We have many allies…but we have principles (or at least us silly civilians believe we do).. he’s not Jewish..so why?
@TomatoeFrankRepublican4mos4MO
Because the relationship benefits us far more than Israel, so we have no leverage. They are happy to take our aid, but they don't need it. If we start putting conditions on them, they will just walk away and we will lose a major partner in the region.
@B1ll0fRightsGarlicSocialist4mos4MO
I mean we have like a billion bases over there..what is Israel going to do, turn to Iran? There has to be something more.. the unconditional aspect doesn’t make sense..
@TomatoeFrankRepublican4mos4MO
Israel doesn't need a partner. Particularly one that bullies it the way we did in the past. They insulated themselves from our bullying precisely because we bullied them from 1948 to 1993. Now we have no leverage but we made our bed with our own actions.
@B1ll0fRightsGarlicSocialist4mos4MO
I guess I don’t know the back history you’re referring to.. why can’t we walk away from Israel? None of our other allies supported them outright at the UN? It’s only us being completely unconditional.. I guess I need someone to explain it to me like I’m 5 why we need them so badly when we get our hands into whatever we want anyway and have military all over the globe.. I feel like your rationale is oversimplified
@TomatoeFrankRepublican4mos4MO
1) During the Suez Crisis in 1956, Eisenhower bullied Israel into a ceasefire. He secured this by promising Israel we would defend them if Egypt ever did the same again.
2) In 1967 Egypt did the same and Johnson reneged on our promise, setting off the Six Day War.
3) Then in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War, the flaming antisemites Nixon & Kissinger sat and watched as Egypt & Syria attacked Israel with weapons provided by the Soviet Union. They refused to help Israel rearm after the surprise attack.
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