• shiveyarbles@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    The US is really fucked up on this. I mean Israel is a tactical ally, but how do you turn a blind eye to genocide?

    • Scary le Poo@beehaw.org
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      6 months ago

      The US hasn’t turned a blind eye to it. The US has been exerting pressure for lessened combat operations since the getgo.

      Foreign policy is not about morality, it is about power.

      There are 3 main powers in that region. Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel. Right now the US has a lot of influence over both (power). If the US were to just drop Israel, then all of a sudden the US has no more power in the region.

      The Israelis do not need us for weapons. Not only do they have their own military industrial complex, there are other 1st world powers who would happily sell arms to Israel for a chance to become the new most powerful influence in the region due to having Iran and Israel under their thumbs.

      I swear, Americans are fucking stupid when it comes to how anything works and they have zero desire to learn. It’s no wonder that the US ends up with people like trump.