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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
The United States has supported Israel for 50+ years. To suddenly stop supporting them now would be ridiculous, especially when examing the reasons for Israel's recent actions.
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I don't think anyone with sufficient knowledge of the situation would suggest that the U.S. suddenly withdraw all support for Israel. I am certainly not advocating such an action; there must be moderation in any solution.
For example, why can't we withdraw even a minor percentage of our support, at least to the point where Israel's military is not intimately woven with our own and they are forced to stand just a *little* bit on their own, without the extreme crutch of the U.S.? I just don't see why Israel deserves such 100% unconditional support from the U.S.; we don't have that kind of relationship with any other nation in the world, and we shouldn't.
Why not support Israel 75%, or hell, even 90%? Just as an experiment. To see if they can hold a bit of their own.
On a different note, I'd like to see more responses to my question re: if Israel *truly* wants to destroy Hezbollah, why are they are not striking Syria and Iran directly?