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Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 1 month ago by TokenBoomer to c/progressivepolitics

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"Netanyahu is as close as he has ever been to his ultimate wish: making the U.S. fight Iran on Israel's behalf," wrote one journalist.

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[–] TokenBoomer 1 points 1 month ago

I think you’re correct. It’s all of those things. Biden is surrounded by Military Industrial Complex contractors and revolving door lobbyists. It is impossible to make an informed decision when everyone around you has competing loyalties.

The founding fathers formed the government to protect against the populist majority, when they should have protected it from monied interests.