We’ve seen with Palestine that human suffering, unfortunately, does not motivate Americans like gas prices do. So it’s not a reflection of my priorities so much as something to point to to get people to stop supporting Trump’s policies.
At the end of the day, we have heard the same thing for a decade. Ignore his tone, ignore his words, ignore this or that policy, because the economy is/is going to be great. When the economy is not doing great, he still gets excuses. Gas prices, however, are what they are. No amount of spin control can stop that.
> human suffering, unfortunately, does not motivate Americans like gas prices do.
Absolutely right. It also makes sense most people will care about something tangible like gas prices than the lives of other people half way across the world.
But this doesn't mean that half way across the world there isn't something truly urgent that needs dealing with.
I honestly don't know what will come of this war but I do know with a fair bit or certainty that a nuclear Iran would have caused the US far more damage than a few weeks of higher gas prices, and they wouldn't even need to use it.
But to truly and fully understand this people need to put a real effort and research the region.
> But to truly and fully understand this[,] people need to put a real effort and research the region.
The US defense apparatus has been doing just this for quite some time. And netunyahoo has been saying Iran is 'weeks away' from having nukes for 30 years, now.
Opinion? israel has some real juicy stuff on trump, and he's doing his best to not get the information released by doing netun's bidding.
I am thoroughly appalled at trump's General Officers allowing him to get into such a mess.
I think it’s less blackmail and more the Israeli government has learned it can simply act and expect the US to back them up to save face. Rubio admitted as much with his initial statements after we attacked Iran. Netanyahu can currently reliably expect the US military to back up its foreign policy with or without buy in ahead of time.
This might be true but the current conflict was a long planned joint operation. Centcom was not just prompted to join in, but was the lead plan maker and execution of the attack was entirely in sync with Israel.
I do not think it was as coordinated with US leadership as that statement implies even if they had discussed it prior. Rubio’s initial statement was very telling. Now Trump says it was all Hegseth’s idea, so the story isn’t even consistent now.
This is not about Trump. Sorry about Oct. 7th. Israel has a right to defend herself. Sorry terrorists hide behind their own children. All human life is valuable.
