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Really jogs the noggin' as to why this particular country receives the preferential treatment it does on the international stage in spite of actions that would

Really jogs the noggin' as to why this particular country receives the preferential treatment it does on the international stage in spite of actions that would have any other country sanctioned or bombed to smithereens. I can't quite figure it out! It's also pretty interesting how this comment was able to draw out so many purely organic defensive comments, more quickly than even a thread critical of China would.

saiya-jin 8y ago
Look where it is - middle east. It is by far the most US-friendly country in whole region, even if something would go wrong with all muslim western-aligned governments, US can rest assured that Israel will remain an ally. They don't have that many other options I think. When politics, power and money enter the game, in region so rich in oil (meaning trillions of $$), some humanitarian concerns are thrown quickly out of the window because 'priorities'. I find it hilarious in the worst way possible - Israel, by definition jewish country (although not 100%), is running probably biggest concentration camp in the world these days. History doing some 5-dimensional circles and laughing on all of us. Palestinians are not helping much to improve their own situation, but after 60+ years behind the fence, who can blame them.
- okyougotmenow 8y ago
  Is Israel an American ally or is America an Israeli ally? Hard to say when a significant proportion of congress has dual Israeli citizenship. What exactly do we gain from fighting endless wars in the middle east? Israel seems to benefit much more from the destabilization and destruction of their neighbors than we do. Even Wikipedia does not shy away from detailing the Yinon Plan.
dogma1138 8y ago
There is the other side of the coin, the conflict is and always was a relatively "meaningless" conflict as far as the scope goes from any point you look at including casualties however the level of attention it receives is also disproportionate just as much if not more as the so called preferential treatment you claim it has.
deletemenow 8y ago
Because jew and because holocaust and because 7 gorillion

saiya-jin 8y ago

Look where it is - middle east. It is by far the most US-friendly country in whole region, even if something would go wrong with all muslim western-aligned governments, US can rest assured that Israel will remain an ally. They don't have that many other options I think. When politics, power and money enter the game, in region so rich in oil (meaning trillions of $$), some humanitarian concerns are thrown quickly out of the window because 'priorities'. I find it hilarious in the worst way possible - Israel, by definition jewish country (although not 100%), is running probably biggest concentration camp in the world these days. History doing some 5-dimensional circles and laughing on all of us. Palestinians are not helping much to improve their own situation, but after 60+ years behind the fence, who can blame them.

okyougotmenow 8y ago
Is Israel an American ally or is America an Israeli ally? Hard to say when a significant proportion of congress has dual Israeli citizenship. What exactly do we gain from fighting endless wars in the middle east? Israel seems to benefit much more from the destabilization and destruction of their neighbors than we do. Even Wikipedia does not shy away from detailing the Yinon Plan.

dogma1138 8y ago

There is the other side of the coin, the conflict is and always was a relatively "meaningless" conflict as far as the scope goes from any point you look at including casualties however the level of attention it receives is also disproportionate just as much if not more as the so called preferential treatment you claim it has.

deletemenow 8y ago

Because jew and because holocaust and because 7 gorillion