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Israel launches ground offensive into southern Lebanon (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not 5-d chess, it's simple politics of weakening potential rivals. If you look at history literally the same thing was done even by ancient hegemonies, it has even popular Latin name - "Divide et impera". USA is global hegemon and acts globally.

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