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"We Have Lost All Credibility”: Hala Rharrit on Quitting State Dept. & Ending U.S. Complicity in Gaza
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this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2024
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I did notice this "we need Israel strategic location" as a way to justify the support to Israel.
This fails quickly with any checking of what is happening, and if anything it shine a light on the hypocrisy of the government.
The truth is, most of the US politicians have "AIPAC" guy and getting paid to make sure nothing happens including the prisedent.
We dont need Israel for much of anything. We have an air base in jordan a few miles from the Israel border. We have turkey, Cyprus, the UAE, bases all over, even inside Syria, really everywhere except for inside Israel. To our military Israel is completely useless, and a potent risk of "accidental" SAM launches.
And if anyone seriously thinks the lack of bases inside their territory means They work for us, instead of the reality which is our politicians work for them, then you're just disregarding the proof thats clearly there even by the pattern of base presences, and the fact that democratic politicians are roped into a far right wing genocide. The idea that they are our "ally", that they are our "aircraft carrier in the middle east" and that they are a proxy for the US just doesnt match any of these facts. We're being fed Israeli propoganda and a lot of you are lapping it up because its most convenient for you.