• Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well… I’ve moved all the way into “Fuck Israel” territory.

    Is the reason we are showering Israel with weapons so that we can maintain a justified military influence in the middle east? And is the need for such influence because of fucking oil? Are we helping commit genocide because of oil? Again?!

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      1 year ago

      We absolutely do not need Israel for strategic purposes. If anything our ME policy is built around protecting them as much as it’s built around oil producing countries.

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        1 year ago

        “Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can’t help but think that before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East.” – John Sheehan, S.J.

        It’s an oversimplification but essentially true. The pissed off middle east we’ve known our whole lives is kind of because of this bullshit

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      1 year ago

      My theory is they want to nuke Iran right now and the west appeases them similar to China and North Korea

      … Unsubstantiated of course

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        1 year ago

        If they nuked Iran then the best thing we could do for world peace is immediately and publicly cut them loose.

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          1 year ago

          All bets are off then, no one would care about public image any more