That's too 5-d chess for "the US" to pull off. I find it more plausible that the US supports Israel because Israel has a lot of powerful supporters in the US who manipulate public opinion and government policy.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 2 points 1 hour ago

that's just antisemitic "the jews are secretly in control" shit by another name

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

It's not 5-d chess, it's simple politics of weakening potential rivals. If you look at history literally the same thing was done even by ancient hegemonies, it has even popular Latin name - "Divide et impera". USA is global hegemon and acts globally.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

I grew up in the evangelical movement. I heard over and over and over again (some variation of this) when I was a kid, “The nation that refuses to aid Israel will fall! All of those who turn their backs on the Jews will burn when god returns.”

Those people are deadly serious too. It wouldn’t matter what Israel does.