• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    It’s just American narcissism that makes you think that all good and bad things that happen in the world are because of the US.

    Despite what Trump might’ve convinced you of, US Presidents can’t just end wars by making statements. Ukraine didn’t surrender because Trump stopped support of Ukraine. Israel wouldn’t have either. Hamas massacred villages and took a lot of people hostage. There was nothing anyone could do to stop a war from happening. If Israel didn’t have precision guided munitions they would’ve used big dumb bombs instead which would’ve meant even more casualties.

    Best anyone can do is to try to reduce casualties and try to influence countries towards negotiations to end the war. Sorry to break this to you but US Presidents can’t just snap their fingers and end all wars. Trump lied to you.

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      3 days ago

      Israel can function independently of course, but not for very long or at this scale. If the USA stopped all aid to Israel, it would ruin their current plans of genociding every Muslim in the world. I know threatening to withdraw aid works because it’s worked countless times, most recently with Biden.

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        3 days ago

        Israel spends $46.5B on defense. The US provides $3.5B in foreign aid. That’s about 7.5% of their defense budget. I’m sure they could manage, especially if they were no longer required to buy expensive US weaponry.

        Sorry but no, the US doesn’t actually control everything in the world. Israel will continue to go one with or without the US.

        I know threatening to withdraw aid works because it’s worked countless times, most recently with Biden.

        Yeah who doesn’t want subsidies to buy fancy weapons? But if you end all aid, you no longer have any influence.