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Trump advisers ‘would prefer if Israel bombs Iran first as the politics are better’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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“There’s thinking in and around the administration that the politics are a lot better if the Israelis go first and alone and the Iranians retaliate against us, and give us more reason to take action,” one of the sources told Politico under the condition of anonymity.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yes well it will be a pre-emptive strike in terms of legality and public approval in the sense that the strike pre-empts anyone in their right mind supporting it or there being any non-bullshit legal basis for it.

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

But Trump totally obliterated their nuclear capability