• Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Great, then we should stop funding their government and military spending. If they won’t stop, we can. Of course we won’t, but we could and should.

    • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I cannot find a single person on earth that can give a valid reason for sending them any money or armament whatsoever. We gain absolutely nothing from supporting them. Nothing at all.

      Conservatives cry crocodile tears about “wasting money”. Every penny ever sent to Israel has been wasted. It’s not an investment. There is no return. There is no political or financial gain of any kind for us.

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        8 months ago

        US gains an ally in a very important region of the world. They have huge strategic value. Saying there is nothing is misguided.

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          8 months ago

          We have an ally next door, Jordan.

          We’d probably have more allies if we dropped support.

          What we are doing is equivalent to us deciding to support North Korea and being shocked that all of a sudden we lose regional support from just about everyone.

          Israel, especially with an ongoing genocide, is toxic to stability and alliances. It isolates more than it gives strategic advantage.

          • ???@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            Everyone keeps ignoring Jordan but it literally has the best cultural and economic relations with the US. Were they not even together in the anti ISIS coalition?

            But nope, Israeli lobbying is stronger than all of our voices combined.

        • fustigation769curtain@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          Looks like allying with Israel has only been detrimental to the US. It’s been great for Zionists who need the US’ protection, though.

          Osama bin Laden cited US’ support for Israel as one of the reasons for the 9/11 attacks.

          Think about the billions, or perhaps trillions, of dollars the US has lost out on because of its support of Israel.

          We need to drop them like a bad habit.