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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20788199

Jessica Corbett
Sep 27, 2024

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[–] Cornpop 1 points 11 minutes ago

He’s dead. Article states he lived.

[–] IndustryStandard 32 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Biden instantly sending 8 Billion dollars in weapons really says it all. The US is planning to let Netanyahu bomb everything he wants. When they strike back in kind the US will use it as a pretense send in troops to start a war with Iran.

A smart move by Netanyahu. He knows he needs to get rid of Iran or they will outpace Israel. Now that Israel fully controls America this is the time to start their war with Iran with impunity.

[–] Kbobabob 10 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Biden instantly sending 8 Billion dollars in weapons

Wasn't this before the bombing?

Edit: source

[–] IndustryStandard 1 points 7 minutes ago

One day before the bombing of Nasrallah (with advance knowledge and US cooperation). But after Israel started their recent Lebanon bombing campaign.

[–] Marleyinoc 35 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The companies making military weapons and gear for Israel can be found here according to AFSC.

The US has committed grants to Israel to buy weapons through 2028. It's benefiting the above corporations. While not all US based, it still is just another example of our corporate overlords fiucking the world over for profits).

[–] IndustryStandard 7 points 12 hours ago

Is there somewhere they are separated by country? Would be helpful to people who want to know what they should demonstrate against in their country.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Just war crime after war crime at this point.

[–] Burn_The_Right 43 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (5 children)

And why not? He has virtually unlimited U.S. weapons as well as bi-partisan support from U.S. politicians. It's as though we're just setting our attack dog loose on everyone.

It's fucking astonishing that we have any relationship with Israel at all these days. The U.S. gets absolutely nothing out of this one-sided relationship.

Israel offers us:

-No unique strategic military position (we have that area covered already).

-No high-value industrial benefits (no natural resources or unique trade).

-No military arsenal or manpower support (their arsenal comes from us and their personnel is quite limited).

It's time to let them make friends with their neighbors on their own. They don't need us to do that and we sure as fuck don't need them.

[–] mojo_raisin 3 points 4 hours ago

Unfortunately, as long as we leave political offices to be filled by the worst of us this will continue. Voting is only half the battle.

[–] Spiralvortexisalie 9 points 6 hours ago

Hacking and Blackmail are Israeli strengths. The two most common theories I hear are that that elected officials are impressed with the Israeli hacking capabilities and rather keep them on our side, or they are actively exploiting those capabilities to bend politicians to their will. Seeing how Israel operates in public with innocent civilians it seems rather obvious our predicament.

[–] WhatYouNeed 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

But they do have AIPAC, which likes to pedal its influence into local US politics.

[–] Burn_The_Right 4 points 6 hours ago

Agreed! (Emphasis on the "greed")

[–] [email protected] 22 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

The US is a parent sitting and watching its problem child beat the shit out of the other children in the playpark. Other concerned parents keep asking the US to do something, to which they shrug and say "kids will be kids, what can you do" while handing their child a knuckleduster.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Main thing the US gets from Israel is Market Capital Export.

Israel accounts for what, like 30-40% of all recent American acquired startups?

[–] Burn_The_Right 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Do you have a source for this?

My understanding is the primary trade between the U.S and Israel is diamonds. We each export over $1B worth of diamonds and also each import over $1B worth of diamonds between one another. In the past year, the U.S. imported about half a billion dollars more from Israel than it exported to Israel (again mostly diamonds in both directions).

The diamond trade between our countries does not justify our participation in unnecessary wars (or genocides) in my opinion. It seems unlikely to be the reason we are so committed to this relationship. I think AIPAC's financial involvement in our elections represents a much bigger reason we support Israel.

[–] WoahWoah 1 points 33 minutes ago
[–] [email protected] 46 points 17 hours ago

Best I can do is giving him more bombs

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Reagab stopped them from doing this exact same thing 40 years ago. Anyone still gonna say this administration isn't more Zionist than usual?

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

Hasn't every administration slowed them down except for Biden's?