r/neoliberal • u/Broad_Procedure • Oct 08 '24

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u/SharkSymphony Voltaire Oct 08 '24

The next step, where we stop supporting Israel militarily, is a broken alliance. Dang straight we should be doing everything we can to avoid that. It would be a disaster both home and abroad.

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u/Daddy_Macron Emily Oster Oct 08 '24

The next step, where we stop supporting Israel militarily, is a broken alliance.

An alliance goes both ways. The Israeli government giving the US government the middle finger and ignoring their reasonable requests does not make for a good alliance. As far as I'm concerned, the alliance has already been broken by the Israeli side first.

It would be a disaster both home and abroad.

It would be a disaster for Israel, not the US. They should do well to remember that the next time they try to humiliate a Democratic US President.

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u/nasweth World Bank Oct 08 '24

There's nothing reasonable about telling Israel to simply let Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran attack them without consequences.

This is a strawman, no one is telling Israel this.