cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/590118

During a video address directed at the people of Lebanon, Netanyahu said: "You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza.

  • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
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    7 hours ago

    I agree on most points, except perhaps that the ISI isn’t exactly as tightly run that you don’t have strong internal factions. What happens in Pashtun doesn’t necessarily jive with what happens in Islamabad.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      I agree, the ISI is somewhere between a rogue arm of Pakistan, and it’s shadow government.

      But messing around in Iraq was stupid, and trusting Pakistanis for anything, moreso.

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        6 hours ago

        trusting Pakistanis for anything [was stupid], moreso

        Do you believe it’s something in their genes?

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          3 hours ago

          No, I just think it’s cultural, their history is exploiting others, the indians as mughals, who they sold to the British empire, then they lived off the US during the cold War.

          Why would they have to learn to do anything for themselves?