r/InternationalNews • u/Horus_walking • Oct 01 '24

Opinion/Analysis Why America is looking increasingly powerless as Israel’s war expands - The pattern of American impotency and Israeli defiance has played repeatedly since October 7

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/politics/america-israel-lebanon-war-analysis/index.html
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u/traanquil Oct 01 '24

America could stop Israel with a phone call if it wanted to. It actively chooses to go down this path in advancement of its imperialist interests

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u/servel20 Oct 01 '24

Reagan shut it down with a single phone call. Crazy to think Reagan had more humanity than the current admin.

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u/Ancient-Watch-1191 Oct 01 '24

Exactly! It's all feigned.

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u/mwa12345 Oct 01 '24

Or Joe Biden has been on Epstein island Who knows

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

Worse I'm sure. That is assuming he actually cares; the guy has been corrupt and a career politician his whole life and literally launders money through Rosemont Seneca and its dozen shell companies. 

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u/mwa12345 Oct 01 '24

That is true. He was called something like the bankers senator or something ( Delaware based orgs issues most credit cards iirc)

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u/courtneygoe Oct 01 '24

And Biden didn’t agree with it back then. I was warning people in 2020 this would happen, not because I’m some kind of genius (I am absolutely not) but because I looked at his record. He was always going to do this.

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u/SuddenXxdeathxx Oct 01 '24

Yep. He's been an open uncritical Zionist his whole career.

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u/Severe_Elderberry_13 Oct 01 '24

Joe Biden has always been a piece of shit, a bunch of us tried to tell you that during the 2020 primaries. As of right now, I don’t see any indication that Harris or Trump would handle Israel any differently. This is what happens when you don’t vote progressive.

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u/Maherjuana Oct 01 '24

Do you actually believe that?

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u/Wonderful_Debate5182 Oct 01 '24

Reagan did it, Bush did it, hell - even Biden did it back in 2022.

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u/traanquil Oct 01 '24

I do

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u/BGritty81 Oct 01 '24

Compromat isn't necessary. We've made bribery legal in US politics and Biden is the largest recipient of AIPAC money in history. Our whole congress is bought and paid for.

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u/Maherjuana Oct 01 '24

How do you see that going.

“Netanyahu, stop bombing Gaza”

“No, we have more than enough weapons and money to finish this war”

“Okay we are gonna cut off all future aid”

“That’s fine we will just pivot to buying from China, they don’t make a fuss about our human rights abuses. Now get all of your soldiers out our country, we aren’t friends”

“You know this means that you’ll likely be attacked by every country in the region and thousands will die”

“We will wage this war with it without your approval”

That^ is exactly how Israel is very openly behaving. But people would rather ignore facts and pretend that America can solve anything with a phone call lol

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u/traanquil Oct 01 '24

You’re very naïve if you don’t think that Israel is highly dependent upon the United States for its power. The United States sends israel money and weapons but even more importantly it provides Israel political cover against increasing antagonistic opinion of Israel from the international community. This is why Israel invests massive resources in swaying American opinion - both at the level of Americas political class and American popular opinion. This is why Netanyahu invests a great deal of time speaking to America and visiting America such as his recent address to congress

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u/Maherjuana Oct 01 '24

I’m not gonna say you’re wrong but I also think it’s wrong to say America can just end this war without any consequences by telling Israel to stop… and since you gave such a nuanced response I think you know that as well.

We had a lot of backlash from the International community and we still invaded Iraq after 9/11