• Crikeste@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      Saw some idiot on Al Jazeera say “stopping weapons transfers really won’t do anything, as the US has given them enough to last years and years.” (they also have domestic production)

      Like, he’s right but holy fucking shit, dude.

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        Even if they have reserve weapons, they are still reliant of a steady flow of US Military Weapons. If that ends, they are in major trouble. Especially with the Internal unrest in Israel and their reputation on the international stage.

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          Absolutely. Of all places to see rhetoric like that, Al Jazeera? Granted, it was just some US Defense dog they were interviewing about the current escalation.

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      Netanyahu even approved the bombing of Lebanon’s Capital, using US built Bombs and US built Planes, while on US Soil, with the approval of another 8.7 Billion Dollars of Military Weapons to Israel.

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      “The bombs are purely for decoration, not destruction. But they’re yours now, so… do whatever you want with them, we don’t care.”

      -United States, sometime after the settler colony of Israel was formed

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    It’s insane that a country whose economy is 1/8th that of California alone and whose population is 35x smaller has the US by the balls in this way.

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      Any country would if they had the US Military Industrial complex backing them up.

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      Between Israel militarily, Russia politically, and China economically, it’s a wonder we are still even asked to vote.

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      He literally is beholden to the defense contractors. Seems like all they care about is selling bombs, so we’re stuck. Israel is our 51st state.

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        Shit, I’m glad I’m not literally beholden to my own contractor. “You need to build a second floor” “But I don’t want a second floor. Can we just go ahead with the bathroom?” “NO! AND YOU’RE GETTING AN ELEVATOR.”

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      Yeah, but what if someone also set a precedent that if you’re the victim of an admittedly awful terror attack, you can spend the next 20 years killing anyone you want.

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        While we’re at it, Russian full scale invasion of Ukraine opened up akin to the shock and awe campaign in 2003 Iraq.

        Of course it does not justify the invasion, but the world still remembers WMD’s that weren’t found. American leadership didint think those through too well.

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    And if Israel DOESNT then they’ll get ONE LESS BULLET! THAT will Teach Them to Embarrass Biden while MURDERING Children!

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    Has he tried running three circles then getting on his knees and barking? Israel promises he can have him a bonus ice cream if he does that.

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    “Quit it you guys, I’m super cereal this time, you’ve got to cut it out.”