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US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy (www.channelnewsasia.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Both of these takes are extremely cynical, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Israel's actions with Gaza and the extremely right-wing PM in charge should not define Israel as a country and the reasons why the US has them as an ally, just like how Trump does not define the US as a country.

To be clear, I'm not suggesting that they shouldn't be criticized. But, let's criticize the actions, instead of making up reasons that the US is involved with Israel in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You mean actions like being the number one bipartisan campaign contributors to a large portion of American Leadership? You mean spending more on lobbying then any other industry? You mean Israel isn't a tax shelter for American Firms that are normally restricted to being located on US Soil? What exactly am I "making up" here?

Are these numbers fake?

Biden, Joe (D) 		$5,223,313  
Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) 	New Jersey 	$2,500,005  
Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) 	New York 	$2,358,112  
Kirk, Mark (R-IL) 	Illinois 	$2,294,469  
Lieberman, Joe (D-CT) 	Connecticut 	$1,996,274  
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) 	Kentucky 	$1,953,160  
Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) 	New York 	$1,725,324  
McCain, John (R-AZ) 	Arizona 	$1,494,066