It's kind of incredible that Israel can launch hundreds of airstrikes and a ground invasion of a country that it isn't at war at, and that no one has attacked it form. And it's just taken for granted, there's not even a discussion of it. mondoweiss.net/2024/12/insi... - ThreadSky

jwmason.bsky.social • 70 days ago

It's kind of incredible that Israel can launch hundreds of airstrikes and a ground invasion of a country that it isn't at war at, and that no one has attacked it form. And it's just taken for granted, there's not even a discussion of it. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/inside-israels-opportunistic-invasion-of-syria/

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jwmason.bsky.social•70 days ago

* with, from

jwmason.bsky.social•70 days ago

Does anyone at the State Department even pretend there's some legal basis for Israel's war on Syria? Or is the principle openly just "we kill and they die?"

freecialis.bsky.social•70 days ago

my guess is they would probably point to some HTS statements (i dont know which, but they surely exist) that they would use to call the new regime a threat to Israel. flimsy pretense but par for the course!

jwmason.bsky.social•70 days ago

except that isn't true, I don't think they've even done that.

jwmason.bsky.social•70 days ago

Apparently the line is that every country in the world has the right to seize any territory it wants if it might potentially be used by "terrorists." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-says-israel-has-right-defend-itself-after-seizing-buffer-zone-syria

jwmason.bsky.social•70 days ago

I'm sure Trump will remember this, when he sends US troops into Mexico. Perhaps he can even keep Matthew Miller on to explain it.

eschatonblog.com•70 days ago

miller will probably be happy to

cad6711.bsky.social•69 days ago

Seizing territory = “defending itself”

gmacdonell.bsky.social•70 days ago

Orwellian is admittedly overused and lazy. But wow!

larrymishel.bsky.social•70 days ago

sorry, you can't see any logic in Israel doing this that might make it warranted to eliminate major weapons, including chemical weapons, in Syria?

jwmason.bsky.social•70 days ago

Every country that invades its neighbor has some reason for doing so.

larrymishel.bsky.social•70 days ago

BTW, how do you think 'from river to sea' will be achieved without some entity invading a sovereign nation?

jwmason.bsky.social•70 days ago

Israel will grant equal rights to everyone who lives in territory it controls.

larrymishel.bsky.social•70 days ago

how do you imagine that will be achieved? 'legitimate resistance'. political mobilization within Israel and the occupied territories?

jwmason.bsky.social•70 days ago

I don’t know. What I do know is that every human being has the right to an equal say in the state that governs them.

larrymishel.bsky.social•70 days ago

you agree then that Hamas invading Israel was wrong, right?

marxinhell.bsky.social•69 days ago

No. Hamas committed war crimes during the incursion, but the "invasion" itself was absolutely right: an occupying power cannot be invaded by the occupied, only resisted, and an expelled population cannot invade the land they were expelled from.

larrymishel.bsky.social•70 days ago

some may be appropriate. Such as destroying the chemical weapons in Syria.

pablo-gps.bsky.social•70 days ago

And thanks to all of this, they now have the right as well, since international law is meaningless :(

brienmcmullen.bsky.social•56 days ago

I think it’s because Syria has been supporting Hezbollah who is at war with Israel.
Hezbollah has extensive military operations in Syria and I’m sure they might try to get those arms.
Plus, Syria was funneling weapons from Iran to Hezbollah.
https://carnegieendowment.orgundefined/?lang=en

projectallende.bsky.social•70 days ago

Ahhhh but these are "friendly" strikes
US-Friendly

cyberrb25.bsky.social•70 days ago

Israel, professional gaslighter.

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