There seems to be a good deal of people in this thread that aren't in the USA or haven't ever lived here at some point ... I don't know what it's like where you are, but this is an American take on this situation:
Israel is basically our avatar in the Middle East. At some point in time, we basically adopted Israel as our pet project. Nobody is kicking our pet. That's our pet and nobody is kicking it. We provide unconditional iron-clad support to Israel. It's a symbiotic relationship, we throw them bones and largely whatever they ask for. In exchange, we are able to expand our sphere of influence into the Middle East via a stable, reliable ally that we have some leverage with. This is a very condensed, simplistic layman's example. At the end of the day, it's not far off the mark. Depending from where you're standing, it can look dead-on.
We can and we will do whatever we can for Israel. Here in the United States we have many Jewish people in high positions of power. They're sprinkled from the very bedrock to the upper echelon of society here. From almost any private industry you can think of to government. From the average garbage person or custodian to mega-billionaires. We keep some of these people happy by keeping Israel happy. Right now, there's some seriously pissed off people with
deep pockets in the USA. You can be assured they aren't the only ones, and some have a hell of a lot of influence and pull.
This is why Israel can and will largely do whatever they want because if they don't get to shit is going to hit the fan here at home. It's better to let all the bullshit stay over in the Middle East. We can deal with some demonstrations. People demonstrate over everything here. It's another flash in the pan, another drop in the bucket. These demonstrators will face repercussions. There
will be backlash, and
they will pay the price.
Be assured and guaranteed, the Israel-USA machine will continue to churn. Rules and regulations will be rewritten to accommodate Israel should it come down to it or just flat-out ignored. We don't dispatch a pair of carrier strike groups for fun and games. Besides, we want the next iteration of Core architecture coming out of
Israel for Intel. Intel's Israeli IDC team has been
balls-deep for nearly half a century.
I'm not giving a pass to anyone, or anything. I'm saying from my perspective of how things are and why they are as an American for anyone not-American, explaining
part of the reasoning of why we're supporting Israel as much as we are. I ain't got anything else that comes to mind at the moment, there you go.
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