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Game-theoretically the US wouldn't want to drop support for Israel in response to attacks on shipping-- that would just result more in attacks on shipping by an
by sbierwagen 3y ago
Game-theoretically the US wouldn't want to drop support for Israel in response to attacks on shipping-- that would just result more in attacks on shipping by any country in the world that wants to force the US to do something. If the US wanted to drop Israel, they would only do so after a years-long bombing campaign that terrorized and depopulated Yemen, to make it clear that the US cannot be blackmailed into dropping allies.
And yes, obviously, the US would do this entirely with conventional weapons. They've got eighty years of experience in crushing the third world under their boot with regular TNT bombs, after all, with no need for nukes.
- mikewarot 3y ago[flagged]
- rayiner 3y agoA minority group reclaiming territory from the people who colonized them isn’t “genocide.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_the_Levant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_the_Levant It’s like Elon Musk complaining about the “genocide” of Afrikaners. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/01/musk-south-africa-apartheid-chant-malema https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/01/musk-south-a....
- mikewarot 3y agoWhat does history from the 7th century have to do with Israel killing their own citizens in 2024?