• geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOP
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    7 days ago

    It’s very much an offensive act and makes the Cyprus base a valid military target for Iran.

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      7 days ago

      Sure bud, I’m just gonna needlessly condescend to you whilst retreating from the argument because I’m unable to see how openly helping just one side of a battle with their munitions and operations isn’t the same as taking sides

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      I don’t think the point is whether it’s actually an offensive act or not in general terms, it’s “this is the technical definition they will weasel out on”. Which is almost certainly true - refueling is not inherently offensive.

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      Sure bud, go and believe whatever you want. Just here to inform the more open minded people how military defines the term “offensive”. And with that, I will not continue to argue with you on this topic.

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        By this logic Trump and Netanyahu aren’t undertaking any offensive action either because they’re not the people dropping the bombs