A note of protest.

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My comments have been voided with no rationale given for doing so beyond the dislike of a criticism over the copy pasting of articles.

If this page is going to be moderated in such a manner then I withdraw all my original content and do not wish to engage anymore.

At some point I was told that this site was aimed to focus on high quality content and this is what attracted me here in the first place. It now seems to have devolved into regurgitating articles scoured from the press focused on muslim victimhood in India.

I doubt this subject is of all consuming interest to most current readers of this site, but this is the current predicament. All the best.

What Was the Point of Israel’s Iran Strike?

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The Limits of Provocation

At some point, the world will have to ask: what exactly was Israel hoping to achieve?

In the days following the dramatic escalation between Tel Aviv and Tehran, we are left not with clarity but with a deepening sense of confusion. If the intention was to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program, there is little to show for it—centrifuges still spin, scientists remain in place, and the infrastructure of Iran’s deterrent capability stands unshaken. If the aim was to trigger chaos within the Iranian regime, then that too has failed—Tehran did not descend into disarray; it retaliated, measured and intact. And if the goal was symbolic, to remind the world of Israel’s reach and resolve, then the moment has already passed, clouded by questions of proportionality, legality, and consequence.

For all the fire and fury, the strike landed with the strategic weight of a gesture. Continue reading What Was the Point of Israel’s Iran Strike?

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