BmeBenji@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhy does the government of the USA stand by the country of Israel?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareWhy does the government of the USA stand by the country of Israel?BmeBenji@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down1·6 months agoThey were our only ally in the Levant during the cold war. The other Arab states were USSR aligned. Not that they were a great ally, but political motivations at the time said we needed one.
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months agoWith allies like these, who needs enemies?
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoThey aren’t an ally now though. They screw with our politics and ignore anything they don’t want.
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoI didn’t say they were a good one.
They were our only ally in the Levant during the cold war. The other Arab states were USSR aligned. Not that they were a great ally, but political motivations at the time said we needed one.
With allies like these, who needs enemies?
They aren’t an ally now though. They screw with our politics and ignore anything they don’t want.
I didn’t say they were a good one.