gdavidbrown
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So, is US policy toward Israel a result of its creation? The US was one of its creators, breaking the area's then current cultural organization. So, the US feels they broke it and so own it forever? Was there a geopolitical reason for its creation that I'm not aware of?
12:29 PM - May 03, 2024
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Kos
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In response to gdavidbrown.
One possible reason is that the US was the first to recognize the state of Israel as a sovereign nation and stood by them through the very tumultuous and dangerous few years as they were established and then repeatedly attacked by their neighbors. We are also tied economically.
12:33 PM - May 03, 2024
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gdavidbrown
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In response to Kos.
Yes, recognizing the "right" of taking land from one culture and giving it to another. It strikes me as grossly unjust and immoral.
12:38 PM - May 03, 2024
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Kos
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In response to gdavidbrown.
The world is often an ugly place and the solutions to problems are frequently imperfect. It's easy to take one side and pummel the other with criticism. It's much harder to seek peaceful solutions.
12:42 PM - May 03, 2024
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gdavidbrown
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Are you suggesting that the creation of Israel was a solution, however imperfect, to a problem? If so, please, explain. :-)
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12:48 PM - May 03, 2024
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Kos
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In response to gdavidbrown.
This deserves a better answer than the first one I gave you. I do think our support for Israel was - in part - an effort to assuage our collective national guilt over the Holocaust. I don't know if that's objectively a good or bad thing, but I think it's factual.
01:13 PM - May 03, 2024
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gdavidbrown
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In response to Kos.
Ah! Thank you. That's new to me: a response to guilt. Could have been. That would help to explain why it's so incomprehensible to me. :-)
01:42 PM - May 03, 2024
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Veronica
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In response to Kos.
There’s guilt, and there’s compassion. Sometimes, they co-exist.
02:25 AM - May 08, 2024
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Kos
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In response to gdavidbrown.
Look, I don't pretend to have the answers, all I know is that sharply shifting our national policy away from Israel is not a simple thing to do, and it could have impacts on the future that we can't imagine. If you think Oct. 7 was bad ...
12:56 PM - May 03, 2024
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gdavidbrown
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In response to Kos.
I thought Oct. 7 was horrible and the continuing Israeli response was and is far worse. I don't pretend to know either. I'm asking questions in an honest search for answers. I do not understand our foreign policy toward Israel.
01:04 PM - May 03, 2024
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Ronald Alexander
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In response to Kos.
Just my 2 cents. The Middle East for what it is worth is still in a cold war mentality and Israel is our only reliable ally in the region and that includes NATO member Turkey. President Biden is a "veteran" of that struggle. That is what is known as Realpolitik
01:06 PM - May 03, 2024
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