Comment by 9283409232
9 days ago
I don't actually believe you are trying to argue in good faith here.
> At what point will you start connecting the dots and realise that all these means to some different end always end up benefitting Israel, and no one else?
Many US companies and US oligarchs benefit from the actions listed here. You are focused on Israel as if no one in the US is profiting from these actions.
> Many US companies and US oligarchs benefit from the actions listed here
US companies benefit from punishing boycotts of Israel? Benefit from sending it (and not to a different country) billions in aid? Benefit from illegally detaining students that oppose it? Benefit from condemning the ICC? Can you explain a) how; b) who these companies and oligarchs are; c) why always Israel and not any other country or mix of countries?
> Can you explain a) how; b) who these companies and oligarchs are;
Most military defense companies. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon are the main ones. Raytheon makes a ton of money from their work on the Iron Dome. 70% of Israel's weaponry comes from these US companies. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/16/middleeast/where-israel-get-i...
Sending "aid" does not mean sending cold hard cash. Billions in aid could mean sending that equivalent amount in weapons. They are funneling cash into defense contractors.
> why always Israel and not any other country or mix of countries?
It is not always Israel you just don't look for examples that might prove your world view incorrect. Egypt, South Korea, and smaller middle eastern countries like Jordan receive millions in aid.
Didn't Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Raytheon make a lot more money from the Ukraine-Russia as opposed to the Israel-Gaza war?
The military spending is a contrived explanation. If weapons manufacturers want that money, they can just lobby the government to buy more weapons from them, rather than to gift taxpayers money to another country so that it can buy them.
Besides, this would explain just a small fraction of what I mentioned above: what about the punishment of dissent, what about the UN vetoes- does that also hold for Egypt, South Korea or Jordan?
And what about the widespread censorship, originating from Israel and enacted by US social media, is that also related to oligarchs and military expenditure? Does Jordan get the same treatment?
And maybe the funniest part of this theory is that it tries to explain the disproportionate influence on the US of a foreign country by means of the money that the US is giving it for free. So if the US gave me, say, 4 billions per year (a pittance, really) I would get the privilege of influencing the US' politics more than Israel does today. For free!
Come on. Occam would like to have a word with you.