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Bluetus

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3. Netanyahu didn't expect to defeat Iran

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 10:02 PM

6 hrs ago

For decades, Netanyahu has referred to these operations as "Mowing the grass", meaning that he plans for periodic atrocities / genocides as a routine thing. He never had any intention of sending an occupation force of Israelis, but he did try to get Trump to step into that one. Evidently there were enough people in the Pentagon to talk Trump out of that.

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