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‘Free world, where are you?’ Gaza hospital chief pleads after babies killed
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Everyone loves to talk shit on America acting like the world police until some other countries start bombing each other and then the tune changes pretty quickly. I don't know about you guys but I'm perfectly content to sit this one out. Maybe that's selfish, I honestly don't know. I'm just tired of getting shit on no matter what we do. Let France or somebody else run point this time.
The US is not sitting this one out, they've been sending support to the people causing this.
I mean, they send military aid to Israel because their neighbor wants to wipe out all jews and they send economic aid to palestine because not all of them want to kill all jews. So im not really sure who you are talking about.
The US is absolutely not sitting this one out. We are supporting our ally Israel. Just as Iran is supporting their ally Hamas.
Stop pretending this is so black and white.
That's correct. I am not an official representative of the US government. I didn't think it was necessary to explicitly state that.
Sending two carrier strike groups (which is just the tip of the iceberg of aid and involvement) is hardly "to sit this one out".
Generally, I think the US is involved in all continents not because of humanitarian / world police reasons, but because they protect their economic and geostrategic interests. Viewed from this perspective, being involved is the selfish stance. Reducing engagement would mean to lose power and influence, rivals gaining ground.
Obviously I don't get consulted when deciding whether or not to deploy military assets. I'm saying I would prefer to let other countries deal with their own problems. That's what everyone says they want us to do when there's no bombs currently exploding. Sometimes that means two groups of people will want to fight each other. Why should that change anything? It seems pretty hypocritical to call for a hands off approach so long as everyone keeps doing what we want them to do. That's not removing ourselves from the situation, it's just making veiled threats.
It also seems pretty clear that our previous actions haven't done much to ease tensions in the region. These guys have been at each other for almost 100 years. Do you really think playing the referee and sending them back to their corners is going to end the fight?
Once the US figures out a way to exploit the situation it will do so. No doubt a plan is already in motion.
Why do you think war is the answer to anything? Oh right, you are american. Your national sport is shooting at people
I specifically said that I don't have any desire to be involved in someone else's war so I'm not sure what you're on about. Just looking for an excuse to be a dick I guess.