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Iran and Israel
20-06-2025The extreme Shiíte Islamic regime of the Ayatolla's in Iran for years and openly has declared its fundamental aim of destroying Israel. It ttried to do so through Hamas from Gaza; through Hezbollah from Lebanon; and through the Shiites from Yemen. Building their own nuclear weapons was to be the ultimate weapon for that purpose. The wars fought by Israel in Gaza, Lebanon and (currently) against Iran, are WARS OF SURVIVAL.
Wars are evil by definition and - as in other wars - international (humanitarian) law is disregarded. One may condemn Israel and organize demonstrations. Still one must understand the context.
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Frans A.M. Alting von Geusau
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The Illusions of Detente
Footprints of the 20th Century - Third EditionDescription
Since 1989, we refer to the whole post-war period as the “Cold War Era”. Such was not the case in 1968. At the time, the Cold War – in our perception – was behind us. We no longer felt to be in the midst of it. Europeans on the Western side of the Iron Curtain0 felt relatively at ease with Europe’s division. The era of Détente as we called it, was0 considered to be a fairly stable and long-lasting political condition, even after Soviet tanks crushed Dubcek’s socialism with a human face in Pragu