U.S. Intel Warns of Imminent Iranian Strike on Israel: Report

So stupid. If they were smart, Iran's leadership would use this opportunity to gain international support and clout by behaving like the reasonable ones while Israel is going rogue.

What I struggle with the most is how the West just shrugged shoulders when Israel hit embassies in foreign countries.
If this has happened in any other country/embassy the international outcry would have been much bigger. Those double standards which we apply to international politics are despicable. And this also creates a sense of impunity in Israel and we all see what that leads to.
How can you preach morale when you yourself are wicked?
Israel struck an Iranian embassy. Some things demand a response.
Not everyone can be China and shrug off the US bombing their embassy in Serbia.
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bombing_of_the_Chinese_embassy_in_Belgrade
Israel has been bombing them for ages. At some point people are allowed to defend themselves.
- That's true, but is that a wise move, geopolitically? If Iran retaliates with force, it risks escalation, because Israel will hit back, likely with the help of its powerful allies. Iran's BRICS allies may stand by it, or they may keep a distance, not wanting to get dragged into armed conflict. Such an attack will also shift moral and media focus away from the genocide in Gaza, allowing Israel to play up external threats in its public messaging.
  Its BRICS allies will support Iran if it makes its case to the UN for an international response, and it may get support from other nations which are fed up with Israel at the moment. It seems like the international order is spooked right at the moment about Israel's and Ecuador's attacks on embassies; it's a good time to make this pitch. And if the UN does little to address Iran's grievances, its leaders can play that up at home as evidence of hostility toward it by the West to undermine the pro-Western youth movement threatening their rule.
  This is looking at it from the point of view of Iran's interests. From my point of view, less bombing of things and less war is better for the world.
- Lol? You're ok with a nuclear Iran? You're chill with having another geopolitical actor holding a gun to Europe? Maybe sit down and think things thru before you open your mouth.
That's an interesting take.
I think it helps to remember that these decisions are often made by people who have very specific goals that aren't aligned with the nation itself. Generals who want to get promoted to higher levels, government ministers looking to curry favor with their patrons.
You might be right, but they're likely not trying to improve Iran's standing. They're looking to each improve their own. Also, most people in these positions, in my observation ARE very dumb.
- Iran wants to keep their street cred.
  After America killed their general, they let us know when they’d be attacking. They didn’t want any Americans being killed but they didn’t want to look like punks. They knew we wouldn’t escalate.
  Making that assumption with Israel is stupid. If they kill one person, Iran is going to get bombed. Israel doesn’t back down. With the recent riots in Iran, the government may collapse.
you assume finding a reasonable end was ever on their agenda

Is Israel now in the find out phase?

Biden and Scholz have proven that there is literally nothing that will stop them from supporting Genocide. They really want WW3.

Israel committed a blatant act of war on Iran and they keep delivering israel weapons and. Biden even blocked UN condemnation of it.

At some point the Iran cannot conclude anything other than diplomacy with Nazis being impossible. The only reason israel can do unlimited escalation is because Genocide Joe endorses it all.

That's a pretty huge detour to take to decide that Iran attacking Israel for an action Israel took is Joe Biden's fault. Things are allowed to happen in the world without them being the fault of the US.
- Yeah how could an American F35 throwing an American bomb and American blocking of the UN resolution be Joe Bidens fault?
  I cannot figure out how Joe Biden supplying israel with all the equipment to commit this extreme violation of international law and afterwards promising to protect israel against any retaliation could possibly be relevant here.

That would be a very dumb move by Iran.

Hmm, now replace Iran with the USA, and tell me how would you feel if someone has bombed your embassy and killed a bunch of its employees? Would you still tell us that the US should not retaliate?
- I don't know that is the best analogy.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident
- Iran is not the United States. We have the military might to strike anywhere in the world. We can invade any country in the world. Iran can’t do any of those things. I get why they want to strike back but strategically it’s a bad move. I think they should pitch their case to the UN. Israel should not have attacked their consulate. It wasn’t an embassy that was attacked. Hell I support Israel but I can’t defend attacking the consulate. I won’t even attempt to defend that.

Listen: I get it. But I've spent the last 6 months telling people that no matter how angry you get, saying this about Gaza is a call to genocide, and is an impulse we must all recognize and reject.
So I have to say it to you too. "Leveling the whole country" is always an endorsement to kill every child and otherwise powerless person in that country. Hell, two million Israelis -- 20% of Israel's population -- are Palestinian.
If you're mad about what Netanyahu and the Zionist movement are doing, call for JUSTICE, not retribution against the innocent.
- Ok so maybe not levelling the whole country but delivering a plague that just drops the humans dead while keeping the country unleveled. Is that better? /S
- Who is innocent in Israel? Who is actively fighting their government?
  Where’s the Israeli White Rose &tc?Because I don’t consider the average German during WW2 innocent, nor do I consider the average Israeli today. They are complacent in allowing their genocidal state to exist and commit its evils.
  Seriously fuck Israel, the nation has no right to exist.
And that's my friend is called dehumanization, where you stop perceiving the whole nation as a pack of individuals and equals it with their government. Don't fall into that trap.
- I agree with you. It's exactly what Israel has done with the Palestinians
Genocidal people are the worst!