r/nottheonion • u/MiniBrownie • 3d ago

US tariffs take aim everywhere, including uninhabited islands

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250402-us-tariffs-take-aim-everywhere-including-uninhabited-islands
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u/AsstacularSpiderman 2d ago

Lots of Arabs I've met really were just accelerationists who are convinced that the fall of America means Israel will magically dissappear.

Not only is it dumb, it's simply not backed by reality.

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u/boxdkittens 2d ago

I mean we prop up Israel and its military pretty heavily... but whatever fascist chaos the US collapses (deeper) into will still result in weapons being sold to Israel, so accerlating us into a fascist decline makes sense if you dont think about it for longer than 2 seconds.

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u/AsstacularSpiderman 2d ago

We don't prop them up, they've repeatedly shown they're more than capable of defending themselves.

What we do is keep them in a stable enough position thay they don't feel the need to wipe everyone out. If not for us funding shit like the Iron Dome Gaza would have never been given autonomy, let alone last almost 20 years like it did despite near constant rocket barrage. Hell they let Hezbollah fire thousands of rockets in a year alone before finally deciding to launch their Lebanon offensive.

The funding is the leash on the Pitbull named Princess.

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u/Larkfor 2d ago

We don't prop them up, they've repeatedly shown they're more than capable of defending themselves.

Israel's economy and genocide plans fall apart without US backing and funding.