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> Is the West planning to use it as a launchpad for a war of aggression in the region? Pretty sure this was the reason. It’s a tactical piece that they want to
by bradlys 5y ago
> Is the West planning to use it as a launchpad for a war of aggression in the region?
Pretty sure this was the reason. It’s a tactical piece that they want to keep control over. Everyone else in the region hates them (and rightfully so).
- throwaway2048 5y agoConsidering Israel does not, and never has allowed American forces to be stationed inside Israel, this seems pretty unlikely.
- bradlys 5y agoYou do know you don't have to have your own troops in a specific area for it to be a tactical asset, right?
- renewiltord 5y agoThey will do what we want when it matters. Even better that their people die in our service than ours.
- chmod600 5y agoI'm not sure quite what you mean by "rightfully hates them" but it sounds pretty scary to me.
- skrtskrt 5y agothey mean the west has systematically overthrown governments, strip-mined the natural resources, drawn arbitrary country borders, funded extremist groups, bombed civilian populations, gone to war because the extremists they originally backed got too strong, etc etc in the Middle East for generations then if all else fails, they do sanctions, which of course NEVER affect the ruling class, they merely provide the rulers a tool to point more hatred at the west - you think it's the ruling class that can't get diabetes medication due to sanctions? No of course not, it's the average person.
- chmod600 5y agoIn the comment to which I replied, "them" refers to Jewish Israelis ("Everyone else in the region hates them"). Jewish Israelis are Middle Eastern, not part of the West.
- bradlys 5y agoMy "them" was actually a reference to the west. Jewish Israelis is a fair argument too. Both are true.