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- israelpalestine@jlai.lu
- cross-posted to:
- israelpalestine@jlai.lu
Biden administration dramatically softens the sanctions it imposed on the seven Israelis from the Israel Defense Forces and makes it clear that they will be able to use their bank accounts.
No one’s “controlling” either party of the most powerful country in the world. This is how right-wingers think instead of analyzing things materially.
Supporting the US colony in Palestine is bipartisan for obvious reasons (more tools for imperialism in the region, and keeps the middle-east less stable and unable to unite against the US). And the only reason republicans are more open to Russia right now is because they want to change focus to China, because they (correctly, imo) see China as the current biggest threat to US hegemony rather than Russia.
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“Israel” was formed as a general western settler colony in Palestine using common british colonization tactics [III] because this region is a bridge between Africa and Asia, with companies literally named “Colonization Commission”, “Jewish Colonial Trust” and the like. And has been functioning mostly as US colony since, serving its imperialist interests in the region (against Syria, Iran, Yemen, etc).
Theodor Herzl, founder of the colonial ideology he called “zionism”, was himself also just a racist colonizer by his own admission, and saw it as bringing ‘civilization’ to ‘barbarians’ as the rest of Europe did when they were colonizing and enslaving Africa and Asia:
Only difference now is that the US has been the de facto leader of the imperial core since WW2, no longer UK in Europe.
As for republicans, if you pay attention to the extreme anti-China rhetoric from Tucker Carlson, Trump, etc it’s pretty clear what they’re trying to do. Allying with China against the USSR on Kissinger’s recommendation was a large contributor to its overthrow, and it makes sense they want to do that against China now, what with both the US and Russia now being capitalist states.
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For those curious about that comment btw
Some more interesting events
“Raqqa deal”; US lets ISIS flee raqqa
Israeli defense minister: If I had to choose between Iran and ISIS, I’d choose ISIS
Members of ISIS and Nusra front also have been treated in Israeli hospitals.
Former Mossad director, Efraim Halevy, defends Israeli medical assistance to Al Nusra Front fighters
Ex-defense minister says ISIS ‘apologized’ to Israel for November clash
Israeli think tank: Don’t destroy ISIS; it’s a “useful tool” against Iran, Hezbollah, Syria
Never said it’s “part of the US government”. But it’s obviously just become a US proxy in the region now, kinda like “israel”; no wonder the two help each other out then.
https://www.counterfire.org/article/israel-watchdog-for-us-imperialism/
https://www.theleftberlin.com/israel-the-us-and-imperialism/
https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/mapping-us-imperialism
Name any colony that constantly insults their “mother country” and gets any demand they make including billions of dollars in aid every year.
You’ve got the power dynamic backwards dawg…
It’s an investment. The capitalist ruling class of the US get far more in return by keeping the middle-east subjugated to the US through “israel” than the money they spend on the colony. Biden agrees.
Did I say it was a colony? And even if I had, the reasons for those things are literally in the linked articles. We need them there.
No, someone else did…
I replied to them, and then you just posted a bunch of links in reply to my comment.
You literally didn’t say anything, so how did you expect people to guess what you meant?
I’m sure it was perfectly clear to you what you were doing, but no one else could do anything besides make assumptions
I edited it (my last reply above this), but we’re probably done here anyway.