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No problem. Sorry about the 'nefarious'... didn't intend to smear you with that... it was just a linguistic thing about how the tail meanings the word 'ostensible' often has.

Biden/Obama appeasement might be very dangerous. I think that Israel and Iran both no longer believe that U.S is reliably married ideologically and emotionally to Israel.

U.S / Israel relationship is veering towards the transactional as U.S foreign policy becomes more fickle in the winds of domestic emotional drivers. Without full confidence in U.S, Israel will go to war. It knows it can probably win wars but cannot win a fever of forever skirmishes... while under the long term threat of Arab population growth.

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Very seldom in history has there been a small, vulnerable nation under existential threat... which happens to have considerable capability of waging a huge all-out (even nuclear) war... but relatively little capability to fight the small battles. THis is super dangerous.

Sinwar has shown how limited the IDF is in urban warfare... even though they are so dominant. He is seen by many as a Saladin

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