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'Success leads many astray to their ruin' : Comments

By Alon Ben-Meir, published 23/6/2025

The ancient quote from the Greek philosopher Phaedrus, to not let success go to one's head and inflating one's ego, which can lead to terrible failure, is a timeless warning to Trump and Netanyahu.

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Obviously this article has been overtaken by events to some degree, but in some respects its central argument still holds true. The best pathway to lasting peace is for Iran to recognise Israel’s right to exit, give up its nuclear weapons ambitions, allow full transparency and accountability in its civilian nuclear program, and negotiate normalised relations with the USA and regional neighbours, including ceasing support for its terrorist puppets in Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.

Unfortunately, that is extremely unlikely under the current theocratic Islamo-Fascist regime. The destruction of Israel is not merely a preference that can be abandoned if it proves too hard. It is central to the regime’s reason for being, its core ideology, and its legitimacy in the eyes of its supporters (admittedly diminishing in number). In 2017 it installed a new clock in Tehran’s Palestine Square designed to count down the hours until Israel’s total destruction, which Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has predicted will happen by 2040.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-27/inside-iran-israel-as-middle-east-brink-of-war-four-corners/104229994
Posted by Rhian, Monday, 23 June 2025 12:00:08 PM
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Iran is innocent, it's its religious doctrine that has put out so many warnings & threats that the only way out for the rest of the World is what America just did.
Everyone around the World would feel for the poor Iranians who are under the yoke of their power crazy hypocrite leaders !
There'll soon be a massive exodus of Muslims from Western countries when the terrorist attacks commence.
Posted by Indyvidual, Monday, 23 June 2025 5:52:40 PM
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