There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

like a child complaining that mum grounded them and didn’t give them their allowance

vga ,

https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/2b74ad86-3543-4d06-92a6-882c7121020a.webp

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/d4f3160a-bfc0-40ea-be8c-12e7864cf136.webm

Godric ,

Wait, I was told Jebocide Joe was all in on killing Palestinians?

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

almost as if the perpetual online slacktivist left is irrational

Eezyville ,
@Eezyville@sh.itjust.works avatar

Make your own weapons then!

jwt ,

I think if he tried they’d look like something out of a cartoon. https://programming.dev/pictrs/image/2a877672-75f0-4fbe-8433-4c72f8a8f785.jpeg

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

that’s what he gets buying from acme

Cethin ,

Israel does make some of their own weapons. (Have you ever heard of the Uzi or Desert Eagle?) Just not enough for their current goals. I’ve heard that proposed as a reason the US provides them so many weapons, to suppress the growth of their local weapons industry.

alcoholicorn ,

Israel is the only country whose aid doesn’t have to be spent on US goods. The US created Israel’s arms industry.

Fedizen ,

would be funny if the military accidentally shipped it to ukraine

assassin_aragorn ,

I don’t understand his angle here. He clearly has some sort of agenda, but I haven’t figured it out. Maybe he’s betting that this will turn some Democrats and moderates against Biden? But that requires believing that Netanyahu is telling the truth, which I don’t think a lot of Israel supporters necessarily do.

Either way, this is weird. Maybe he’s talking about the bombs that weren’t sent for Rafah? But getting pissed about one halted shipment out of everything they’ve been given is just fucking hilarious.

My guess – he’s aware his support is dwindling, and he’s trying to salvage it by blaming everyone else. Or, he’s daring the US to stop all shipments, but that would probably destroy his remaining support too.

Godric ,

Yes, you clearly seem confused.

Linkerbaan ,
@Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

Israel’s modus operandi is throwing anyone that does not 100% obey their commands under the bus instantly. It keeps all their loyal dogs in check and lets them know the slightest amount of disobedience is not allowed. One can do everything israel asks for 100 years and the one time they step out of line they will fully get thrown under the bus.

The question you should be asking here is what Joe Biden’s angle here is. Because Biden is still sending them 99% of the weapons. So apparently losing the election while israel is still committing Genocide.

eran_morad ,

Feck off

Pacattack57 ,

Withholding? As if Isreal is entitled to our money and weapons.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

I don’t mind supporting countries that actually need it but even if the IDF was completely ethical, and they’re not, they still wouldn’t need a single bullet of aid.

Aux ,

Sanction the fucker with all of his government!

Killer57 ,

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/332b21ee-6a6d-48a0-a26c-cc3c634a0804.jpeg

r0ertel ,

I came here for this. Thank you!

WhatIsThePointAnyway ,

With climate change, the whole of the mid-East is going to be uninhabitable. All these countries are fighting over land that no one will be able to live on in the next 50 years or so. Humans are way too short sighted.

And I say all these countries because Iran and Russia supports Hamas and America supports Israel.

HipsterTenZero ,
@HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

yeah well i can conceive of it perfectly fine so maybe that’s a skill issue

carl_dungeon ,

Yeah fuck yamaka hitler

tate ,

*yarmulke

shalafi ,

So why can’t Israel support itself after decades of the US pumping weapons and money?

I’m 100% done with Israel, and that’s coming from a middle-aged guy who was always a supporter. At this point, I honestly don’t care if the Arab world stomps them flat. Who could I possibly give a shit any longer?!

So thanks for bringing the plight of the Palestinians into my worldview and trashing the country’s reputation. I get it now. Clearly.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Israel can support itself. This is a huge con.

The defense industry of Israel is a strategically important sector and a large employer, as well as a major supplier of the Israel Defense Forces. The country is one of the world’s major exporters of military equipment, accounting for 10% of the world total in 2007. Three Israeli companies were listed on the 2022 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute index of the world’s top 100 arms-producing and military service companies: Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries and RAFAEL.[1] It is also a major player in the global arms market with a 2.3% share of the global exports of major arms as of 2023.[2] Total arms transfer agreements topped $12.9 billion between 2004 and 2011.[3] There are over 150 active defense companies based in the country with combined revenues of more than $3.5 billion annually.[4] Israeli defense equipment exports reached $7 billion in 2012, making it a 20 percent increase from the amount of defense-related exports in 2011. With the war in Ukraine, arms exports reached $12.5 billion in 2022.[5] Much of the exports are sold to the United States and Europe. Other major regions that purchase Israeli defense equipment include Southeast Asia and Latin America.[6][7][8] India is also major country for Israeli arms exports and has remained Israel’s largest arms market in the world.[9][10]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_industry_of_Israel

TheFonz ,

This is correct and I wish was more widely known.

mozz ,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

I honestly don't care if the Arab world stomps them flat.

Standard disclaimer, this isn't an attempt to excuse Biden's support for Israel which is and has been unconscionable. But that being said:

I think the possibility of Israel being stomped flat is part of the calculus that underlies American support for them. They're surrounded by powerful enemies like Iran, and a whole unanimous coalition of nations full of military and political leaders who go to sleep at night dreaming of the lifelong stamp of heroism that would stem from being part of the holy alliance that finally wiped them out.

Whatever crimes against humanity their "defense" forces commit and are committing, the TV scenes of Arab soldiers gunning down fleeing Israeli civilians, ripping down the flags in Tel Aviv amid burning corpses, taking city after city, fighting a 20-on-1 dogpile of a war that would end with Israel erased from the map forever, guilty and the innocent alike, would get played on American TV in campaign commercials for 50 years. If it happened under Biden, the Democrats wouldn't win another election for at least a generation. Probably more.

And it could happen. The world is not a nice place. Part of running the State Department is dealing in horrifying outcomes like that, and it happens every year in a few places across the globe, to people we haven't taken pains to make friends and allies of (and sometimes even to people like the Kurds that we have).

We used to love like brothers and sisters various leaders all over the world who did genocidal things like Netanyahu, and I'm sure we still do, but it's not an everyday thing now like it was in the 80s and 90s. But there's some kind of crazy disconnect that fuels American support for Israel. There's a popular theory on Lemmy that it's simply because Biden is evil and loves genocide, and certainly AIPAC is a part and simple racism and lack of care for dying civilians in the Mideast is a part, but to me I think one of the powerful drivers is the fear of what might happen if the rest of the Middle East ever got the idea that they could try to fuck up Israel and the US might not be there to make sure it didn't happen.

Let the accusations commence. Like I say, I'm trying to explain, not to excuse, and besides nothing in any of that above would have stopped them having the CIA snatch Netanyahu three months ago and deliver him to the Hague in a rubber sack with a note that says "We still love Israel but this guy can get fucked."

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
@Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world avatar

having the CIA snatch Netanyahu three months ago and deliver him to the Hague in a rubber sack with a note that says “We still love Israel but this guy can get fucked.”

Oh, I wouldn’t do that. Just drop him in the middle of Rafah and let him walk home.

mozz ,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

"What's the matter, tough guy? Don't they have a right to fight their enemies? Don't they have a right to defend themselves, with or without international support?"

koper ,

The scenario you describe is so far from reality that it’s hard to take as something other than a creative writing exercise. Israel is not existentially threatened at all. The IDF is far better equipped than all the other countries in the region and Israel was just in the process of normalizing relations with some of its neighbors, including Saudi Arabia. All the military support from the USA isn’t saving anyone, it’s just funneled there to keep the military industrial complex happy and kill Palestinian children as a byproduct.

mozz ,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

The IDF is far better equipped than all the other countries in the region

Individually, probably so. Collectively?

There's a fuck of a lot of countries there. Some of them (Saudi Arabia) have bigger militaries than Israel even individually, and some of them (Iran) have lots of land and people and some certain amount of money, and lots of alliances with lots of rowdy guys with guns and rockets.

Israel and MBS and the West being all buddy buddy with each other and fuck what 99.9% of the people in that part of the world think about it, is one of those things that can change.

it's just funneled there to keep the military industrial complex happy

I won't at all disagree with that. All the homies love big weapons packages. Whatever else is going on in the world, throwing over a hundred billion dollars to weapons suppliers is always a popular decision in DC.

and kill Palestinian children as a byproduct

I don't at all believe that killing children is affirmatively a priority in Washington. I think that depending on the nationality of the children, it can be an acceptable item on the balance sheet to be factored in against other priorities. 😢

Cryophilia ,

But there’s some kind of crazy disconnect that fuels American support for Israel.

Lemmy is stupid, so you shouldn’t pay attention to popular lemmy theories. But you’ve got it wrong too.

Christians need Israel to exist in order for their prophecy to be fulfilled. That’s the reason for the vast majority of the support Israel gets in the US. They don’t care about Israel as a state, or Jews, or anything else. It’s just a practical matter. One of the preconditions for the End Times is Israel existing.

mozz ,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

That variety of "Christian" certainly exists in America but I don't think they are as powerful as they used to be and I don't think they are in charge of the State Department (I mean... not currently, at least.)

Cryophilia ,

You probably only think that because you’ve gone out of your way to exclude them from your life. They still very much exist. They’re a majority of people who care about the middle east in any way.

and I don’t think they are in charge of the State Department

Anything that popular has sway with the government.

Crashumbc ,

You don’t live here and aren’t paying attention then…

Those are exactly the people in control of the Republican party right now and the ones Trump is promising the world to in his bid to get elected. (And become a dictator)

mozz ,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

Hence why I said not currently

Crashumbc ,

But the Republicans have that power NOW. They don’t have complete power, but that doesn’t mean they and their policies aren’t affecting the US.

Baroness_Buttslut ,
@Baroness_Buttslut@sh.itjust.works avatar

Surrounded by powerful armies like Iran

Take a good look at a map, buddy.

mozz ,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

https://mbin.grits.dev/media/0b/a2/0ba225dea892093cec3ee8fe28ff333df66d3cfca85c2b6c08bf71b6de705274.webp

Okay done, I looked at a map

Now what?

Danquebec ,

You should definitely color Lebanon.

mozz ,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

You are correct. I wasn't trying to be super accurate about it, just trying to make the point, but Lebanon is an important omission.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

Fascists make the world their enemy and then claim everyone is out to get them.

It’s actually a pretty core aspect of the 40k universe btw, just throwing that out there because no one seems to bring it up.

mozz ,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

It's absolutely true. I'm just talking about how the US may be viewing the realpolitik of the situation and their interest in it, not saying anything about if it's just or unjust. If you want my judgement about it, Israel did it to themselves this situation, yes, 100%.

IndustryStandard ,

axios.com/…/american-troops-middle-east-israel-pa…

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4c73df6e-4a88-4431-a713-4e25b515e159.png

There are many bases in other countries willing to work with the US. Saudi Arabia appears a more conforming “ally” than Israel.

theacharnian ,
@theacharnian@lemmy.ca avatar

Some of the blue countries are in very good terms with Israel.

hark , (edited )
@hark@lemmy.world avatar

the TV scenes of Arab soldiers gunning down fleeing Israeli civilians, ripping down the flags in Tel Aviv amid burning corpses, taking city after city, fighting a 20-on-1 dogpile of a war that would end with Israel erased from the map forever, guilty and the innocent alike, would get played on American TV in campaign commercials for 50 years. If it happened under Biden, the Democrats wouldn’t win another election for at least a generation. Probably more.

But if footage of what’s actually happening to Palestinians right now is shown then nothing happens? Their lives aren’t worth anything in the eyes of Americans?

mozz ,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

You broke the code yes

😢

It is changing slowly but that doesn’t do anything for someone whose child is dying quickly, right now

Part of it is just the news. They would present it VERY differently and in a much more compelling fashion than they present what’s happening in Palestine today. But that’s only part. The average American also cares far more about white people and countries that are “our friends” than they do about people who are neither of those things.

Buelldozer ,
@Buelldozer@lemmy.today avatar

At this point, I honestly don’t care if the Arab world stomps them flat.

You would likely end up caring a whole helluva lot when Israel hammers their red funni button and turns the capital cities of the attacking nations into glass.

People can claim that they wouldn’t do it but THE use case for nukes is existential threat…and that’s exactly what you’re describing. Its in those exact situations that Atomic Fire comes out to play.

Maeve ,

That's an interesting thought experiment you prompted. I think Bibi would hit the button before Kim or Putin. It's a craps shoot though. Pun not intended.

x4740N ,

Who is bibi ?, I know who Kim and putin are but not whoever that is

eric5949 ,

Netanyahu’s nickname is Bibi.

Crashumbc ,

Definitely Bibi first no question.

The other two are way more of a toss up.

Maeve ,

Idk, but it's interesting to contemplate, especially since I just learned after I posted that that Kim and Putin have entered a new agreement. This timeline is certainly exciting, but I'm ready to jump to another!

Shadehawk25 ,

Right? Benny nets has completely ruined any good faith left in the world for the jews after the holocaust. (by that I mean Israel, not Jewish people abroad)

Maeve ,

Israel has plenty of supporters. I'm sorry for the Israelis who view this with dismay and will suffer for it.

Ensign_Crab ,

but that the U.S. should not be withholding some weapons.

It should be withholding all weapons.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • [email protected]
  • random
  • lifeLocal
  • goranko
  • All magazines
    •