US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy - eviltoast
  • SineSwiper@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 months ago

    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.

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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      10 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