• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Israel is the 51st state and they would have run out of bombs if Biden didn’t go around congress to give them more.

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      9 months ago

      False: Israel is not the 51st state 🙃

      Look, this easily falsifiable hyperbole feels nice. I get that. However, the statements are idiotic and make you look idiotic. They do not help and are likely counterproductive.

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        9 months ago

        Okay, I’ll be less glib and just quote Biden: "If there weren’t an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interests in the region.” Or how about US Secretary of State General Alexander Haig describing Israel as “the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk”?

        It’s not literally the 51st state lol