• juicy@lemmy.today
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        5 months ago

        US law is not to give weapons to countries that are using them to violate human rights.

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              5 months ago

              You’re quoting a law that doesn’t apply here because US laws exist to be selectively enforced in the interests of the US. It sucks, but it’s been this way since at least WWII. Unless the Secretary of State decides to break decades of bipartisan support for Israel, this law is meaningless.

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                5 months ago

                I dont think you have any clue what the laws are -> well achshually laws don’t mean anything. Fucking incredible

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                  5 months ago

                  laws don’t mean anything

                  Now you’re getting it. This isn’t an argument. It’s an education on how government really works. If Biden was breaking a law, Republicans would immediately pounce to impeach him. But there hasn’t been a peep from them. So, no law is being broken.

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          5 months ago

          Policy is not necessarily backed by law. The US supports Israel because they’re a friendly power in the Middle East. It’s in the interests of the US to have friends in oil-rich regions. Israel is a check against aggressive Muslim nations (e.g. Iran).

          Given that Christianity is playing far too big a role in politics, it makes sense that Christians would more closely align with Jews than Muslims.