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[–] 37 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Then why are you invading Lebanon, Israel?

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Not sure about Syria, but my armchair general knowledge tells me that the Turks will definitely fight back. Hard.

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    Turkey is a NATO member and their armed forces are using NATO equipment. If Israel attacks Turkey that would trigger article 5 of NATO which would force all of the countries bound by it to declare war on Israel. If they refuse to do so then NATO wouldn't be worth the paper it's written on.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Syria was doing its own terrible tyranny until pretty recently so Israel previously felt like the country could do its own internal unmitigated violence, and now its trying to trend towards something at least slightly better and they believe an improving Syria is a potential future threat. Turkiye is further away than either Syria or Lebanon, so they need to produce a better "excuse" to start shit there, but attacking Iran with little retaliation has them thinking they can shoot their missile-shots there soon as part of their attempts at broadly-regional dominance.

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