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the primary reason that we have a long-standing policy of supporting israel is that they weren't one of the few governments in the region that didn't align with the soviet union during the cold war. i think that is often not taken into account when examining US/Israeli relations in a historical sense.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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