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It's really something else, watching the US continue to act as though it has the power to stop Netanyahu. It's been trying to temper N's northern objectives for *months*.
Folks on the left think it's just a matter of halting arms shipments, but yesterday made quite clear that Netanyahu will escalate with whatever he has, & the moment there's fuller retaliation, bigger regional obligations will keep the US locked in. It's absurd how much now depends on the restraint of others.
(& the super clever part is how much no one is allowed to be concerned about escalation, because doing so is easily spun as sympathy for terrorists! Most Westerners have no idea what the Blue Line even is, so they think there's a simple border being fought over: not the case.)
This is "How To Leverage A Superpower To Do Your Bidding 101".
Again, my heart goes out to all the civilians. This is a nightmare of ego with no clear end, when we have other global crises to attend to. #Israel #Politics