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no_hypocrisy

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1. Under the circumstances, then wouldn't the dynamic of a "proxy war"

Reply to nitpicked (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2026, 07:52 AM

Yesterday

between Iran and Israel shift to a "war" between those two countries?

IOW, if Iran decided to concentrate on bombing sovereign Israel in response to Israel bombing Lebanon, would or wouldn't the United States (Trump) stay out of it?

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