Iran has a right to defend itself, right?
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2025
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It’s just a very complicated issue. No way to say who is the aggressor
Certainly not the side who got attacked first.
But that was pre-emptive self-defence
Only Israel has the right to self defence. Everyone else has the right to submit or die.
I don't really see what the difference is...
Even if you take the information that each side is giving on their own actions, it is pretty clear that Iran is not doing anything special.
And even if you take Israel's side and say that the Israeli attack was justified as self defense against Iran nuking them, it would still be legitimate that Iran would strike back, and of course they would aim at big cities since plenty of IDF camps are in those big cities...
Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon said on Monday. "Iran aims its missiles at children, while we target the regime's terror machine."
Israel would never kill children…
Good news for Palestinian children.
Maybe Isreal should stop using its citizens as human shields then.
Ah yes, the terror machines inside checks notes hospitals, tent encampments, and residential buildings.
Iran can claim self defence but they also knew what they were doing and expected they'd be attacked for this one day. Its a miscalculation on their part.
Its not fair but nuclear powers play by different rules and Iran getting nukes is to great of a threat to isreal and others.
Isreal is unhinged, PR be damned they are out for blood . Seeking to destroy all their enemies in a single war and their intel effectiveness is scary.
Justification doesnt matter, at the end of the day the nations will do what's in their interest unless constrained. The UN doesnt have enough power to constrain countries especially when the us is providing cover.
No one cares enough to step in so let them fight. I'm hoping for regime change in Iran.
I'm hoping for regime change in Israel too. Really I wish the leadership of both of them to expire in their entirety.
The IDF is turning the civilian population into human shields. Here is to hoping the Israelis can find some shred humanity or responsibility and overthrow their genocidal government before they can expand their aggression even further.