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by 4gotunameagain5 hours ago |
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upvoteby bawolff5 hours ago|
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US has tons of interests in the region. This is just as much for america's benefit as it is for Israel's.
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upvoteby evklein5 hours ago|
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"Interests." I'd love to know what the price per barrel the U.S. has paid in the last few years when you factor in additional costs incurred due to involvement in Iraq and Syria.
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upvoteby bawolff4 hours ago|
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While oil is a major interest its hardly the only one.

USA is still playing at being world hegemon in competition with china and to a lesser extent russia. Maintaining alliances is a part of that.

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upvoteby Jtsummers4 hours ago|
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> USA is still playing at being world hegemon in competition with china and to a lesser extent russia. Maintaining alliances is a part of that.

The US has been actively disrupting its most critical alliance, NATO, recently. Threatening to invade an allied nation's territory or force them to hand it over to us to prevent an invasion. Now threatening to block trade with NATO nations. The current administration is doing a terrible job of maintaining alliances.

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upvoteby bawolff4 hours ago|
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I didn't say they were doing a good job at it.

I would agree, american foreign policy and especially how it is communicated has been all over the place.

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upvoteby hedora4 hours ago|
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We're certainly paying more than it'd cost to just drive EVs.

Retail fuel prices are already higher than that, even ignoring subsidies, military operations and environmental externalities.

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upvoteby spaghetdefects5 hours ago|
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This is not in the US's interest at all. What do we get out of destabilizing the region? This is entirely for Israel.
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upvoteby hedora4 hours ago|
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This won't help Israelis.

It will help multiple industrial military complexes on both sides of the conflict.

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upvoteby jsphweid5 hours ago|
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> This is just as much for america's benefit as it is for Israel's.

Citation needed.

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upvoteby Dig1t5 hours ago|
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Almost all of our representatives have been bought by the Israel lobby. We will spend many billions more, and questioning it will continue to cause people to be labeled as antisemitic.

Israel is seeking a new Memorandum of Understanding now which will guarantee them aid for twice as long as normal (20 years instead of the usual 10).

https://www.stimson.org/2025/a-20-year-mou-with-israel-is-no...

The Israel lobby is the most powerful and feared lobby in Washington. As a politician, getting on their bad side means almost certainly losing your next election. Just look at how much money they are putting into trying to replace Thomas Massie.

Their power and influence has a huge chilling effect on all criticism of Israel, even representatives who represent people who overwhelmingly are against Israel like AOC and Omar, largely remain silent on the genocide and our foreign policy toward them because of this chilling effect.

I highly recommend the book "The Israel Lobby" by Mearsheimer and Walt. It was published in 2007 and detailed this entire thing almost 2 decades ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Israel_Lobby_and_U.S._Fore...

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