embassies are crawling with CIA, military, and other intelligence folks.

 

well....there's another well kept secret down the swanny......

 

There is no such rule.

 

It absolutely benefits. It is securing more land for itself, creating buffers against neighboring countries, seizing the land it needs for the Ben Gurion canal that needs to go through Gaza, etc. Demonizing the Palestinians, making them subhuman in people's eyes, allows them to secure land, wealth, and power. It absolutely benefits from the death and suffering of innocents. But they are short term gains in my opinion. It will end in Israel's weakening or destruction if they continue their campaign of inhumanity.

 

The facts starting to emerge.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...c-missiles-iran-military-bases-nevatim-negev/
Israel admits Iranian ballistic missiles struck two military bases
A cargo plane, out-of-use runway and empty storage facilities hit at Nevatim airfield in the south after rockets were not intercepted

 

U.S. Embassies and Diplomatic Facilities have been attacked for various reasons. I weep not one tear for Iran. Iran has been hiding behind proxies for decades.

 

The 1961 and 63 Vienna Conventions say otherwise. It’s in the Reuter's article I provided.

 

Within the walls of the embassy you can do anything you like. What gets people in trouble (and is covered by the Conventions you cite) is activity based within the embassy but conducted outside.

 

Embassies and Diplomatic Facilities are not to be used for war planning by the military. The source I provided disagrees with you for obvious reasons.

 

Happens all the time. You can do anything you want inside. You can get in trouble when you take it outside.

 

I doubt anyone weeps for them.

 

That's absurd non sequitur fallacy nonsense on hard core hypocrisy steroids One can support the right of Israel to Statehood .. and not support evil terrorist activities of the Israeli Gov't. Same is true for the Palestinian Statehood .. just because you are for freedom from oppression from a foreign occupier for Palestinians does not mean one supports war crimes by that nation.

Just you believe Bibi is a scum-bucket .. does not mean you Hate Israel. Just cause I can't stand Genocide Joe Biden .. does not mean I hate the USA .. to the contrary I love the USA .. which is why I want the scum bucket gone.

To the Hague for Bibi .. this collective punishment and Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians has done nothing good for the State of Israel .. short term nor long.

 

And people jay walk all the time, doesn't make it legal. What you are really saying is people can do whatever they want so long as they don't bet caught. Well Iran got caught and paid the price. And then they stupidly attacked Israel. World opinion is with Iran.

 

World opinion is certainly NOT with Iran. What are you talking about?

 

Well the Palestinians didn't need any help being demonized. 10/7 accomplished that all by themselves. It is why I sent $500M and am about to send another $500M. Collateral injuries to civilians do not help Israel's cause. Gaza belongs to Israel now with or without civilian casualties. The few civilian casualties they have had only serve to stir up fodder to be used against Israel. Israel has done a pretty good job avoiding unnecessary civilian casualties under the circumstances. Hamas has done everything they can to hide behind civilian women and children. It definitely benefits Hamas. This is obvious by their actions. They don't strive to remove civilians from harms way. The opposite. And whenever a Hamas insurgent is killed they immediately claim they were non-combatants. So obviously Hamas thinks they benefit from civilian casualties.

 

It wasn't an embassy.

 

The same rules apply to Diplomatic Facilities which is what was destroyed.

 

You could clearly see that is what I meant to say after reading the context of my post.

 

The Iranians in the consulate were targeted because of who they were, not because of what they were doing.

 

A lot of people who pretend to know better than the locals what's good for the Middle East don't really know anything about the Middle East. At least you're not alone.

See the reply to the first quote.

Ireland? The country that honors a Hitler-allied scum? Why should Israel care what the Irish delegation has to say?

 

Can't reestablish something that didn't exist in the first place.

The purpose of the Iranian regime was to save face, risking its own demise in the process. An Israeli retaliation on Iranian soil is likely to trigger wide popular protests and even topple the theocratic regime.

 

Spin, deflect, push propaganda, repeat...

In the meantime, it seems Israel has decided to roll the dice, rejecting Iran's warning that any attacks against Iranian targets anywhere (e.g. Syria) will henceforth be met with a direct response from Iran.

Israel’s Ch.12 reporting the war cabinet has decided to hit back “clearly and forcefully” against Iran for its missile and drone attack Saturday night and make clear that Israel will not allow the Iranians to “establish the equation” they have sought to assert in recent days.
for context:
Inside story: Iran declares ‘new equation’ as all eyes on Israel’s next move