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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (9 children)

no it's not.

anyone with eyes can see this is the price paid to have a militarily significant position against the real enemy, Russia.

sure, there is much gnashing of teeth and shouting of change but it's all political theater.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I don’t feel that’s obvious, can you elaborate on your views?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Israel is a strategic location for the US to maintain military power in both the Middle East and northern Europe.

The US has access to nuclear capable weapons in Israel and that keeps Moscow in check.

current leadership in Israel is well known to be sympathetic to Russian influence and is likely tempted by the goal to eradicate all Muslims, something Moscow is likely to allow.

Should Israel defect to Putin's regime, the US would lose military influence and superiority in the area and it would likely set the US back decades.

for Iran to attack Israel, they are forcing the US to make a choice. Publicly commit to be in cooperation with the administration that continuously commits crimes against humanity, or to step away from supporting the admin and thus step away from a strategic point.

Without the support of the US or Russia Israel will fall, it's only a matter of time. at that point Iran is in the best position to take over and they will do so through Iraq and Jordan.

it's in Russian best interests to support both Iran and Israel to fight so the US continues to focus assets on stabilizing Israel instead of Ukraine. To them, it doesn't matter who wins or loses. As long as both Israel and Iran play Moscow's game, Russia wins.

Furthermore, Russia can use the turmoil and brutal imagery from Israeli forces and sow the seeds of propaganda online of, "look what Joe Biden is doing! Do you want more of this?"

Russia wants a Trump presidency because they get everything they want. They get US out of Israel, out of Ukraine, and would have a singular position in Germany, which is weak when it stands without Israel.

It's pathetic how afraid Moscow is of Harris, especially when they talk a big talk about how big their nuclear dicks are.

[–] OpenPassageways 0 points 2 months ago

A Trump presidency means US out of Israel and Iran? How so? Trump and his advisors have done way more to hawk a war with Iran than Biden/Harris. Trumps actions while in office were also very supportive of Israel and antagonistic to Palestinians, leading to more attacks on Israel and more US involvement.

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