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TopicUS approves 1,800 2k-pound bombs to Israel as Rafah invasion looms
andel
03/31/24 6:38:13 PM
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Doe posted...
Previous US presidents have been able to be an ally to Israel while also not giving them a free pass to level the whole of Palestine. Reagan suspended aircraft transfers, aid and military assistance to Israel until they got out of Lebanon, and even told the Israeli PM their actions looked like a holocaust. Previous US presidents have allowed scores of UNSC resolutions against Israel to pass.

The idea that Biden and Trump are in line with a running presidential consensus on how to handle Israel is ahistorical.

reagan was at the very beginning of the 'moral majority' type evangelicals who have given israel much more power in lobbying and generally among american consciousness. there is no comparison to the attitudes of americans in the 80's to now. the fact that even the majority of progressives in the federal government generally support israel should tell you about the current reality.

we don't have to always blindly support israel, and this conflict may be the start of the american public turning against that blind loyalty, but we are still a long way from that and no candidate in '24 that comes out against supporting israel in any public fashion will win a general election.

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