Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Beacuse...
1) Oil
2) IL has been the only consistently reliable partner we have in the region.
Yes there's holocaust PTSD and voter sympathy at home (more so in the past) but the real reason is and always has been the need to ensure stability of the oil supply. No, it's not about making a few oil company execs rich, it's about preserving the US and global economies. There's no alternate reality where oil is not a fundamental underpinning of that.
With that said, in 2026 several ME states are actually now quite stable and relatively reliable. So it might be possible to disengage from IL and rely on other regional partners. Which would be worse than useless if IL then gets backed into a corner and resorts to nukes....
We also benefit from having IL close because then we have some insight and influence on *their* behavior.
The only consistently reliable things that IL does for the US seem to be cashing the checks that the US sends, accepting the delivery of the weapons, and dragging the US into conflicts that do not benefit regional stability.
There was a pretty damn stable oil supply coming from the gulf states until the US and IL decided to put an end to that.
Originally Posted by
METO Guido
Fall out from the holocaust for one thing. Touchy topic. 2nd only to the history of civil rights measures enacted since Lee’s surrender at Appomattox court house, 1865. Iran’s unwavering pledge to end Israel’s existence as a sovereign ME flag by whatever means possible another. This in an age where one or two H bomb strikes might do the job.
How is it the US's responsibility? The US already did them the favor and put an end to Holocaust. Shouldn't IL being doing favors for the US instead of the US now being constantly dragged into doing unethical favors for them?