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"American and European colonial nation"
Lord.
That's not even getting into the fact that a good 3/4s of the fucking region is already deep in our pockets. FFS. This "THE US NEEDS ISRAEL" is a convenient lie peddled by the Israeli government, which is desperate to keep its sugar daddy without having to do anything of consequence to earn its keep, conservatives who crave the death of more Muslims, and, bizarrely, certain online leftists who don't seem to realize that most of MENA is already a US base, and Israel is, in terms of strategic value, a liability more than an asset.
Why.
Do you think there's just some sort of sense of White Solidarity(tm) between the West and the Mizrahi-Sephardic Israeli majority and the Ashekenazi minority (which, as we all know, White Power types ADORE)?
I'm sorry you think that the Iron Law of Institutions is just something I made up on the spot. I might recommend a Sociology 101 course.
Yes, the #1 driving force of American support of Israel is the domestic benefit that American politicians recieve from it. I don't know why "All professions, but especially politicians, self-select for propagation of their own power and their continued status" is such a radical idea to you, but it's mainstream in most academia.
Oh yeah, you bet I'm gonna sit here and argue with you about that. "Antisemitism" is not a fucking excuse for downplaying Israel's behavior - which is exactly what you're doing. Israel is not all Jews - all Jews are not Israelis. I'm sorry that this is where your draw your line as to what is too complex to parse, but I assure you, it's true.