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The War is Real

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JL;DR SUMMARY Amidst the escalating war with Iran, Israelis experience a shift from initial existential relief to anxiety and fear due to the reality of the conflict. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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IranMilitary StrategyNuclear ThreatPreemptive StrikeHistorical ParallelsJust War TheoryGovernment TrustRegional Differences

Places mentioned

Iran
"All our enemy, all the pathways of our enemies led to Iran."
Lebanon
"Even Hezbollah in particular was very, very scary."
Syria
"We've neutralized Hezbollah. Syria is no longer an Iranian ally."
Iraq
"Syria, Iraq. Iraq. They were just sitting there and you knew it."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Rishon, Petr Tikva, Haifa."
Bat Yam, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Rishon, Petr Tikva, Haifa."
Rishon, Haifa District, Israel
"Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Rishon, Petr Tikva, Haifa."
Petah Tikva, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Rishon, Petr Tikva, Haifa."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Rishon, Petr Tikva, Haifa."
Jerusalem, Israel
"It's a very strange experience being in Jerusalem because we get the sirens and the missiles are passing us by."
Entebbe, Kalangala, Uganda
"And you can understand the euphoria, not only in Israel, throughout the Jewish world, on the morning of June 5th, when Israel launched a preemptive strike that determined the Six-Day War within the first few hours, without understanding the weeks leading up to June 5th."
Sderot, Southern District, Israel
"Steyroth is an hour and 15 minutes drive south."

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