Why is the US still sending an endless supply of arms to Israel without conditions? ( www.theguardian.com )

Immersive_Matthew , 7 months ago

Like someone else said here, it funnels public money into private profits. What I do not get however is this system only furthers inequality which is going to snap the system at some point to the detriment of all, including the billionaires who will increasingly be in a hostile environment. Why shit on your own doorstep when you could make it better for all including yourself and your family. Really foolish thinking but oh well, as really, we seem absolutely committed to this dark path.

cerement , 7 months ago

short term profits trump long term savings, none of these people can see beyond the end of the quarter

NewAgeOldPerson , 7 months ago

Fuck Israel. I say this as a Jew so color me antisemitic, the US Congress 🖤

Guydht , 7 months ago

You're not antisemitic, you're just stupid.

When the next Holocaust happens (we can see the world persecuting Jews in these very months...), and Israel will be the only one to save you, turn them down, because you obviously hate them so much.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 7 months ago

I think a lot of U.S. politicians and legacy media outlets were genuinely caught off-guard by the backlash. Prior to the Netanyahu era, support for Israel in the U.S. was basically non-controversial. But he fucked that up just like he fucks up everything else.

kescusay , 7 months ago

Netanyahu has been an unmitigated disaster in every conceivable way, for a long time. The Israeli people really need to kick him to the curb.

I mean, at this point he's squandering good will and sympathy generated for Israel after a terrorist group specifically targeted civilians for rape, torture, and murder. It feels like something that should be impossible - I mean, it's not like anyone sane would side with freaking Hamas.

If you're opposed to Hamas, it should be trivially easy to maintain the moral and political high ground over them. Yet he's somehow failing even that.

Cripes, what a clusterfuck.

cerement , 7 months ago

I keep reposting this one quote: “The bar to clear was on the ground and y’all brought shovels.”

Rapidcreek , 7 months ago

Seems like the Guardian is all kerpluxed that US is using diplomacy behind closed doors rather than announce everything to the world. Tuff stuff.

cerement , 7 months ago

hey now, bootlicking is a perfectly valid form of diplomacy