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Title: What makes Israel a US ally?
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Published: May 11, 2024
Author: Self
Post Date: 2024-05-11 16:54:24 by FormerLurker
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Comments: 13

We are always being told that Israel is a close US ally. The degree of closeness ranges from "our closest ally in the Middle East" to "our best ally in the world", depending which talking head or politician is speaking.

But WHY exactly do they consider Israel an ally? Israel provides nothing to the United States, yet WE provide security guarantees, political cover, and billions in taxpayer assistance each year in both military and economic aid.

Israel tried to sink a US warship back in 1967, are we afraid they will win a war against us if we don't pay them ransom money each year?

Israel attacks USS Liberty

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They also were belligerents in the Lebanese Civil War, involved in the killing of defenseless civilians in refugee camps, and attempted to defy US Marine troops guarding a defensive zone established to prevent further bloodshed. Not long after, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was destroyed by a "suicide bomb".

Sabra and Shatila massacre

Sabra and Shatila massacre: What happened in Lebanon in 1982?

How a US Marine Single-handedly Stopped Israeli Tanks in Lebanon

Beirut barracks blown up

Prior to that, Israel was harassing US Marines, putting their lives in danger by illuminating their positions at night with spotlights shining on them from Israeli helicopters, amongst other forms of harassment.

Israel Charged With Systematic Harassment of U.S. Marines

It is said that the explosives that were used in the attack on the Marine barracks was highly sophisticated, a type of explosive available only to the US military and Israel.

That information, however, has been scrubbed from the Internet as far as I can tell.

Then we go forward to September 11, 2001..

Dancing Israelis Incident

And let's not forget that JFK had demanded Israel allow inspections of their Dimona nuclear facility to ensure that they weren't developing nuclear weapons..

When a U.S. president demanded inspections of a nuclear facility in the Middle East (and failed)

Several months later he was assassinated.

So again, someone please explain to me why Israel is considered to be a US ally, our "greatest".

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#4. To: FormerLurker (#0)

A great summary, but you forgot Jonathan Pollard. Israel hired him to spy on the US, and when he was captured and convicted Israel SHAMELESSLY lobbied for his early release and when he finally got the legal all clear, went to Israel where he was showered with praise and given free citizenship.

The whole thing just REEKS of embarrassment for Americans.

But absolutely, Israel offers nothing of substance to the USA. Nothing economic, military or in terms of US foreign policy interests. On the first & last of these they are a liability to the USA as they take billions from us we cannot afford to spend, and our support earns the hatred of the entire ME Muslim world of over 1 billion people. Something that does us NO favors at all.

Evangelicals live in religious fantasy world about Israel being associated with Christian prophesy. Jews, at least the relatively modern variety, have done a great job of maintaining a self identifying cohesive unit through recent centuries, but that capability to remain exclusive unto themselves shows something about them that is more than simple religious belief.

I still believe Palestinians have far more blood of Ancient Israel in them than modern Israelis. If there is any historical accuracy to the story of Abraham, then it is Palestinians who are his descendants and have title to the promise of God to the "land of Israel". That in spite of being almost all Muslims.

Pinguinite  posted on  2024-05-12   2:38:42 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#6. To: Pinguinite (#4)

Evangelicals live in no fantasy world. Those who have ears to hear understand. Others have rejected the one true God and will never ever understand.

I'll go with the Bible over a relatively unknown hypnotist that 99.999999 percent of the world has never heard of.

But maybe I'm wrong and you are part of the .0000000001 percent of the population of earth that knows what is really going on.

The_Rock  posted on  2024-05-12 08:17:24 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Evangelicals live in religious fantasy world about Israel

being associated with Christian prophesy.

You are correct about the religious fantasy world.

I see it as delusion, and it goes beyond what evangelicals believe about Israel, to include even day-to-day Christian life. Catastrophic failure.

I could elaborate on this failure but I'm tired of talking about it, and I have no doubt that you are tired of hearing about it. Completely understandable.

being associated with Christian prophesy.

Just a note here: Christian prophesy is rooted in the Old Testament. I was over on the Chabad website recently, seeing what they are looking for regarding their messiah. Of course, theirs is remarkably similar to ours. It is the TIMING that both evangelicals and Jews have wrong.

The problem (that affects you and the readers here) is that Jews have taken advantage of Christian delusion to get in and break down the Christianized nations: Europe, the Americas, etc. The Jews need this to happen so that they can establish their Jew world order. However, they are basically committing suicide since they are also deluded to think this would ever work, being that they are hated by everyone. They even hate each other.

I don't see Christians waking up at all. Even if they did it is probably too late to change the course of world events. Christians will pay a heavy price for their choices, as they will be trampled under foot, starved and put to the sword in the collapse that is gaining momentum right now.

watchman  posted on  2024-05-12 10:27:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

you forgot Jonathan Pollard

I'm sure there's a LOT that I didn't include, but yeah that's another strike against them.

it is Palestinians who are his descendants and have title to the promise of God to the "land of Israel". That in spite of being almost all Muslims.

Exactly. Some seem to think all those "chosen" simply disappeared for 2000 years then magically appeared 100 years ago and decided to move back to Israel, and those who were already there just popped up out of nowhere.

There are some who are seriously dumb.

FormerLurker  posted on  2024-05-12 17:11:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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