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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 SILVER
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Subject: Re: When Bibi Goes from Power
Date: 03/13/24 12:30 PM
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Just because someone questions genuflecting for one side in someone else's conflict, especially when many in the world question such - doesn't mean they don't take U.S interest seriously.

No - but framing the position of the U.S. as "genuflecting for one side," rather than a response to actual geopolitical concerns, does.

We're not genuflecting. We don't shape our foreign policy positions solely - or primarily - because of the benefits to Israel. It's because paying Israel to have one of the world's biggest militaries (proportional to the size of the country) benefits us.

So if you're looking at this as a situation where we're genuflecting to Israel, rather than getting a geopolitical advantage we couldn't possibly get through other means, then it shows that you're not taking seriously those geopolitical interests.
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