They have the knowledge to create nukes but they know U.S. won't let them for obvious reasons.

Israel's actions have resulted in a lot of issues. People forget that the Palestinians welcomed the survivors of the Holocaust with open arms. Literally opening their homes to them. The response of the Zionist movement was to reward that generosity with forced displacement and genocide. The "right to return" is a big joke by in large because the people returning aren't descended from those that were promised the land. The land was promised to the Hebrews. There is a reason they dont allow DNA testing. They don't want people getting wise to the fact that most of the Jewish people settled in Israel are not Hebrews but converts descended from Eastern Europe. Poland and Ukraine in particular. They change their names to sound more Hebriac. Here are a couple of the numerous examples. Netanyahu's father changed their family name from Mileikowsky to Netanyahu. The first Prime Minister of Israel, David Grün aka David Ben-Gurion, started and encouraged this practice. To top it off a lot of their leadership, like Netanyahu, are secular. They use the Jewish faith as a convenience to further their goals.

TLDR; Even by religious standards, they don't have a right to the land. The land was promised to the Hebrews. Most of the people that moved to Israel are descended from Eastern European converts. They've gone through great efforts to hide that fact. i.e. Hebriac name changes and banning of DNA testing. I.E. the Mileikowsky family changing their surname to Netanyahu. The crazy thing is that every time the IDF kills a Palestinian, they kill someone more genetically Hebrew than they are.

That's a gross oversimplification conveniently sidestepping recent history.

Mass unnatural migration of Eastern European Jews to Palestine started in the early 1900's.

Jewish migration to Palestine in the early 1900s, driven by rising European antisemitism and Zionism, occurred in major waves (Aliyot), significantly altering the region's demographics. Approximately 40,000 Jews arrived during the Second Aliyah (1904–1914), while subsequent waves, especially in the 1920s-30s, saw tens of thousands more arrive.

See how crazy the US is going against immigration reaching about 15% of the population. (Of course those numbers should be taken with a large dose of salt as 97% of the population of the USA are immigrants, less than 3% indigenous left)

Palestine changed from 2% to 5% Jewish in 1880 to 12 to 13% by 1915 then grew to 31-32% by 1940 under British mandate, mainly Askenazi Jews from Europe. And these zionist Jews did not integrate, they created their own labor parties excluding the indigenous population, see Labor Zionism. 

So resistance and uprisings were to be expected, Arab revolt 1936-1939.

Then WW2 happened, Peel partition plan, UN partition plan, and the creation of Israel displacing 700-750K Palestinians and the destruction of over 500 villages and towns, taking 77-78% of the land, killing 13,000 to 16,000 Palestinians in the process.


One side wishes for freedom and the right of return to their land. The other sides wishes for Greater Israel and a land without people.

The fallout of Trump's latest illegal war is already growing. Bulgaria for example

‘BOOT OUT ALL U.S…’: NATO Nation Erupts: Protesters Oppose American Military, Fear Iran War Fallout

Hundreds of nationalist protesters rallied outside Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers in Sofia, demanding the immediate removal of US military aircraft stationed at Sofia Airport. Demonstrators chanted “NATO out!” and warned that Bulgaria risks becoming a military target as the Middle East conflict escalates following US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

Speakers accused Washington of dragging the country into war and questioned the growing American military presence. Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry says the deployed Boeing KC-135 aircraft are for logistical and training support under NATO measures, not combat. Protesters remain unconvinced, insisting Bulgaria should not be drawn into a widening regional confrontation.

Unpopularity of Iran war 'almost unprecedented' this early on, expert says

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Programme Director for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, says that "even in the most controversial wars, like Iraq, when the war initiates, people tend to rally around the flag [...] this is remarkable that at the very beginning of the war there's overwhelming opposition not only from liberals and the left, but much of Trump's spaces as well".

Meanwhile Iranians are rallying around the flag to defend their country. Chances of Iranians uprising against their government are much lower now, especially since US/Israel are bombing the major cities, the places were there was most support for regime change.

I am usually more pessimistic personally. 

This just feels like the admin doesn't have a plan, and is not smart enough to understand any other lever other than attacking someone. They don't actually seem to be smart enough to know how to attack someone, considering they lost a few jets for basically no reason.  

Actually using diplomacy would probably be the best option.

But even ignoring things like diplomacy, there are still other options. At one point, the government is believed to have used a virus to destroy a portion of Iran's nuclear capabilities: Stuxnet

The administration just seems so stupid and antagonistic that they're likely just going to get people killed.  

And it does seem fortunate right now, that this is something that most conservatives even seem to be pushing back on. Hopefully that continues. 

The only place this war is popular among the general population is Israel. It's the only place where government and citizens are in alignment. Every where else it's government ignoring the will of their people and doing what they want. That said, I have to wonder how that will hold. Iran's strategy seems twofold. Exhaust the stockpile of US and Israeli interceptors and make their neighbors allied with the Israel and the US share in the pain of this war. The former was proven effective last June. Once their interceptor supply dwindled Israel sought out a ceasefire. This time around, I don't foresee Iran being open to a "ceasefire". Setting aside the fact that Israel has never seen a ceasefire they wouldn't break, Iran knows that a ceasefire would just be a stalling tactic to allow Israel to resupply their interceptors. So it's simply going to be a matter of if Iran can hold onto enough of their missile launch capabilities after their drones exhaust the interceptors. If they can Israel is going to be in for a world of hurt. Especially with them putting military facilities in residential areas. Yes Israel uses human shields.  Virtually every accusation they make is something they themselves are guilty of. 

And the general public seems furious.  I think the GOP is in trouble come November.  Hopefully we flip and neuter Trump or flatly impeach him.  I am optimistic.  I have relatives who voted Trump and now (literally) are watching their kids be deployed.  Let us say many have had a sudden change of opinion.

I'm still pessimistic on that score. The Senate just voted, 47-53, almost entirely along party lines - Fetterman joined the Republicans in the vote - to refuse to review Trump's war powers, which means he has carte blanche to do what he wants. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins didn't even bother to make their usual concerned noises this time before they voted with the party.  And too many of my Republican acquaintances are not just accepting of the war, they're absolutely ecstatic, with at least a couple of them expressing joy that the U.S. is bombing Iran. No goals, mention of nuclear weapons, or anything like that - they're just happy that Iran is getting attacked. To them, it's justified punishment for Iran for the sacking of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, which was nearly half a century ago, and continuing to defy the United States. It's going to be difficult to get a 50/50 split in the Senate, and there is no road to the 67-33 majority that would be needed to convict Trump or any other member of his administraiton in an impeachment trial, which again means he's pretty much got a blank checkbook for cruelty.

The few bright spots I've seen are the more enthusiastic response to James Talarico in Texas compared to Cornyn vs. Paxton, Roy Cooper in North Carolina versus Michael Whatley, and polling in my own state that suggests that my governor, Katie Hobbs holds an advantage over her likely challenger, Andy Biggs, who is the front-runner over David Schweikert on the GOP side. Trump's favorite, Karrin Taylor-Robson, dropped out.

I'm really worried about the local elections this year because Hobbs, AG Kris Mayes, and SoS Adrian Fontes, have really helped shelter Arizona from the worse excesses of the Trump administration. Despite Arizona having the second longest border with Mexico after Texas, there have been no major ICE surges here, and Mayes has been a strong leader among blue state AGs in pushing back against the Trump administration. I absolutely shudder to think of what would be happening here if we had Kari Lake, Abe Hamadeh, and Mark Finchem in those positions instead. I spent 2023-2024 in Oklahoma to help my sister out, and noped the hell out of there by the end of 2024 because it is absolutely insane there. I don't want to see that insanity come to my home state. 

Supporting war time powers doesn't mean that one supports Trump.  I think the president should have authority to deploy troops for 60 days without congressional approval, given the president is commander in chief.  However, I don't support trump, so those are two different topics we shouldn't be mixing.

and the GOP will care if they get voted out, which I think is highly likely.  the general public doesn't want another war on terror.  

We'll see how it plays out, but it's looking the Republicans have screwed themselves royally. Part of the reason Trump did so well in many areas was the Latino vote and he's turned them against him. Even the Gerrymandering they did in Texas is looking like it is backfiring on them. They drew up the districts like the Latino vote was a given. With Trumps ICE and immigration shenanigans, that Latino vote has flipped against them to such a degree it's overridng their Gerrymandering. I have heard talk of Texas being a place for gains before but, usually it's smoke and mirrors. However the number of Demcratic primary voters  surpassed the number of Republican primary votes by a fair margin. That's basically unprecedented.