Irondome Defunding

[Gondwanaland]

For which the Palestinian and Israeli leaders seemingly share equal blame.

Maybe Bellisario had his finger on the pulse.

But for which pretty much only the Palestinians suffer. What with Israel being the occupying force.

[Mountain Man]

There is no reason we should be sending billions of dollars (for this and other aid) to Israel to protect them while they commit ethnic cleansing.

Oh... I thought you were going to say "while we do nothing to protect our own borders."

[Mountain Man]

And they 'guys at the bottom' who get their water shut off, homes bulldozed, olive trees razed, buildings and city blocks blown to smithereens, children blown up on the beach, etc....

Not to mention all the times the Palestinian military massacres its own citizens and then blames it on Israel.

[Sparko]

If we are going to support foreign countries with defense funding, then I would think that the Iron Dome would be one of the best uses of that money. It is a purely defensive system, it defends everyone, Jews, Christians and Muslims living there, and it is needed as we saw earlier this year when Hamas bombarded them with missiles. And it actually works.

[rogue06]

If we are going to support foreign countries with defense funding, then I would think that the Iron Dome would be one of the best uses of that money. It is a purely defensive system, it defends everyone, Jews, Christians and Muslims living there, and it is needed as we saw earlier this year when Hamas bombarded them with missiles. And it actually works.

Not to mention what they develop we get the benefits of their work and research.

[Sparko]

Not to mention what they develop we get the benefits of their work and research.

Yep. And it doesn't hurt to have an ally in the region where nearly everyone hates the west and especially the USA. Biden seems determined to make sure the USA has no presence in the middle east at all, and that everyone in the world hates us and wants us dead.

[rogue06]

Yep. And it doesn't hurt to have an ally in the region where nearly everyone hates the west and especially the USA. Biden seems determined to make sure the USA has no presence in the middle east at all, and that everyone in the world hates us and wants us dead.

Putin is chortling with glee as he's been eager to replace us.

FWIU, Biden has also put a halt on various parts of the Abraham accord and other treaties with Middle Eastern nations that were made with Israel under Trump.

It's like he is desperate to return to the 70s with skyrocketing gas prices, double digit inflation and various shortages. Now it's like he wants increased tensions in the Middle East and another war between the Muslims and the Israelis.

[Sparko]

Putin is chortling with glee as he's been eager to replace us.

FWIU, Biden has also put a halt on various parts of the Abraham accord and other treaties with Middle Eastern nations that were made with Israel under Trump.

It's like he is desperate to return to the 70s with skyrocketing gas prices, double digit inflation and various shortages. Now it's like he wants increased tensions in the Middle East and another war between the Muslims and the Israelis.

I think it is TDS, just like with all the other liberals. He is bound and determined to reverse every single thing Trump accomplished, no matter whether it was good or bad. I can't wait till he starts pissing off North Korea.

[Mountain Man]

Putin is chortling with glee as he's been eager to replace us.

Only if Xi doesn't beat him to it. It has been China's dream for decades to be the economic and political axis around which the rest of the world turns, and with Joe in the White House, they are closer than ever to realizing that dream.

[Bill the Cat]

But for which pretty much only the Palestinians suffer. What with Israel being the occupying force.

Wow. I'd never have pegged you for an anti-Semite

[Gondwanaland]

Not to mention all the times the Palestinian military massacres its own citizens and then blames it on Israel.

Not very prevalent unlike some like to make it out to be, but certainly an issue. But then, our own government isn't so lily-white in that respect.....

[Gondwanaland]

Oh... I thought you were going to say "while we do nothing to protect our own borders."

Nah, ethnic cleansing and apartheid is a bit of a bigger deal than some not wanting brown people to cross the border.

[Gondwanaland]

Yep. And it doesn't hurt to have an ally in the region where nearly everyone hates the west and especially the USA. Biden seems determined to make sure the USA has no presence in the middle east at all, and that everyone in the world hates us and wants us dead.

Having an ally in the region doesn't mean we have to be their sugar daddy while they ethnically cleanse and put in place an apartheid state.

[tabibito]

Having an ally in the region doesn't mean we have to be their sugar daddy while they ethnically cleanse and put in place an apartheid state.

And yet this "ethnic cleansing" is only taking place in one of two areas which should, if everything was solely in Israel's hands, be treated in the same way.

[Gondwanaland]

Wow. I'd never have pegged you for an anti-Semite

WOw, I'd never have pegged you for being so dense that you think opposing Israel's policies of apartheid and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians makes one an 'anti-semite'. Now that's a level of brainwashing that takes some effort to achieve. Here's a hint: actual Israelis, as well as Jews around the world, oppose what the country has been doing for decades. That doesn't make them self-hating anti-semites, that makes them human beings with a working conscience and the ability to recognize wrongful and atrocious acts by a government. But thanks for showing how far down the rabbithole you are that your kneejerk response to even the slightest criticism of Israel is "you're an anti-Semite". Very revealing.