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nooron | karma 759 | avg karma 3.6 · 2019-12-09 17:33:59

Hey, I don’t think anyone was invading Afghanistan on behalf of Israel, nor would anyone consider Afghanistan a significant security risk to Israel. This is a poor read of the situation

pnako | karma 586 | avg karma 0.78 · 2019-12-09 17:38:35+00:00

Afghanistan is not a security risk to Israel; Iran is. Thus it's helpful to have aligned governments on both sides of Iran.

There is virtually no benefit for Americans to be in Afghanistan.

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nooron | karma 759 | avg karma 3.6 · 2019-12-09 17:47:07

I hear your point. I agree we have been completely unsuccessful in Afghanistan. My point is that the commenter is naive in making this about Israel. American support for invading after 9/11 was foolish, but it was also extremely high. We did not invade or occupy to support Israeli security interests, we did it in support of our own and we were wrong.

hd4 | karma 1454 | avg karma 3.72 · 2019-12-09 20:54:08

Good to see the satire detection capabilities of HN posters are alive and well :)

deepgrave4 | karma 2 | avg karma 0.29 · 2019-12-09 20:50:34

The destruction of the middle east is an Israeli agenda. Thinking that the US government and its media apparatus gave us all the facts of 9/11 is a poor read of the situation. The official story is a farce. The entire explanation is absurd.

nooron | karma 759 | avg karma 3.6 · 2019-12-09 21:58:30+00:00

I think there is strong contrary evidence for this claim. Please don’t think I’m shilling for Likud when I share it, I’m also very opposed to US foreign adventurism.

Invading Iraq was broadly popular among Americans with strong interests in Israeli security, but it was broadly unpopular in Israel’s military establishment. The closest thing to the Israeli military establishment’s consensus view was that invading and occupying Iraq was a poor choice for their own security. Given that, I cannot see why they would agitate for it. I also cannot see how, since the US decision processes that lead to Iraq 2, which were farcical, are well documented and do not suggest that Israel agitated for the invasion and occupation.

There are plenty of things to be mad at the Israeli government for. This is not one of them.

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