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