r/InternationalNews • u/ObjectiveObserver420 South Africa • Apr 24 '24

International Blinken denies US has ‘double standard’ when adjudicating alleged human rights abuses in Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/blinken-denies-us-has-double-standard-when-adjudicating-alleged-human-rights-abuses-in-israel/
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u/thepinkandthegrey Apr 24 '24

It's part and parcel of the institution to to lie and bend the truth in this way, knowing full well the international community doesn't buy it for a second, outside a few sycophantic nations that'll agree with anything the US says. They don't even know why they lie anymore, other than it's what you're supposed to do when it comes to Israel. At one time support for Israel may have been strategic, but that's clearly not the case anymore when Israel is trying its best to start WW3. There's simply no good reason for the US to support Israel in this other than the fact that it's just what the US does, it's an institution, and the Biden administration is all about institutionalism--the institution must be unthinkingly preserved by any means necessary, ethics and self-interest be damned.

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u/thesilverbride Apr 25 '24

Avioding a war is 100% US goal; creating a broader war is 99% Israeli goal. This is going to get wild.

Just based on the expense and effort its clear Israel cant afford for Palestine to exist - Gaza needs to be gone. This is going be a US problem to solve, and the civil unrest at home is going to make it wildly hard.