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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
What do you think it’s provoking? Because it sounds very much like your position is that inviting David Duke to speak provoked a military attack, even in part. Not only would this not be recognized as provocation that justifies this response by any legal, ethical, or normative standard, but it is in line with the justifications terrorists like the ones who attacked Charlie Hebdo use.
And if you don’t believe it’s provocation under these terms, why bring it up or question anyone who rightfully believes it isn’t?
Is it OK for Hamas to attack Israel because people marched in Jerusalem chanting “Death to Arabs?” Would that be considered valid military provocation to you?
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Those "Death to Arab" chants seem specifically designed to provoke people. If the Israeli government hosted an international conference and invited similar people from across the world to speak, it'd be a much bigger provocation. If they did so while giving billions of dollars to militant groups who were fighting Arab nations, that'd be an even larger provocation.
I'd argue Iran has gone far beyond the "provoking" stage. How many rockets from Hezbollah and Hamas that were supplied by Iran landed on Israel? Hezbollah follows the doctrines (and often direct orders) of the Ayatollah, have been trained by Iran, have been provided with weapons by Iran, receives billions of dollars from Iran, etc.... at what point is an attack from Hezbollah not a direct attack from Iran?