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US strikes water desalination plant in Iran (www.turkiyetoday.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Rogue_General@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Does the US really want to play this game? 90% of Israel's water comes from desalination plants, and now we've given Iran the justification to strike back in a similar manner.

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[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 112 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Iran already had a water shortage, this is pushing a wounded critter into a corner and expecting it to not fight for its life.

[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh they are counting on it fighting for its life. Ideally an audacious "terrorist" strike on some liberal city before midterms.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

MOssad working hard on it, I'm sure