• krashmo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Agreed on most points. I’m not sure how a war in Israel helps Putin in Ukraine though. If you assume support for Israel means less support for Ukraine then sure, but I don’t think it’s that black and white. If there’s one thing Americans love to spend money on it’s war and there is plenty of cash to go around.

    Personally I’d rather give all the aid Ukraine needs and let Israel sort out their own business. The two situations aren’t really comparable both in terms of the actors involved or the reasons the two conflicts began. Putin and Hamas do both represent evil organizations but if I had to pick which one to deal with I’d pick Putin every time. That’s partly for personal reasons but I also think it would do more good for the world as a whole.

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      1 year ago

      Very true. The US could sustain full operations in both theaters without breaking a sweat. Both of those theaters are tiny compared to the US military industrial complex and it’s force projection.

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      1 year ago

      If there’s one thing Americans love to spend money on it’s war

      It’s not spending, it is investing.

      Regards, The Military Industrial Complex

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      1 year ago

      Agreed on most points. I’m not sure how a war in Israel helps Putin in Ukraine though. If you assume support for Israel means less support for Ukraine then sure,

      Israel has been a fairly large supporter of Ukraine in terms of equipment and ammunition and such. before this happened, I remembered reading something about them helping build their own Iron Dome system, for example. (though, I’m not sure how effective such a system would by. Israel has about 8 thousand square miles to it… Ukraine a couple hundred thousand.)

      Also, if you assume war materials are finite resources… Israel is going to be less likely to share if they have an active war on their own home turf.