• Czarrie@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    No, they are a proxy war by Iran to push back from normalized relationships between the Saudis and Israel in a time when Iran is starting to feel internal pressure to “catch up” to the rest of the world. I feel for the people there, but this is messier and more disgusting than a simple retaliation.

    • jarfil@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      To be fair, there’s been brutality and retaliation in the region since the Paleolithic, at this point everyone can claim to be “just pushing back” against some era of oppression.

      Kind of a fertile ground for proxy wars.