Like let's put aside socialism, morals, basic humanity. Why the fuck does the west support Israel to the degree it does? Like it only alienates basically every other potential partner in the ME. It can't effectively serve as a barracks state because who would we need that army to fight that wouldn't only make things worse? Their economy is basically propped up by the USA. Yes they serve as a platform for weapons and systems testing, but they don't need a complete blank cheque too it. Like I don't get this logic. Cut em a check and pull bibi's leash and wash your hands of it. Like the logic of "Unconditional 110% support" is just fuckin nuts. Yeah sure a good bit of it us ideology, but there has to be some matrierial calculus in there somewhere. They are basically sacrificing the baby Ukraine over this.

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[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

it was a strong bulwark against the emergence of communism in the middle east and north africa. in the 21st century i honestly think it's more of a liability to the empire than anything, but the momentum of the ideological and institutional support for it is so great and the blob's political will to shift course on anything is so tiny that it's been impossible to withdraw from it.