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There were plenty of other alternatives, starting with sanctions against Israel and followed with military action. The boomer generation's support for Israel cr

There were plenty of other alternatives, starting with sanctions against Israel and followed with military action. The boomer generation's support for Israel created a very odd relationship that was entirely one way. Younger generations will certainly reverse this.

alephnerd 7mo ago
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- spaghetdefects 7mo ago
  The US has given over $300B to Israel since its creation: https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-foreign-aid-does-the-us-provide/countries/israel/ https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-foreign-aid-does-the-u... That does not count the money we've spent fighting their wars. We could have cut that off and sanctioned them at any time if they worked against our interests. Israel's strategy has been to compromise US leadership to stop this from happening, and until recently it was successful at that.
  - alephnerd 7mo ago
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    - spaghetdefects 7mo ago
      And as I mentioned, there are other alternatives like sanctions against Israel and military action against Israel. It's a tiny country, 100% reliant on outside support to exist. The US has always had the ability to end Israel.
      - Sabinus 7mo ago
        You're suggesting that the USA attempt to 'end' a nuclear armed country for working with the Chinese?
        spaghetdefects 7mo ago
        I don't care about China at all. I'm actually suggesting that the US fight Israel because it's attacked us by staging a soft coup of our country's leadership.
    - tomhow 7mo ago
      > Edit 2: @Dang - Flagging is not meant to be used as a downvote. Sure, but complaining about downvotes is against the guidelines, and @replies are not a way to get moderator attention. The way to get moderator attention (including asking for flags to be reviewed) is to email hn@ycombinator.com. Repeatedly posting the same sentence as a way of protesting or attracting attention is poor conduct in a community like this, and makes it harder for moderators to help you.

alephnerd 7mo ago

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spaghetdefects 7mo ago
The US has given over $300B to Israel since its creation: https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-foreign-aid-does-the-us-provide/countries/israel/ https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-foreign-aid-does-the-u... That does not count the money we've spent fighting their wars. We could have cut that off and sanctioned them at any time if they worked against our interests. Israel's strategy has been to compromise US leadership to stop this from happening, and until recently it was successful at that.
- alephnerd 7mo ago
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  - spaghetdefects 7mo ago
    And as I mentioned, there are other alternatives like sanctions against Israel and military action against Israel. It's a tiny country, 100% reliant on outside support to exist. The US has always had the ability to end Israel.
    - Sabinus 7mo ago
      You're suggesting that the USA attempt to 'end' a nuclear armed country for working with the Chinese?
      - spaghetdefects 7mo ago
        I don't care about China at all. I'm actually suggesting that the US fight Israel because it's attacked us by staging a soft coup of our country's leadership.
  - tomhow 7mo ago
    > Edit 2: @Dang - Flagging is not meant to be used as a downvote. Sure, but complaining about downvotes is against the guidelines, and @replies are not a way to get moderator attention. The way to get moderator attention (including asking for flags to be reviewed) is to email hn@ycombinator.com. Repeatedly posting the same sentence as a way of protesting or attracting attention is poor conduct in a community like this, and makes it harder for moderators to help you.