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If youre land is already being illegally occupied by Israel I dont think you can in any way be accused of attacking first.
Blockading a strait that you control is very different from bombing another country in an attempt at regime change.
By what definition does Iran control the Oman side of the Strait that doesn't imply everyone with an ASBM controlls all water within missile distance? Pakistan, too, has missiles that can reach shipping in the Hormuz. Does Pakistan control the Strait? If Israel had the capability to mine the waters of Oman, would you say they control the Strait? Or that China does?
Seems rather foolish to me.
The control is because they can easily block it, and by not doing so so far they have shown restraint.
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How exactly is Iran's land being occupied by Israel, illegally or not?
Anyway, please answer my question:
I take it that you are unable to name even a single country Israel has attacked in the last 5 years, where the country hadn't already either attacked Israel or been used as a staging ground for attacks against Israel?
Does that mean "yes" or "no"?
Iran has been relentlessly and aggressively attacking Israel for many years. Was it foreseeable that Israel would eventually retaliate as it has?
This is a very simple question.
Israel is illegally occupying and settling Palestinian and Syrian land while bombing them and claiming selfdefence.
Israel and the US staged a massive bombing campaign against Iran last year, and got barely any attack back. Iran has shown quite a bit of restrain vis-a-vis Israel actually.
Im not going to reply to anymore of your posts because there is nothing Israel do that you will not defend or find justified, so there really is not point in this discussion.
That's nonsense, but also irrelevant.
The fact is that (1) for years, Iran aggressively and relentlessly attacked Israel through proxies; and (2) during this time, Israel was not occupying any Iranian territory, illegally or otherwise.
It was totally foreseeable that Israel would eventually attack Iran directly and therefore by your own standards, this entire mess was caused by Iran's misbehavior.
Assuming this is true, so what? It doesn't change the fact that for years, Iran has been aggressively and relentlessly attacking Israel through proxies. Something which you don't deny.
Suit yourself. The fact is that none of your claims have stood up to even mild scrutiny.
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