[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by jfman

There’s a wild difference between collateral damage and the mass destruction of the homes of 2 million people.

Iran has come to their rescue by exposing the weaknesses of the American/Israeli alliance. No more can the gulf oil states rely on the global policeman to guarantee their security. Nor can they guarantee traffic through the Strait of Hormuz as a key artery for the global economy.

Iranian target practice has probably gave the Russians and Chinese incredible insight into weaknesses in state of the art American military technology. And the world is a far less safe place place for it.

The terrorism on our own doorstep is indeed alarming, which is why we shouldn’t bind our foreign policy to the bloodlust of Benjamin Netanyahu. The best case scenario is he loses the election and someone more moderate takes his place.

There’s a wild difference between collateral damage and the mass destruction of the homes of 2 million people.

Those people shouldn't have voted for a terrorist administration (Hamas).

Iran has come to their rescue by exposing the weaknesses of the American/Israeli alliance. No more can the gulf oil states rely on the global policeman to guarantee their security. Nor can they guarantee traffic through the Strait of Hormuz as a key artery for the global economy.

Are you real? Iran is the terrorist state. What have I misunderstood?

The terrorism on our own doorstep is indeed alarming, which is why we shouldn’t bind our foreign policy to the bloodlust of Benjamin Netanyahu. The best case scenario is he loses the election and someone more moderate takes his place.[

There's considerable merit in your final sentence above. But the preceding sentence is nonsense. We don't bind our foreign policy to Israel. We are anti-terrorism (as in Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran). We also recognise the right of Israel to defend itself. It's a pity that Netanyahu is the one doing the defending, though given how Hamas and Hezbollah hide within the population, how would you suggest those terrorist elements are destroyed?