Does the US really want to play this game? 90% of Israel’s water comes from desalination plants, and now we’ve given Iran the justification to strike back in a similar manner.

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    Conventions on war crimes are a mutual agreement on restraints both parties place on themselves. They work, as long as neither party wants to lose face or support by being the one to break their word, and as long as both parties can afford to.

    Trump never gave a shit about keeping his own word, let alone anyone else’s.

    I’m not sure Iran can afford to keep theirs now.

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      He is actively hoping for retaliatory action from literally anyone so he can justify calling for martial law and suspending the constitution.

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        and the democratic party establishment will actively oppose him, saying “just wait and see until you lift martial law, we’ll vote you out so bad, and then keep sending money and weapons to israel just like you did”.