Less than a week ago, when we were all posting predictions on the latest peace deal, I posted this
"Israel will level another apartment building in Lebanon, and Trump will say it was fair game."
Well here'the latest:
TLDR: Israel attacked Lebanon when ceasefire was in effect.
So here's the cycle:
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Trump proposes peace deal to open the Straight, which includes all sides ending hostilities
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Iran blusters and rejects it citing continued attacks on their funded paramilitaries, before begrudgingly accepting it
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Israel gets big mad that the peace deal is not regime change and carpet bombs another neighborhood across the border
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Iran (correctly) complains that the peace deal was violated, and the war is back on
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GOTO 1
Step 3 is clearly the problematic link. Any non-compromised leader would cut off the rogue party to break the cycle.
True that's why I put 'friend' in scare quotes. A democratic Iran wouldn't be our actual friend either, they'd still be holding a grudge, but better friends than Israel.
That's the whole reason why the deep state overthrew Iran in the first place way back when, so Israel would be the "only democracy" and we'd have to support them.