Comment by master_crab
19 hours ago
Declaring someone an enemy does not automatically lead to war. America considered the USSR an enemy of democracy for 50 years. They never went directly to blows.
19 hours ago
Declaring someone an enemy does not automatically lead to war. America considered the USSR an enemy of democracy for 50 years. They never went directly to blows.
Sure, but Iran did sponsor proxies that did attack Israel. And whether something is direct war or proxy war feels more like meaningless semantics imo.
Historically speaking I think it's clear Iran has been the aggressor in this specific conflict.
Not that I think Israel took smart actions, but that's a different matter.
Korea was a proxy war between the US and China - which is very different from a direct war between those two countries, wouldn’t you say?
That proxy war never reached China or the US borders.
The Israel - Iran proxy war is happening on/in Israel's borders, it's way more "direct", and not happening in some far away land.
Could you imagine if a Chinese proxy attacked the US directly?