r/JewsOfConscience Apr 08 '24

History Devil in disguise

These are old videos of Netanyahu speaking in interview and speaking to US Congress. Notice how US did regime change in all of these nation which were a potential threat to Israel. in Iraq they never found WMD's, in Libya they killed a good leader Gaddafi(Libya abandoned their nuclear program decades ago innexchange for peace)and they can't touch iran because iran actually has WMD's program unlike Iraq & Libya.

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u/Quarkmire_42 Apr 08 '24

One interesting thing I once heard from John Mearshimer is that the Israeli Lobby in Israel sometimes works against its own interests by supporting lunatic policies of the current Israeli PM.

I think that's so accurate. One reason for all this Pro-Palestinian sentiment is ofc the egregious human cost, but also that the American people are just sick and tired of American intervention of foreign wars, and no amount of propaganda can shield them from the truth.

The days of Netanyahu using this excuse to convince Americans to take out one of Israel's OWN enemies is long over. Because that's what it is, Netanyahu is deathly scared of Iran possessing nukes and does everything to provoke the USA into going into war. This excuse doesn't work anymore.

Imagine if the Israeli Lobby had gone against Netanyahu when he propped up Hamas, or increased settlement expansion, or forcefully imposed a peace process that led to a 2-state / 1 state / Confederation solution. We wouldn't be here at this moment. Instead the Lobby hamstrings US support against Israel's own interests, and predictably now Israel has lost so much more than it needed to.