“There’s always never-ending conflict in the middle east” is a rather convenient position to take for the globe-spanning military super-power that’s been meddling in the region for more than half a century.
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Ryoae@piefed.social 8 hours ago
I am sorry but if people still think the Palestinian conflict is the end-all and be-all of where the state of the world goes, much less, where America goes. Then they’re no better than the single-minded voters that helped the Republicans win twice.
There will ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS be conflict going on over the Middle-East with everyone there. It is NEVER-ENDING. We’ve wasted nearly 20 years dicking around with Afghanistan and Iraq. All for what? So the Taliban can take over territory in less than a week after all that effort? What a waste!
What we needed to do and should have done was hold Israel accountable and not fund them anymore. If to them, makes us look anti semitic, then so what? They’re the aggressors, they’re the ones being tyrannical bastards right now and if they can’t see that then it’s their problem they need to sort out or don’t. Whatever floats their little boat.
But also, we have so much shit to fix here that it’ll be a bit until we get there. We’ve already squandered telling Israel to stop their shit.
AppleTea@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Ryoae@piefed.social 6 hours ago
Must be a bold response from someone who presumably never took history lessons and learned about the history of that region. Educate yourself.
AppleTea@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
I have pointed to the history, and your response is to say “nuh huh read more”
Objection@lemmy.ml 4 hours ago
There will ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS be conflict going on over the Middle-East with everyone there. It is NEVER-ENDING. We’ve wasted nearly 20 years dicking around with Afghanistan and Iraq. All for what? So the Taliban can take over territory in less than a week after all that effort? What a waste!
Sorry, I’m having a lot of trouble trying to connect the dots between the US waging decades long wars of aggression in the Middle East and accomplished nothing with the idea that it’s acceptable to keep sending weapons and fueling conflict through a proxy.
bossito@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I find it funny how many people do seem to believe that the US or the EU funds Israel. Clearly clueless about the Israeli super resilient economy…
The EU is indeed the biggest funder of Gaza and that seems to give it exactly zero influence there :/
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
Bullshit, if we wanted the Palestinian Genocide ti stop we could make Isrsel stop with a single phonecall.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
Yes, and try running a presidential campaign on that and see how it works out for you.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
The most popular politicians in the US are vocal about stopping the Palestinian Genocide, so yeah I absolutely would take that strategy if I was going to run.
Do you have… any basis for your beliefs or is this just all feelings and no facts for you?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
Those people don’t fucking vote.
Jyek@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
I just don’t believe that at all. The power the US holds has long faded into a shadow of its former self. I’m not even sure Trump could convince BB of the best breakfast spot in manhattan. Regardless of what the POTUS wants to happen in the Middle East, the Middle East will continue to do its thing.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
Get out of here with your poetry, the bombs Israel drops are made in my backyard.
The idea that we don’t have decisive leverage over Netanyahu is absurd and laughable.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
What would that phone call entail?
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 hours ago
“Hi Benny, no more weapons for you :) Call me back babe if you want to talk about it.”
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
And then the US pro-Israel lobby call their senators who inform that if Mr Caller still wants to be employed in a few days, the guns need to keep flowing.