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Iran's opinion of Obama presidency

hypocritexposer

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http://www.iranfocus.com/en/iran-world-press/why-tehran-stokes-violence-in-gaza-16957.html


The current conflict is not really about the classic Arab-Israeli process, which can resume between Israel and the Palestinian Authority anytime it is not obstructed. The Gaza fight is about Iran's confrontation with Israel, and perhaps with the United States. A strategic reading shows that - just as we saw in Lebanon in 2006 - Tehran is pulling the strings and very smartly. By timing the Hamas end to the cease-fire between two American presidencies, the mullahs thought they would provoke Israel into battle on an Iranian timetable, triggering a "street" show of anger, boosted by the jihadist propaganda machine in the region with all the usual ramifications in the West. The astute Iranian move is to drag Israel enough into Gaza's mud to indict it internationally so that potential Israeli strikes at Iran's nuclear program will be seen as catastrophic. Tehran projects Hamas to win this round, and that the Obama administration will begin its "talks" with Iran from an inferior position (since Israel will be blamed for the violence rather than the jihadists in Gaza). But the game has lots of risks, including the possibility that Hamas may lose its ability to be a military event maker after this campaign is over.
 
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