Can someone please calmly explain how blocking a freeway across an ocean and a country on a different continent, is supposed to have any effect on a political issue in the middle east?

  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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    10 months ago

    The idea is of course to bring attention to the fact that the US is funding Israel and giving them weapons. We also have some pull in the world and if we wanted to make it a thing, we could no doubt get all support for them in the area put on hold until they turned their shit around and stopped shooting/bombing anyone not in an IDF uniform.

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      10 months ago

      Some pull? The US is funding this war. Israel is getting so much in free money from your taxes it should make you sick to your stomach

      • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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        10 months ago

        I said some pull because the UK and others would still need to get on board to do a blanket “cease-fire if you want aid” type statement. The US alone would only be a bump for them, but since they already have weapons they have bought from us for years, and aid coming in from other countries it would mean they wouldn’t need to pay any attention right away.

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          10 months ago

          Choking out the sugar daddy money would be a massive swing for their budget that they could not afford. We give them a disgustingly disproportionate amount of aid money.