I just wish we had tried not sending Israel all of the bullets and bombs and weapons. They are reliant on us for those. I'm not saying they would've stopped, but a weak effort is better than no effort.
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I still think the most likely outcome of not sending precision munitions was Israel using its dumber bombs more often killing more people while stepping up production of its own domestic arms industry.
jul 24, 2025, 11:51 pm • 6 1 • view
With the benefit of hindsight: 1. The Israeli public is at least as out of their minds as the US public was after 9/11, probably more 2. Netanyahu is willing to take a lot of risks to keep the war going and 'successful' 3. The Iranian proxies are less resilient than I would have thought
jul 24, 2025, 11:53 pm • 13 1 • view
But also with that same benefit of hindsight 4. Public distancing from Israel should have been more aggressive 5. Especially sanctions against the far right 6. More US aid to Gaza, more forcefully, earlier and longer.
jul 24, 2025, 11:54 pm • 12 1 • view
That's likely true but they're using smart bombs on civilians and regularly shooting teenagers in the crotch so I'd rather just not be a part of it.
jul 24, 2025, 11:54 pm • 0 0 • view
And the 9/11 thing is pertinent because America made so many mistakes afterwards and I had hoped Israel would have learned those lessons but a rabid public is hard to deal with.
jul 24, 2025, 11:58 pm • 2 1 • view
As we are learning once again, unfortunately.
jul 24, 2025, 11:59 pm • 2 1 • view
Yeah, that's really the load-bearing pillar of my analysis and also why I think any outside leverage is much weaker than it looks even if you can show on paper it would cripple Israel's economy or whatever.
jul 25, 2025, 12:00 am • 3 1 • view
That makes sense. I used to believe in a lot more load-bearing pillars. If they couldn't sustain America I'm not sure about much more fraught countries.
jul 25, 2025, 12:12 am • 1 0 • view
*Sorry, realized I should've explained what they are fraught with (danger, creeping fascism, bad things sneaking in) but I appreciate you engaging. Have a good night.
jul 25, 2025, 12:24 am • 2 0 • view