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The thing is: We could end it with the lack of a phone call. All we have to do is nothing. Not send them new weapons, not show up to the UN and veto ceasefire resolutions.
For some reason I don't think it's that simple.
US (and really everyone else): does nothing
Israel: genocides Gaza and claims it as new Israeli territory.
Months or years later: Israeli territory becomes a hotbed of revolutionary attacks by people that survived the genocide, want revenge for seeing their children, parents, spouses, friends, etc indiscriminately killed
Israel asks for international support on the “war on terror”
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Biden: Alright, you're going to stop this right now.
Netanyahu: No, we're not.
Biden: We'll withdraw all aid. We'll sanction you.
Netanyahu: Lol. You're going to burn your one "ride or die" ally in the middle east? The one that has nukes? We'll stop providing you with intel and assisting you in any "stabilizing" of the region. Maybe I'll give Xi and Putin a call -- I'm sure they'd love us as a friend. Maybe they'll send some experts to "inspect" some of these new toys you sold us, like the F-35.
Biden: ... shit.
If they were our ride or die ally they'd do something for us, like ever. What they're doing now is the opposite of "stabilizing" and the very fact that October 7th went off shows their intel isn't that good.
Israel is welcome to threaten the United States and find out what happens when the United States tells countries to implement sanctions on a rogue power. But they almost certainly wouldn't as Netanyahu would be deposed rather than make his country the next Cuba.
Lmao. This isn't a ride or die. It's an abusive relationship. We are more than capable of gathering our own intelligence and we have more bases in the middle east than we do professional sports teams in the US.
If they want to go with an "Eastern" alliance they need to explain to their people why they all just got cut off from Western banking, any visas were revoked, and their tech firms all just got locked out from the top secret networks they were hooked into. Finally they need to explain why Iran is looking at them with hungry eyes suddenly.
I'm tired of this idea that Israel is some special ally. Our last ally we let get away with everything hid our number one most wanted from us for over a decade. Now it's a Genocide.
They need us far more than we need them.
UN resolutions are pieces of paper unless a power is willing to actually deploy power in service of it. I don't see Russia or China invading Israel, and nothing is stopping any country from throwing whatever sanctions at Israel they like.