• Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml
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      If they did that, Israel would actually have to play by the rules. Being directly controlled by the US government would mean that they wouldn’t be special anymore.

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      “If Israel didn’t exist we’d have to invent it to protect our interests in the region”

      -Joe “the bloodthirster” Biden

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      Israel will never be an official US territory for the same reason that Guantánamo Bay never will be, even though Israel is more important to US interests than all but a few states