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Israel/Palestine

geek tragedy

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1. The US is not Israel's friend, states don't have friends.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 10:34 AM

Jan 2017

Trump will be more pro-Israel than any other US president, precisely because he doesn't give a shit about what happens to Israel in 20 or 50 years. He'll just let the Israelis determine what they think is in their best interests, and rubber stamp it because there's no upside in his view for doing anything for powerless Arabs and Muslims since they have nothing to offer him.

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Why the new US administration might not prove to be Israels best friend [View all] milestogo Jan 2017 OP

The US is not Israel's friend, states don't have friends. geek tragedy Jan 2017 #1

Actually, they do have ONE thing -- but it is a complete long shot karynnj Jan 2017 #2

I/P takes nuance, detail, patience and a healthy attention span. He lacks all of those. geek tragedy Jan 2017 #3

My point was that if getting that deal was a big enough win that he assigned career people karynnj Jan 2017 #4

Trump is already going to need the Arab states for defeating ISIS geek tragedy Jan 2017 #5

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