• brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Yeah well that only goes so far. See: Ukraine, who need all the weapons they can get but are still facing opposition.

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      3 months ago

      I think boomers are also a bit more unconditionally supportive of the state of Israel for some reason as well. Perhaps (and this is my speculation) they were more propagandized than younger people whom have better access to global communication and cultural exchange, and were therefore more Arabophobic on average.

      Also, Israel is the US’s military foothold in the middle east, so it’s there as power projection to the oil-rich countries in the vicinity.

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        3 months ago

        Anti Netanyahu is not the same thing as anti Israel.

        Its like saying you’re anti American for supporting some controversial US politician, though TBH we don’t have a good equivalent to him.

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          3 months ago

          Anti Netanyahu is not the same thing as anti Israel.

          He wants people to think it is though, and uses Israel’s propaganda machine to get them to

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          3 months ago

          Perhaps this is true but if he leaves office, the genocide will continue apace. It may ebb but it will always be center to Israel’s project. There is a lot of internal conflict in Israel and fascism is boiling over.

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            3 months ago

            This is like saying the US will never change either.

            Leaders can change the direction of the country, especially when a good chunk of the population is clearly unhappy with what they’re doing.

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      3 months ago

      Ah but if you send them too many weapons, they might actually defeat russia! and then they won’t need arms anymore

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      3 months ago

      Israel is a proven long-term customer. Ukraine will only keep producing money if the war continues