a Forever After 🇩🇿🇵🇸🇸🇾

I guess it had nothing to do with the fact that the regime was so hated it could only rely on the IRGC and Hizballah to survive?, but Israel obliterated them leaving essentially a vacuum. The Erdogan clique and Islamists are spinning this as a victory militarily of great prowess and skill. It is indeed a historic victory due to its results, but not because of it validated either Turkish or Islamists military acumen. It did no such thing. It was the result of a serendipitous security vacuum left by the IDF. The problem is not that the Turks and HTS/ISIS delude themselves. It is that they have a head of steam and imperial aspiration that has been now put on steroids based on this delusion. And that will not end well.

What historical fact sounds fake but is true?

Does not track at all with what many people are hearing in the Gulf right now It's correct that they would like European allies to come help with defense (not just interceptions, but left-of-launch stuff) But the idea that they're pushing for an off-ramp seems off the mark

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