[mullingitover]

It's incredible how badly the US has been dog-walked by both its 'ally' as well as Iran.

"America First" brought to you by "The Peace President"[1].

[1] https://xcancel.com/WhiteHouse/status/1976081153699508480

[8note]

im really not convinced israel is an ally, vs a nuclear threat that has had the US by the balls for decades.

who else has attacked the US navy with the US staying hush hush about it?

[the_solenoid]

If you frame it as an entity that launders the military industrial complex's desires to test weapons, keep congress beholden, and keep conflicts going forever – then work backwards from there, the allowance of their subversion makes perfect sense, as well as the over the top allegiance of those congresscritters it buys.

Dunno if that is how it works but I have never been able to square the capitulation in our government without that tie. This is also considering the influence of christian z's.

[red-iron-pine]

they just hustled Congress to integrate their militaries as well, lol

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/congress-quietly-mov...

[Cernunnos]

There is only so much you can do when you've been purchased by mossad.

[throwaway85825]

Purchased, blackmailed, threatened, or all 3. There's a lot of tools in the intelligence toolbox.

[red-iron-pine]

don't forget the ideological angle -- they've been hyping the Christian rubes that they need to own the holy land so Jesus will come back or some shit.

[mullingitover]

I don’t blame Israel for that one, evangelicals have a mile-wide apocalyptic streak and there are plenty of homegrown grifters ready to hustle them.

[red-iron-pine]

Mossad does far more than just bribes.

"there is only so much you can do when being blackmailed by the Mossad"

[wat10000]

You’d think he could have done better, what with all that foreign policy experience from his years on The Apprentice.

[bulbar]

Look what Rütte did. Everybody knows how to play Trump. The whole world now plays "do whatever you want, just take care to make Trump thinking he looks good while doing it, or at least afterwards".

The US isn't an actor anymore on the global stage. It's the playball.