Quote (thesnipa @ Oct 19 2023 02:35pm)
Israel spent $23.5b in 2022 on it's military. The US provided $3.3b. the idea that western aid is all that keeps Israel afloat is dated. their emergent tech industries and drone business means they might not need aid much longer anyways. it could be that they dont need it today. obviously they'll take it, but need it? to the point that they have to make major changes if it stops? no imo.
in any case Iran is likely the only country that truly wants israel gone that has the power to try. the rest dont, and are actually allied with israel against iran in the bigger picture.
remember when europe said "no more russian gas", putin didnt just stockpile gas he found a new buyer. us aid stops to israel (something im 100% ok with btw) and they find new buyers and supporters.
this is good tho, we disagree, but i like that you put something forward. its dark and i think wrong, but i like it. good talk, im glad u opened up.
will never work. my grandpa as a kid raised coon dogs. back then you'd stick a coon in a barrel with a young dog. even if the dog lost an eye they'd spend the rest of their life living to kill coons. they'd go insane at the mere scent of a coon.
never did he barrel a dog and it made friends with a coon. you lock them in together and you'll never have peace.
It isn't the yearly allowance I'm talking about but the fact that if something seriously threatened Israel the US would intervene, why do you think there are two carriers parked there? They are a threat to the surrounding countries not to get involved.
I think many more countries than Iran want Israel gone but not being flattened probably takes precedence for them, Iran is already cut off from "civilized" society so they don't have to filter. I doubt even they would attack Israel directly though, considering Israel has nukes it's probably safer to just fund militants to fire off rockets till they run out Iron Dome missiles.
What supporters could Israel find that could provide the same level of protection the US does? EU is a joke militarily and just an extension of the US empire anyway. China and Russia probably aren't keen to back them. Either way, I'm fine with finding out