Someone literally made this argument to me yesterday. I asked how continuing to arm Israel helped stop the genocide of Palestinians and they started talking about American national interests and how if we don’t arm Israel someone else will. No mention of Palestine in their answer whatsoever. Shit was just gross.
It assumes an inherent strategic value to Israel that applies universally and misses how Israel is uniquely beneficial to US interests.
It's not like China needs Israel, with the belt-and-road it is opening relations with literally the entire middle east and not just the white settler colony. Russia already has close allies in the region that would oppose allying with Israel. The EU could try to replace the US as the main backer, and it has a material interest in doing so, but they just don't have the military capacity to pull it off.
i hate those sorts of interactions because the other person quite literally said nothing yet they walk away feeling like they "won" or like they "had the correct take", i can 100% guarantee it
This is a link to him explaining himself, admitting they're trying to occupy as much territory as possible in the event of peace (not related to this genocide; he means peaceful coexistence with Palestinians)
if god exists he fucking hates you and nobody is thankful you are alive.
and look, i'm not body shaming, but get a shirt that fits. what the fuck. i don't care that he's a bigger dude, but he needs a bigger shirt. maybe that's the largest size he could steal from the malnourished palestinians he took that house from.
as a non-white person i'm giving you the pass and some advice to stop falling for liberal bullshit. basically- no, making a joke about some absolutely unhinged bullshit this freak said is not rooted in racism or sexism. you don't need to twist yourself up trying to figure out how it is because some lib planted the idea in your head and as an empathetic person you actually considered their point of view.
Okay, so is the plan "pressure the Harris campaign to do something to stop it", or "purity test all candidates, and since they all fail, spend all our time shitting on the people that don't wake up horny to slatewipe the West Bank", or is it "white knuckle accelerationism and tell myself it'll go the way I want it to"? Because I can dig the first, but I honestly can't tell if that's there it's coming from.