Tucker et. al love to conflate supporting Ukraine with supporting the actions of the Israeli govt. To that wing of MAGA, both are equally wrong. (And when it comes to Israel, with a hefty dose of antisemitism).
But it’s a fallacy. Ukraine was a democracy that was brutally invaded by an autocratic regime. In contrast, Netanyahu and the Lik…
Tucker et. al love to conflate supporting Ukraine with supporting the actions of the Israeli govt. To that wing of MAGA, both are equally wrong. (And when it comes to Israel, with a hefty dose of antisemitism).
But it’s a fallacy. Ukraine was a democracy that was brutally invaded by an autocratic regime. In contrast, Netanyahu and the Likkud party had to respond in some form following Oct 7 (actually Netanyahu should have resigned in light of the fact that it happened on his watch — as if). But the response was and is grossly disproportionate, using the heinous acts of that day as a pretext to commit war crimes, an attempted genocide and the expulsion of an entire people. To say so is not antisemitic. And the pernicious idea that one cannot criticize the illegal actions of the Israeli government without being accused of antisemitism has done more to spread antisemitism than anything I’ve seen in my lifetime.
As for Iran, I don’t believe Israel can accomplish this without US military involvement. So what’s the end game?
Tucker et. al love to conflate supporting Ukraine with supporting the actions of the Israeli govt. To that wing of MAGA, both are equally wrong. (And when it comes to Israel, with a hefty dose of antisemitism).
But it’s a fallacy. Ukraine was a democracy that was brutally invaded by an autocratic regime. In contrast, Netanyahu and the Likkud party had to respond in some form following Oct 7 (actually Netanyahu should have resigned in light of the fact that it happened on his watch — as if). But the response was and is grossly disproportionate, using the heinous acts of that day as a pretext to commit war crimes, an attempted genocide and the expulsion of an entire people. To say so is not antisemitic. And the pernicious idea that one cannot criticize the illegal actions of the Israeli government without being accused of antisemitism has done more to spread antisemitism than anything I’ve seen in my lifetime.
As for Iran, I don’t believe Israel can accomplish this without US military involvement. So what’s the end game?