2020-09-13 at 10:59 PM UTC
Four days ago, Donald Trump said the U.S. isn’t involved in the Middle East for oil, but because we “want to protect Israel.” The comments have gone all but unreported in the mainstream press.
Trump made the comment during a rally in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Sept. 8, when he was bragging about America’s energy independence, which he said Joe Biden would undermine if he gets the White House (minute 47):
I like being energy independent, don’t you? I’m sure that most of you noticed when you go to fill up your tank in your car, oftentimes it’s below two dollars. You say how the hell did this happen? Thank you President Trump! Look at your electric bills and everything else– these guys, your electric would go up four, five, six times. The Green New Deal it’s called the Green New Nightmare. While I’m president, America will remain the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world. We will remain energy independent. It should be for many many years to come. The fact is, we don’t have to be in the Middle East, other than we want to protect Israel. We’ve been very good to Israel. Other than that, we don’t have to be in the Middle East.
https://mondoweiss.net/2020/09/u-s-is-in-middle-east-to-protect-israel-not-for-oil-trump-says/
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2020-09-13 at 11:45 PM UTC
I'm sure he's not the first president to say this. I feel like every president for the past 20 years has talked about ensuring the security of our allies in the region and suchlike.
2020-09-13 at 11:55 PM UTC
Sudo
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Israel is the only US ally they actually do anything for. Fucking over the Kurds was so stupid. They were a group that had international support and probably wouldnt screw the US over as bad as Israel does.
Fuckin Cucky. Also I crept a Rabbi I knows facebook and kinda want to share some of his pro Israel memes because they are insane but I probably shouldn't in case THEY ARE WATCHING
2020-09-14 at 12:53 AM UTC
Originally posted by Sudo
in case THEY ARE WATCHING
They certainly are. I know I for one am definitely on a JIDF watchlist or two.
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2020-09-14 at 1:52 AM UTC
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Originally posted by HTS
I'm sure he's not the first president to say this. I feel like every president for the past 20 years has talked about ensuring the security of our allies in the region and suchlike.
he's the first I'm aware of that has directly admitted that US foreign policy in the middle east is primarily for israel's benefit. they're usually very careful not to draw a direct line from US soldiers being sent to die for no direct benefit to the US, only the 'only democracy in the middle east'
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Notice how no one in the Orange Fruit brigade is interested in the slightest in this Trump news.
