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what makes you think that hamas is an iranian proxy?
what makes you think hezbollah is an iranian proxy?
i expect the response will be that these groups get some material support from iran.
but by that logic, israel is an american proxy. if you think in terms of tomato trade, the united states is an israeli proxy. if you think in terms of economic exchange, france is a german proxy. if you think in terms of aid and support, and half of africa is either a french, british, american, canadian, belgian, russian or chinese proxy.
the other assumption is that political rhetoric is transparent and necessarily characterizes the actual policies of a country. so for example when the united states has said that it favors democratic self-determination this was transparently the case as is reflected by vietnam, chile in 1972, the war against nicagarua, the invasions of panama and iraq and the refusal to recognize the results of the election in gaza.
unless you mean that political rhetoric is transparent and actually reflects the policy of a country when it's convenient to argue that, but that it's not the case when it isn't.
but who determines which case is which?
are world leaders calling you on the phone to help them figure out which case obtains?
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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