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There is a tenancy to believe Israel is a vassal state that does the US's bidding. The actual record says not really. And also Israel is only able to resist be
by Gibbon1 4mo ago
There is a tenancy to believe Israel is a vassal state that does the US's bidding. The actual record says not really.
And also Israel is only able to resist being conquered by it's Arab neighbors because of the US. Record says also no.
- pjjpo 4mo agoIf the latter is no, I do hope the US finally ends military aid to Israel. I really doubt it will happen, but if the record says it should be ok, then that would be really great.
- da-x 4mo agoIsrael itself is in favor of this, to reduce US influence on its arms exports. Everybody wins.
- salemh 4mo agoIts just sleight of hand. Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-us-military/ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-us-military/ Netanyahu Pushes Congress to Adopt a New Structure for US Military Aid to Israel https://truthout.org/articles/netanyahu-pushes-congress-to-adopt-a-new-structure-for-us-military-aid-to-israel/ https://truthout.org/articles/netanyahu-pushes-congress-to-a...
- ndiddy 4mo agoYeah the goal isn't to actually end military aid to Israel, it's to move the military aid under the vague DoD accounting process so nobody outside the DoD knows what's actually being sent.
- da-x 4mo agoThe "fuse the militaries / more susceptible to Israeli whims" framing seems to be the hand-wavy part of those articles. If you read the referred Section 224 you'd see details of the expanded scope of cooperation in tech domains and info sharing, and also in transparency and oversight.