Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday hinted that Israel could take unilateral military action against Iran as diplomatic efforts continued to secure an agreement aimed at ending the conflict between Tehran and Washington, Anadolu reports.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260805-israels-netanyahu-hints-at-unilateral-military-action-against-iran-amid-regional-de-escalation-efforts/


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    Israel had been fighing and winning wars with its own troops since 1947, they’re used going it alone on the battle field.

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      winning

      Against civilians and militias, not a country a with a real military. I mean what the fuck are we talking about, US was humiliated by Iran and they single-handedly prop up IOF. Even solo bombing campaigns would require US to directly engage by providing refueling as IOF doesn’t have that capability.

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        Are you serious

        The Yom Kippur was was against Egypt and Syria and took 19 days which lead the a UN presence in the horn of Africa for 50 years

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          The “badass Israeli military beset on all sides by enemies and standing strong” narrative has basically lost all sympathy in recent years.

          While they’re not just some militia rabble, Egypt and Syria are far from a competent force.

          Israel has a lot of expensive weapon systems funded by US taxpayers and a small corps of commandos adept at violating international law and sovereignty to achieve objectives, but the bulk of their forces are poorly trained and disciplined conscripts. Against a truly professional force I think they would get throttled. Is Iran that kind of force? Remains to be seen I suppose.

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            By their record the IDF isn’t poorly trained, and we weren’t arguing fiscal and weapons support we were arguing that Isreal isn’t willing to sacrifice their own to fight.

            Is real has won every war they participated in until the US military got involved.

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              War is supply chains. Ramadan War was won because of US supply chains beating that of USSR. Saying that Israel won the war solo is insane and shows your clear lack of knowledge.

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                All war is about supply chains, do you think the Israelis haven’t secured their supply chains in 50 years?

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                  I know they haven’t. They literally have none. They are 100% dependent on US and after the next election cycle that ends.

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                    They’ve won and taken territory in every war they’ve been involved in witbout US troops.

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      Iran is more competent than egypt and syria ever been, it is less dependent on other countries unlike in Kippur when the arab depended on ussr heavily , all it’s weapons is deep underground. Iran is fighting of it’s survival, Egypt and Syria wasn’t

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        Not really, they’re good at shooting missiles and drones and striking dual use targets that aren’t in Israel.

        The war was lost before the first shot was fired

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          Israel is good at airstrikes and killing babies but no country ever won a war with airstrikes alone .

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            Israel is good at war full stop

            The reason the Iran war was lost is because ground troops would never be committed and all side knew that going in.

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              So you admit the usa lost but think israel would win . What a farce

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                The US lost before the conflict was initiated because there was no plan and no political will especially for troops on the ground.

                Israel lost because they split their ground forces to subdue a immediate threat.

                I’m quite sure Iran will be revisited in the next decade or so. If the Persians keep striking gulf states I don’t see a way to prevent them from using all that American tech to exact a price.

                There isn’t a power in the region that can remove Israels military capacity. The larger question is what’s next, Bibi is either incompetent or a moderate since his opponents seem to want a harder war.

                Once they create buffer zones on their border I’m sure they’ll revisit their Iran problem with or without US “help”

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                  The US lost before the conflict was initiated because there was no plan and no political will especially for troops on the ground.

                  I am pretty sure first trying to make a civil war by arming a group of Iranians within the country (I am not trying to say that all protesters or the majority of protesters were armed), a decapitation of the leadership, and trying to make the Kurds fight for the USA are called plans dumb ones, but still plans. The reality is that there is no realistic plan to win against Iran.

                  Israel lost because they split their ground forces to subdue a immediate threat.

                  You are basically admitting that Israel do not have enough manpower to handle Hezbollah and Hamas and Iran all at the same time .

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                    Israel can’t fight a three pronged war (Syria, Lebanon, and Iran) what it can do is created a cushion and give the IDF some breathing space. This war is likely to remain evergreen for the foreseeable future.