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Israel is entirely dependent on US for weapons needed for the war; and yet Biden admin prefers a risky operation like this to applying the slightest pressure to

Israel is entirely dependent on US for weapons needed for the war; and yet Biden admin prefers a risky operation like this to applying the slightest pressure to get Israel to allow aid in via land border crossings. Utter humiliation for USA

tmpz22 3y ago
> Utter humiliation for USA Its proportional response. As in having the power to bully your way in but taking a measured approach anyways.
poulsbohemian 3y ago
>Utter humiliation for USA How do you figure? To me this is the US showing leadership and balance - we will both support our ally Israel while also providing humanitarian aid to people we believe have a right to their homeland too.
- uoaei 3y ago
  Because it's transparent and obvious that US gets to use their muscle to have it both ways and profit off of the conflict. It is hard to believe that the aid expenditure will exceed the profit from weapons sales.
- Georgelemental 3y ago
  > Support our ally Israel Aren't allies supposed to help each other out? US has given Israel billions in aid, but Israel refuses to do the bare minimum of allowing aid through its land borders with Gaza. The humiliation is Israel completely ignoring US concerns, and US not only letting them get away with it despite massive leverage at their disposal, but also putting American soldiers at risk to clean up their mess
  - SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
    The US wants to have military bases in an friendly nation in a strategically important area (near the middle east oil producers, and near the Suez canal). Israel allows that. That's the main reason the US is so friendly to Israel, all the surrounding countries are far more hostile.
    - Georgelemental 3y ago
      > all the surrounding countries are far more hostile … largely because of our relationship with Israel.
    - cameldrv 3y ago
      Israel does not allow the U.S. basing in Israel. We do have troops in Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia though.
stale2002 3y ago
> Israel is entirely dependent on US for weapons needed for the war; This may have been true 50 years ago, but it isn't true today. Israel purchases the majority of its military weapons, and the amount of aid that the USA gives to Israel is small compared to Israels total military budget. I think people forget that Israel has a very large tech sector and economy these days. They also have nukes too, if their country was really threatened, but thats very unlikely given that no middle eastern military could stand up to Israels current military.
- myth_drannon 3y ago
  Israel is one of the world's largest weapons exporters. There a some areas that US pushed for a monopoly, like aircrafts and forced Israel to abandon it's own programs (Lavi jet fighter, similar to Canada's Arrow case). So Israel is entirely depended on US for F-35,F-16 ad Apachi helicopters and that's all..

tmpz22 3y ago

> Utter humiliation for USA Its proportional response. As in having the power to bully your way in but taking a measured approach anyways.

poulsbohemian 3y ago

>Utter humiliation for USA How do you figure? To me this is the US showing leadership and balance - we will both support our ally Israel while also providing humanitarian aid to people we believe have a right to their homeland too.

uoaei 3y ago
Because it's transparent and obvious that US gets to use their muscle to have it both ways and profit off of the conflict. It is hard to believe that the aid expenditure will exceed the profit from weapons sales.
Georgelemental 3y ago
> Support our ally Israel Aren't allies supposed to help each other out? US has given Israel billions in aid, but Israel refuses to do the bare minimum of allowing aid through its land borders with Gaza. The humiliation is Israel completely ignoring US concerns, and US not only letting them get away with it despite massive leverage at their disposal, but also putting American soldiers at risk to clean up their mess
- SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
  The US wants to have military bases in an friendly nation in a strategically important area (near the middle east oil producers, and near the Suez canal). Israel allows that. That's the main reason the US is so friendly to Israel, all the surrounding countries are far more hostile.
  - Georgelemental 3y ago
    > all the surrounding countries are far more hostile … largely because of our relationship with Israel.
  - cameldrv 3y ago
    Israel does not allow the U.S. basing in Israel. We do have troops in Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, UAE, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia though.

stale2002 3y ago

> Israel is entirely dependent on US for weapons needed for the war; This may have been true 50 years ago, but it isn't true today. Israel purchases the majority of its military weapons, and the amount of aid that the USA gives to Israel is small compared to Israels total military budget. I think people forget that Israel has a very large tech sector and economy these days. They also have nukes too, if their country was really threatened, but thats very unlikely given that no middle eastern military could stand up to Israels current military.

myth_drannon 3y ago
Israel is one of the world's largest weapons exporters. There a some areas that US pushed for a monopoly, like aircrafts and forced Israel to abandon it's own programs (Lavi jet fighter, similar to Canada's Arrow case). So Israel is entirely depended on US for F-35,F-16 ad Apachi helicopters and that's all..