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You think Israel would just collapse if the US stopped supporting them?
by hersko 1y ago
You think Israel would just collapse if the US stopped supporting them?
- lostlogin 1y agoWho would support Israel? Who’s aircraft carriers would stand by?
- I-M-S 1y agoThe official doctrine of Israel is to nuke the whole region [1] rather than accept anything similar to what has been proposed above. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option
- halflife 1y agoResearch Israel’s independence war where Czechoslovakia contributed arms. It wasn’t until Nixon that Israel had American support.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Who would support Israel? If the United States launched a land war on Israel and Palestine, Russia and China. It would be an opportunity to bog down the United States in the Middle East for another generation.
- ImJamal 1y agoI haven't confirmed the numbers, but I saw an estimate of 75% of Israeli military funding came from foreign aid (primarily the US) and those numbers did not include the US sitting in the Mediterranean with ships intercepting rockets. If they had to cut down their military to 25% they would collapse from outside attacks. Israel would probably figure out the funding so it wouldn't drop by that much though.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoIf you think it is important to your position, I recommend you look into confirming those numbers. Israel is spending around 30 Billion/yr now US is currently giving them about 18 Billion/yr US historically gave them about 4 Billion/yr US spending during the war is about 75% as much as internal spending, not 75% of the total. If US turned off the money tap, Israel would go from winning several wars at once to having to pick its fights.
- ImJamal 1y agoThanks for the clarification on the numbers. I will take a look into them more.