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Biden administration uses emergency authority to sell tank shells to Israel (amp.theguardian.com)

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 86 points 11 months ago

And we can't do this for Ukraine because?

[-] Arelin@lemmy.zip 43 points 11 months ago

Because Israel is more profitable of course. Whatever "justifications" the US uses for war are always just excuses to earn the ruling capitalist class more profit.

Capitalism just follows the money. Though if there's enough protests and riots at home, the cost of managing that would outweigh the profit of genocoding native Palestinians.

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And we can’t do this for Ukraine because?

Because Israel is more profitable of course.

Supporting Ukraine would benefit those same companies so I'm not sure what you're on about.

[-] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 4 points 11 months ago

I think he's saying Israel has more money to buy the weapons.

[-] Arelin@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago

Strengthening Israel's military also gives them more power and influence over the oil in the middle east, and keeps the countries from uniting against the imperial core.

[-] NoLifeGaming@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Because our government is bought by AIPAC

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Because Republicans

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

No, this specifically goes around the House and Senate.

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 0 points 11 months ago

It's clear many of them are owned by Putin, Trump practically kissed his ring in Helsinki.

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