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‘Drop Israel’: How military escalation with Iran divides Trump’s base (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It’s because these are the most entitled people on the planet. Killing defenseless people is fine because they can’t retaliate. But a war with Iran might slightly inconvenience them, which is unacceptable.

[–] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Also the reason they don't want to anger Russia. Just a voter base defined by selfishness and - even worse - short-sightedness. Anything that's not of immediate and personal benefit to them personally they are against. Fuck others and fuck the long run.