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Is that why the US sent tens of billions of dollars just in the past year to them?
by za3faran 2y ago
Is that why the US sent tens of billions of dollars just in the past year to them?
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Is that why the US sent tens of billions of dollars just in the past year to them? Not sure what "that" you're referring to, but broadly, yes. Israel is an ally about whom most Americans have a favourable view [1]. (It's a non-issue for most likely voters [2]. Foreign policy pretty much always is.) Not sending arms would mean contemplating, in increasing order of severity: Israel losing the war and confidence in America; Israel defecting to another benefactor; and Israel ceasing to exist because America pulled support. These are problems for the U.S. geostrategically, given it weakens our position in the Middle East but also with allies in Asia. (An ally who abandons you halfway through a war is worse than useless.) The latter two would probably tank an administration. If you're saying that our volume of aid is evidence Israel needs them, note that Israel is still--by and large--using precision weapons. If we cut them off from those they'd do what Russia has been doing. [1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/611375/americans-views-israel-palestinian-authority-down.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/611375/americans-views-israel-p... [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/09/09/issues-and-the-2024-election/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/09/09/issues-and-t...