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Biden Moves to Lift Restrictions on ALL U.S. Weapons to Israel (www.kenklippenstein.com)

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Biden seeks to "allow for the transfer of all categories of defense articles," his request states

The White House has formally requested the removal of restrictions on all categories of weapons Israel is allowed to access from U.S. weapons stockpiles in the country, as I reported in detail for The Intercept today. So you know I’m not exaggerating, here’s a screenshot of the request:

The request would also remove nearly all other limits on Israel’s ability to access the U.S. weapons stockpiles — permanently —by doing the following:

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[+] MindSkipperBro12 -14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“When a rattlesnake is poised to strike, you do not wait for it to strike before you crush it.” - FDR

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, you just nuke the country the snake came from, nevermind the fact that you put the snake there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

US foreign policy in a nutshell, but replace nukes with drone strikes.

Couldn't we just... give the rattlesnake some space and continue on our way? It's only mad because we got too close to its home. If it gets too close to our home, yeah, let's kill it, but until then, live and let live.

From my understanding, we'd be on much better terms with the middle east if we stopped interfering in their business. Just open up trade routes and we can get rich together.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Exactly. I mean tbf the US is now mostly on good terms with the middle East, but all these countries are one regime change (or depending on country aid money not coming) away from doing a 180 because the people themselves hate the US with a passion. I know I do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, we're not doing ourselves any favors by bombing people in various countries over there, and we've been doing it for decades. I still don't understand why we invaded Iraq, especially since Saddam Husein actually kept things relatively stable.

Our foreign policy over there is really messed up. We should be helping enrich the average person, since that has historically been the path toward eliminating extremism and promoting democracy. We should be investing in these countries, not bombing them, and Iraq could have been a poster child for this strategy. Basically make a deal with Saddam Husein to create middle class jobs to trade with the US. It's a win-win because Husein gets to be popular and the US gets a relatively stable friend in the region with a populace who can start pushing for democracy. Iraq was already a secular government, so there's no theocracy crap to deal with. We kind of did that with Japan, and look how that relationship evolved.

I don't think it's too late either. We should be investing in the region so as oil becomes less central to the global economy, they have a fallback instead of a descent into chaos. Tourism shouldn't be the only option here, they should have a variety of industries, and the US could be central in getting that going.