• radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com
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    5 months ago

    Man, I want so much to be on Israel’s side since they are our only ally in the region but they are making it very difficult.

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      5 months ago

      They’ve never been our ally in any meaningful way. They used nuclear blackmail against Nixon to bail themselves out when they lost the Yom Kippur war. They blew up the USS Liberty and machine gunned my great uncle in the water. And they were literally the reason for 9/11, straight from the mouth of bin laden.

      How much aid money did they send us after 9/11?

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          5 months ago

          The people in general don’t, but corrupt politicians rely on AIPAC and other foreign influence pressure groups like it for both bribes and free demonization of any anti-genocide opponents they may encounter.

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      5 months ago

      I love the implication that in an alternate universe, where the US is allied with Germany for some reason, the response to the holocaust would be unconditional support.

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      5 months ago

      We have Arab countries that are far better allies and host actual military bases.