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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 61 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Morality if the conflict aside, t's just insane to me that we would send a 10bn care package to a country with one of the strongest economies on earth. Israel is rich as fuck with a strong military. They don't need OUR tax dollars to commit genocide.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But with our money they can do it faster and more thoroughly.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They've got stockpiles. Our money is going to salaries and bribes.

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bet they have their student loans paid off...

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Israel hasn't been buying avocado toast and caramel lattes which has allowed them to amass a huge surplus of ammunition