• IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Is the mantra of Israel “All publicity is good publicity”? They make headlines every day with war crimes destroying their own reputation rather than Hamas.

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      9 months ago

      How’s any of it bad though? They’re getting cheered on by a significant number of people for the genocide.

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        9 months ago

        Because the Middle East has oil, and the US insists on controlling it, despite being on the other side of the world. Israel is effectively a US colony that can be used as a reliable forward base for the US to fuck up the entire Middle East.

      • fustigation769curtain@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        I’d be cool with just pulling all support from them.

        Let them fight their own battles instead of bringing the rest of the world down with them. 9/11 literally happened because the US supports Israel, but we still haven’t learned our lesson.

        • iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com
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          9 months ago

          IIRC Osama bin Laden had three reasons for 9/11. One was non-Muslim soldiers in Saudi Arabia (he was salty because Kuwait asked the US for aid against Iraq and not the Taliban). The other was Israel. I don’t recall the third off the top of my head.

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        9 months ago

        Israel has nukes. And given their zeal with murdering civilians, it wouldn’t be off the table for them to threaten them if anyone invaded.