[A_D_E_P_T]

Sure seems that way. I don't really see how this military action is justified from a US perspective. Or even from an Israeli one. The most likely justification is that the leadership of the US and Israel are a little bit unhinged and want a war to distract from domestic issues.

[ccppurcell]

Not only is it unjustified, attacking during a negotiation seriously undermines future negotiations. This is a massive self face punching exercise.

[moogly]

Israel has even killed a Hamas negotiator in 2024 during deliberations, and attempted to kill another one in 2025.

[fennecbutt]

I mean they literally shot a child and watched him bleed to death while creating a wall to prevent an ambulance getting to him soooo.

But for some reason the Western world only sees the evil things Hamas does and handwaves IDF.

They're both evil.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqwv9vvzx9o

Though I suppose you could say he's lying, it's staged etc. In the same way that the religious attribute every good thing to their god and every bad thing to their devil.

[coffeebeqn]

Was there really a negotiation? It seems like US is giving them an ultimatum, stop nuclear enrichment and ballistic missile production or well hit you

[yard2010]

"This is America, you can always cut a deal"

- Dutch

[yard2010]

Don't fool yourself and others, attacking during negotiation is part of the negotiation.

[Matl]

Netanjahu is old and wants to secure his 'legacy' by being credited for dismantling Iran, knowing Trump will back him both because he's been fed BS and because the Israelis have enough kompromat to sink him. There's no 'rational' justification for this attack, only madness and huge egos.

[sensanaty]

What kompromat would even affect Trump at this point? He's been proven to be deep in bed with a literal pedophilic cabal of elites, what on Earth else could they have on this guy that would affect anything?

[Matl]

A literal video of him doing what most of us think he likely did with this pedophilic cabal of elites could likely still do some damage.

Or perhaps there's still worse things we cannot imagine? With these people, one can never be too sure.

[YeGoblynQueenne]

Well, it's plausibly justified because the US considers a strong regional ally like Israel a valuable asset to have in the Middle East and if Israel is a regional hegemon [1] then all the better.

There have been many arguments that the US' support of Israel goes against US interests [2], but that really makes no sense. It's not just Trump who has to be convinced to start a war for Israel, it's the entire defense establishment in the US.

And also in Israel. If fighting half a dozen wars all at once was really that bad for Israel, surely, someone would have put a stop in it.

Surely.

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[1] Got that term from J. Mearsheimer, if you were wondering.

[2] Particularly the Tucker Carlson - Judge Napolitano - Col. Daniel Davies continuum of mostly conservative podcast hosts. Or those are the ones I follow closely anyway. They're all convinced it's all "because of the lobby".

[Braxton1980]

Why is Israel a valuable asset?

[dsab]

US is valuable Israel asset