• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    We aren’t going to engage in a military operation AGAINST Israel. We SHOULD, but we never will.

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      7 months ago

      What?

      American military escorting American aid isn’t a military action against Israel

      Israel claims they can’t let aid trucks in because Hamas will steal it.

      American escort means Israel can’t use that excuse, and if Israel attacks it, they’d be attacking the American military.

      That isn’t a military action against Israel in any way shape and form.

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        7 months ago

        The argument for escorting aid in is because Israel will attack it… So what is the logical outcome of Israel attacking a US guarded convoy?

        We are not going to put our people in that situation.

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          7 months ago

          That still wouldn’t be a military action against Israel, and no American troops would be in Israel territory.

          What you’re saying is that Israel would view preventing their genocide against Palestinians as an attack on them and then be “forced” to attack the US troops…

          Israel would have to decide if they want to attack US military members to stop aid.

          I’m not talking about hiding one soldier in a crate for a “gotcha”. I mean a loud and proud military escort of aid. Something that is 100% normal regardless of it’s a war zone or not.

          I’ve spent 6 months of my life doing exactly this, lots more doing other stuff in the military.

          I know what I’m talking about.

          Not to mention, by your logic that would make Bidens plan to build a single pier over two months a military action as well…

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        7 months ago

        The US? Oh, absolutely. We’ve been protecting and justifying Israel’s bad behavior for decades now.

        The analogy I like to use is Israel is the shitty little kid on the playground who thinks he can get away with anything because “my big brother can beat you up!”

        It’s going to keep happening until big brother steps aside and lets him get his nose bloodied.

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          7 months ago

          Genocide sounds way cuter when you use a children’s analogy. We’re all adults here so we don’t need cutesy analogies though. Joe Biden structured arms deals in a way that wouldn’t meet the minimum amount for congressional oversight, in order to enthusiastically deliver weapons being used in a genocide. A genocide that’s obvious to us commoners should be fucking pretty obvious to the person with the most military intelligence in the world. So, either he’s stupid as fuck, or an evil son of a removed.

          Either way, he needs to face justice.