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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20788199

Jessica Corbett
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[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just war crime after war crime at this point.

[–] Burn_The_Right 65 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

And why not? He has virtually unlimited U.S. weapons as well as bi-partisan support from U.S. politicians. It's as though we're just setting our attack dog loose on everyone.

It's fucking astonishing that we have any relationship with Israel at all these days. The U.S. gets absolutely nothing out of this one-sided relationship.

Israel offers us:

-No unique strategic military position (we have that area covered already).

-No high-value industrial benefits (no natural resources or unique trade).

-No military arsenal or manpower support (their arsenal comes from us and their personnel is quite limited).

It's time to let them make friends with their neighbors on their own. They don't need us to do that and we sure as fuck don't need them.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The US is a parent sitting and watching its problem child beat the shit out of the other children in the playpark. Other concerned parents keep asking the US to do something, to which they shrug and say "kids will be kids, what can you do" while handing their child a knuckleduster.

[–] Spiralvortexisalie 24 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Hacking and Blackmail are Israeli strengths. The two most common theories I hear are that that elected officials are impressed with the Israeli hacking capabilities and rather keep them on our side, or they are actively exploiting those capabilities to bend politicians to their will. Seeing how Israel operates in public with innocent civilians it seems rather obvious our predicament.

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[–] WhatYouNeed 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But they do have AIPAC, which likes to pedal its influence into local US politics.

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[–] IndustryStandard 64 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Biden instantly sending 8 Billion dollars in weapons really says it all. The US is planning to let Netanyahu bomb everything he wants. When they strike back in kind the US will use it as a pretense send in troops to start a war with Iran.

A smart move by Netanyahu. He knows he needs to get rid of Iran or they will outpace Israel. Now that Israel fully controls America this is the time to start their war with Iran with impunity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Everything the US does starts to make sense when you realize the US government is fully owned by lobbyists and wealthy donors. The Military Industrial Complex is a trillion dollar for-profit industry with the deepest pockets in the world. The capitalists who profit from it effectively own our country.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago

Best I can do is giving him more bombs

[–] Marleyinoc 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The companies making military weapons and gear for Israel can be found here according to AFSC.

The US has committed grants to Israel to buy weapons through 2028. It's benefiting the above corporations. While not all US based, it still is just another example of our corporate overlords fiucking the world over for profits).

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