Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoBernie Sanders calls on Congress to block funding to Israelwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1873arrow-down119
arrow-up1854arrow-down1external-linkBernie Sanders calls on Congress to block funding to Israelwww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square123fedilink
minus-squareSabin10@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up84arrow-down8·2 years agoBut without Isreal as an intermediary, how are politicians supposed to funnel billions of dollars to their friends in the defense industry?
minus-squareVikingHippie@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down3·2 years agoAnd without letting Israel demolish and “resettle” Gaza, how are they supposed to get their hands on all of that sweet offshore gas that the Palestinians aren’t letting them have anymore?
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·2 years agoYou’d think this would make the oil industry actually push for an independent Palestine, but oh well.
minus-squareVikingHippie@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoNah, they know that an independent Palestine wouldn’t play ball. The Israeli government would after stealing the territory, though.
minus-square🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down11·2 years agoAnd how can they justify a proxy genocide against Islam without Israel?
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoStill plenty of kit needed in Ukraine.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoEurope is rearming and we could arm our Kurdish allies. Or we could keep selling tanks to cops. Heck maybe suburban Iowa could use some police owned AA guns.
minus-squaretwelve20two @slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoEasy: we just start a proxy war somewhere else. Throw a dart on a map of the global south, and you’ll probably be ok.
But without Isreal as an intermediary, how are politicians supposed to funnel billions of dollars to their friends in the defense industry?
And without letting Israel demolish and “resettle” Gaza, how are they supposed to get their hands on all of that sweet offshore gas that the Palestinians aren’t letting them have anymore?
You’d think this would make the oil industry actually push for an independent Palestine, but oh well.
Nah, they know that an independent Palestine wouldn’t play ball. The Israeli government would after stealing the territory, though.
And how can they justify a proxy genocide against Islam without Israel?
Still plenty of kit needed in Ukraine.
Europe is rearming and we could arm our Kurdish allies.
Or we could keep selling tanks to cops. Heck maybe suburban Iowa could use some police owned AA guns.
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Easy: we just start a proxy war somewhere else. Throw a dart on a map of the global south, and you’ll probably be ok.