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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Are they running out of people to murder in Gaza? Or do they just need someone to fight back, so they can look oppressed?

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 59 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Neither. Internal politics in Israel threatened to break up the government, and starting a war with Iran was the easiest way to stop that. Can't break up the government now, we're in a state of emergency!

Bibi would sooner burn down all of Israel than step down from power.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yep, exactly this. He'd rather destroy the entire country than lose power, in part because as soon as he loses power he's likely going to prison for the rest of his life.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago

Sounds familiar...

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The moment they stop fighting is the moment they have to collectively come to terms with what they have done as a nation. Netanyahoo has to keep it going.

[–] torrentialgrain@lemm.ee 3 points 21 hours ago

Netanyahoo lmao

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The US is obligated by law, to keep sending them weapons in order to maintain a "qualitative military edge" against all potential threats. This unfortunately incentivizes Israel to maintain a high threat level, in order to increase the amount of weapons it receives.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

obligated by law, to keep sending them weapons

Can you expand on that?

There are agreements but to which extent are they binding? I guess they are not unconditional.

[–] Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Given the interference in Ukraine's military aid that was also required by law passed by Congress, they are only as binding as the government's willingness to be bound. Congress can repeal it, and apparently the President can just ignore it because the points are made up and the rules don't matter.

[–] Airowird@lemm.ee 3 points 18 hours ago

Welcome to Whose war is it anyway?

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 19 hours ago

The US is obligated by law,

Yea, that's a law we passed, right? One which we could repeal, too?

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"By law". It's just a convenient excuse for genocidal immorality. It's not like words on paper matter to anyone in power in the West, you'd definitely be blind to think otherwise.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

"The West" is a bit too broad don't you think.

I think that's blinkered, if not blind. Definitely.

And that username... (edit: oh look they just changed it from "ArgumentativeMonotheist" to "YappyMonotheist")

But being a horny mouse is a-okay?!

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

You had me in the first sentence; not gonna lie. The second one, though, just goes off the rails.