The more and more I think of this entire situation, the scarier it's getting actually. I know some posters brought up Biden and comments post 9/11 and how to avoid mistakes, but this appears to me like the US is headed straight for a middle east war again.
Right or wrong, Biden now owns this war in a lot of ways and America has got more than it's toe in the water. Israel 100% needs to respond to this and they have the right to feel protected but they also know America has their back. There is little downside risk for them to tread carefully on this. They won't own the blowback WHEN this spreads.
It seems Israel has a LONG LEASH to do in essence what it wants to in this situation and nobody really is questioning how well this will turn out.
For all intensive purposes, Israel right now is fairly well protected given it's location and their Iron Dome system, not 100% of course but as well as can be.
The casualties from the IDF will be high and the civilian casualties from Gaza will also be as well. I am just not seeing a scenario where the Arab world just sits back quietly while in essence Israel, America, the west, the rich, the powerful and more just go in and start killing large swaths of Arabs and Muslims in general. Sure war has casualties but we are probably going to see tens of thousands of innocent people die, starve, be injured and more. Maybe even hundreds of thousands.
What did we get from Biden's half day in Israel? Not much action to try and mitigate the nightmare that might come.
Is this the perfect time for China to invade Taiwan? With the US occupied on multiple fronts? We are a year out from an election and Bibi's buddy Trump may well win next year. How does that scenario affect things? Can Joe Biden be counted on to be a serious wartime President for 5+ years given his advanced age, mental hiccups and the strain of the job?
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