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Caravelle @caravellin.bsky.social

Right. Because US/EU are opposed to Iran. And there are also very tight cultural ties between US/EU and Israel, literal strong personal & familial relationships given the migration between them. The other superpowers you say are aligned with Iran or neutral to it, and don't have that cultural link.

sep 1, 2025, 8:09 am • 0 0

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Caravelle @caravellin.bsky.social

I mean, Russia maybe on the cultural link idk. But it's dumb to claim that the purpose of the US/EU - Israel relationship is for Israel to be a catspaw against Iran, and suggest Russia would want Israel for the same reason when Iran is *its* catspaw in the ME. And a big source of missiles it needs!

sep 1, 2025, 8:12 am • 1 0 • view
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Glencora @glencora.bsky.social

I have no insight in the mind of Putin- only notice a lot of this going on www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

sep 1, 2025, 8:19 am • 0 0 • view
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Glencora @glencora.bsky.social

And this www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

sep 1, 2025, 8:19 am • 0 0 • view
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Caravelle @caravellin.bsky.social

Cool, Israel would get an ally that's mired in its own genocidal war and would expect at minimum Israel to provide it with missiles (because such an alliance would nullify a current source of missiles it very much uses which is Iran).

sep 1, 2025, 8:35 am • 0 0 • view
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Glencora @glencora.bsky.social

Perhaps. But once you start moving things around alliances can change also. My view is more general- see below bsky.app/profile/glen...

sep 1, 2025, 8:11 am • 0 0 • view
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Glencora @glencora.bsky.social

Not to mention that Saudi Arabia and other countries aren’t that happy with Iran either and they are very happy to let Israel do the dirty work without getting in trouble themselves (even if they nominally support Palestinians).

sep 1, 2025, 8:13 am • 0 0 • view
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Caravelle @caravellin.bsky.social

They're getting increasingly friendly to Iran lately actually. The only reason those countries are friendly to Israel in the first place is because it's the gateway & prerequisite to a friendly relationship with the US/EU. Another example where Israel's geopolitical value IS its US/EU relationship.

sep 1, 2025, 8:20 am • 0 0 • view
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Glencora @glencora.bsky.social

I am wondering if you make EU/US appeal greater than it is.

sep 1, 2025, 8:27 am • 0 0 • view
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Caravelle @caravellin.bsky.social

Why would you wonder that? Are you even saying something here?

sep 1, 2025, 8:37 am • 0 0 • view
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Glencora @glencora.bsky.social

Let’s meet again in 5 years and see how it turns out. Let’s hope people will be suffering less one way or another.

sep 1, 2025, 8:30 am • 0 0 • view