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Iran claiming no "irreversible damage" at Fordow. I don't know what that means, but it feels like an escalation off-ramp, hopefully. Will Israel stop bombing Iran now? Somehow I doubt it.
I don't know what this means for the rules-based global order either. Does the UN have any legitimacy now? I don't know if it ever did, truly, but does law mean anything? From Iran's perspective, they signed an agreement in 2015 with global powers. That agreement was followed by them, but then broken by the United States for no 'lawful' reason. And then while in the process of diplomacy to solve the latest escalation, they were attacked by Israel and then the United States. What's the lesson in all this? The only thing that seems to matter is how much might you have. Seems like we are moving to a pre-WW2 like era where nations simply race to arm themselves to fend off bigger/aggressive neighbors. Will countries start leaving the UN? Will they start leaving the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty? Libya, Ukraine, Iran - all learned one lesson, and North Korea learned the opposite lesson.
Turkey, at least, isn't waiting to find out.
Erdogan says Israel-Iran war near ‘point of no return,’ vows to boost missile production
I feel increasingly negative that humanity will survive into the next century.
I don't know what this means for the rules-based global order either. Does the UN have any legitimacy now? I don't know if it ever did, truly, but does law mean anything? From Iran's perspective, they signed an agreement in 2015 with global powers. That agreement was followed by them, but then broken by the United States for no 'lawful' reason. And then while in the process of diplomacy to solve the latest escalation, they were attacked by Israel and then the United States. What's the lesson in all this? The only thing that seems to matter is how much might you have. Seems like we are moving to a pre-WW2 like era where nations simply race to arm themselves to fend off bigger/aggressive neighbors. Will countries start leaving the UN? Will they start leaving the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty? Libya, Ukraine, Iran - all learned one lesson, and North Korea learned the opposite lesson.
Turkey, at least, isn't waiting to find out.
Erdogan says Israel-Iran war near ‘point of no return,’ vows to boost missile production
I feel increasingly negative that humanity will survive into the next century.