• @RapidcreekOP
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    27 months ago

    That’s a reasonable question calling for a reasonable discussion. However, I’ve given up trying to find one on this chat board.

    The first question I would have, though, is use of the word enabling. Do you honestly think Isreal could not pursue this war without the US?

    Clausewitz wrote that “war is politics by other means.”

      • @RapidcreekOP
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        07 months ago

        They sure could and would. They make most of their own arms. The biggest thing the US is doing is holding off a larger war. They do not need the ammo we supply, it just makes it less challenging for them.

    • @randon31415
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      07 months ago

      Could Israel not pursue this war without the US?

      They could get weapons from other people or build them themselves, but the real question is could Bibi keep his coalition together with various international pressures applied. As soon as an election is called - if the hostages are not back … well everyone knows what happened to Jimmy Carter.

      • @RapidcreekOP
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        07 months ago

        Of course this story is about his coalition falling apart