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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

https://youtu.be/8ZuV5L0QL04?is=7oWMXrS0l-KeMfGa
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u/BuffWobbuffet 17h ago

idk how this is a surprise to you at this point lmao. do you genuinely think the federal government is going to arrest him lol

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u/TuskaTheDaemonKilla 17h ago

They won't, because he pays their bills. But, they absolutely could. Maduro sitting in a jail cell right now for doing less crimes in his entire life than Netanyahu does in a week.

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u/Aristox 15h ago

What do you mean he pays their bills? Israel receives tons of money FROM the US, without which they basically couldn't sustain their military such as it is. The money doesn't flow from Israel to the US lol

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u/TuskaTheDaemonKilla 14h ago

While foreign funding for elections is illegal, there would be no money going to candidates from SuperPACs like AIPAC and organizations like CUFI if it weren't for Israel's influence.

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u/Aristox 13h ago

Sure but it's a bit of a fucking stretch to go from that to "the federal government won't arrest Netanyahu because he pays their bills". They pay his bills. The reason they won't arrest him is they are allies and he is an important strategic partner for them.

The idea that Israel has enough money to bribe the USA is fucking ridiculous, and the only way you get there is by believing 95 IQ conspiracy theories about Jews having infinite money. In reality they don't, and without US support Israel would be absolutely fucked

They bribe some individual politicians and government officials to move the needle a little, they don't have the whole US deep state in their pocket. Federal decisions are made for strategic reasons and nothing else

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u/OuterWildsVentures 5h ago

there would be no money going to candidates from SuperPACs like AIPAC and organizations like CUFI if it weren't for Israel's influence

yeah but this is our taxpayer dollars going to them then them giving it right back to our politicians pockets via the PACs

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u/PlasterCactus 14h ago

The money doesn't flow from Israel to the US lol

Oh sweet summer child

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u/Aristox 13h ago

You think the money coming into US from AIPAC exceeds the money going from US to Israel? I think that's very naive. AIPAC bribes individual government members, not the federal government itself

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u/PlasterCactus 13h ago

You think the money coming into US from AIPAC exceeds the money going from US to Israel?

No but noone made that claim, you're moving the goalposts.

The money doesn't flow from Israel to the US lol

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u/Aristox 13h ago

Money from Israel to the US would have to exceed the money from the US to Israel in order for the net direction of flow to be Israel->USA

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u/PlasterCactus 12h ago

That'd be relevant if we were talking about net positives and net negatives. You've moved the goalposts after claiming no money comes from Israel into the US.

You need to stretch before doing mental gymnastics this intense, you might pull a muscle.

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u/Aristox 6h ago

I obviously wasn't saying zero money ever comes from Israel into the USA. That's you moving the goalposts and strawmanning me. The net is the key thing because that's how paying bills works

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u/Skabonious 10h ago

The claim was that netanyahu pays the federal governments' checks. That's bullshit and you know it.

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u/PlasterCactus 10h ago

Politicians who work for the federal government are paid insane amounts of money through the Israel lobby, AIPAC.

Those politicians then use that money to pay their bills.

Hope this helps.

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u/thebrunox 14h ago

AIPAC

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u/AdMountain4865 5h ago

the downplay-ism of your comment and ones like it actively contribute to the inaction by removing accountability and laughing it off

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u/Anderopolis 5h ago

The US has never recognized the jurisdiction of the ICC.  It has never had an obligation to follow its verdict. 

This administration has even made it it's goal to destroy the ICC. 

It's not really getting away with anything, when the US just flatly doesn't recognize its authority. 

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u/BuffWobbuffet 3h ago

The us government isn’t gunna change their minds cuz of my Reddit comment. But if you need to get on your self righteous soap box about my comment by all means, be my guest. Excuse me me for just being realistic.

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u/AdMountain4865 3h ago

sure, but public sentiment is a thing, and that does change minds. all i'm saying is maybe dont actively contribute to the problem especially if its something you don't agree with

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u/BuffWobbuffet 3h ago

No thanks. It’s not that serious lmao.

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u/AdMountain4865 3h ago

instantly folds

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u/BuffWobbuffet 3h ago

Wow you take Reddit comment sections very seriously lmao

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u/AdMountain4865 2h ago

i bet you're not even laughing your ass off

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u/BuffWobbuffet 2h ago

Whatever you need to tell yourself lmao