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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43392244

Feb. 18, 2026

Barak Ravid reported for Axios on Wednesday that, with a deal between the US and Iran appearing increasingly out of sight, “the Trump administration is closer to a major war in the Middle East than most Americans realize” and “It could begin very soon.”

Sources told the outlet that “A US military operation in Iran would likely be a massive, weeks-long campaign that would look more like full-fledged war than last month’s pinpoint operation in Venezuela.”

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[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

You know sadly like you already see in response here many on the left have already bought the MSM hasbara hook, line & sinker. Let's not forget how many acquisitions we saw of major media networks recently by major IDF donor Larry Ellison & other Zionists. Netanyahu was bragging about being able to control the information war as a result. The sad truth is people are just so easy to manipulate & they have such a big desire to follow whatever they perceive as the mainstream narrative. Like if the news is pushing some dumb Hollywood sequel they in unison all start talking about it & their entire identity revolves around fads.

Just as they voted for & was complicit in genocide, and then complain non-stop about ICE killing a very small fraction of people compared to the IDF, they will do the same with war. When it is time for elections they'll virtue signal & pretend they were against the disaster they actively enabled or that they're the perpetual victim for potentially ever having to deal with any repercussions of their actions.

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