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Jerri Hinojosa's avatar

The US doesn't send more money to Isreal than any other nation in the world, nor did the US and Allies create Isreal, to protect Jews, protect the Christian Holy Lands, make amends for the holocaust, or anything else. The US sends money to Isreal to maintain a heavily nuclear armed outpost for the US within striking distance of the entire Middle East.

It's same reason we are sending hundreds of billions to Ukraine and the reason we screwed up the Balkans and left them with a Gaza-type situation to clean up in our wake in the 1990s. It has nothing to do with religion (by the way, there are more Neo-Nazis than Jews in both those places). Muslims wanted an outpost in the West from which their weapons could strike Western Europe and Serbia was ready to provide it. Europe has no defense other than NATO, and therefore we were the last line of defense to stop Muslims from creating their own "Isreal" in Europe.

If those who look at everything through a "Stop the Zionists" lense could take a peek around their lense, they might think critically about all the ways the US having it's very own outpost right next door to Isreal would change many dynamics of the complicated relationship between the US and our "closest ally" Isreal. For starters, we wouldn't need to send them $4 trillion and most of our tech every year.

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SocratesDetroit's avatar

There is confluence of interest between Zionism and Imperialism for sure.

That said, please tell us, which nation (other than "aid" to "Ukraine", most of which is used to fund US entities, and some of that buys arms that go to Ukraine for a US-sponsored proxy war) gets more aid than Israel?

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Jerri Hinojosa's avatar

Israel has received the largest share of U.S. aid every year or almost every year since it was formed. Number 2 changes but Egypt is generally 2 or 3. I don’t know the reason for certain, but perhaps to assure the free access to the Suez Canal. Maybe we pay them to keep the peace with Israel. I don’t know, but I’ve always thought it was curious.

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Phil Denter's avatar

You are confused as to which is the dog and which is the tail.

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Jerri Hinojosa's avatar

I usually ignore replies not intended to start thoughtful dialogue, but there are so many dogs and tails in this story, I am genuinely interested in your perspective.

Would it be correct to understand your reply to say Zionists were so powerful throughout the world before and after WWII that they were able to cause the Allies to take Palestine, create Israel, relocate the Jews in diaspora, and then pay the sums we’ve been paying to defend it for 75 years without American self-interest?

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Phil Denter's avatar

Yes. They are named Rothschild and they have run world banking since well before Napoleon.

But it is far more complex than just plain-Jane Zionists. For example, the Vatican were/are in on it too.

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Jerri Hinojosa's avatar

Thanks for the reply

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JohnAZ's avatar

Everyone in Phil’s life is an enemy.

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Ben's avatar

Phil is simply nuts and a Marxist shill.

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Ben's avatar

No he nailed it.

This is nothing but a modern take on the crusades of old.

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