Quote (ferdia @ Apr 1 2024 08:14pm)
"Iran's Revolutionary Guards says seven officers have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate building in Syria's capital, Damascus."
I call this brain dead looking to escalate outside of Israel. solve Israel's internal problems first, dont go looking for a regional war.
"Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting"
bless. Israel is turning into Saudi 2.0.
Both the internal and regional problems are closely connected and neither can be solved without US assistance, instigating a conflict with Iran could be beneficial to Israel in ensuring continued US support for both issues. If Iran were to officially go to war the US would be forced to intervene as many of their interests apart from Israel would be under threat as a result, US boots on the ground ensures continued support to Israel's internal problems as it would be of strategic interest at that point.
I doubt anything actually comes of this though. Iran will just continue to back militant organizations around Israel and chip away slowly if they are smart. They will complain and maybe have a scary parade or something but ultimately I don't think it will change the situation much. Benefits Israel to keep up these strikes as much as possible IMO
I'm just impressed they managed to hit something other than a kid for once, they deserve some credit for that