Video Infoblog: Israel's war on Gaza is only possible due to US support and weapons

4 Sept 2024

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A top Israeli military official admitted the war on Gaza is only possible thanks to US support and arms supplies. Ben Norton explains how Israel is an outpost of the US empire in a key geostrategic region. As Joe Biden said, "Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region".

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were there not an Israel the United

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States of America would have to invent

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an Israel to protect her interest in the

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region the United States would have to

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go out and invent an

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Israel I uh I've often said Mr President

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if there we we're not in Israel we'd

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have to invent

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one long said if Israel didn't exist

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we'd have to invent it Israel has been

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brutally bombing Gaza for nearly a year

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October 2024 is the one-year anniversary

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of this brutal war on one of the most

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densely populated areas on Earth

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scientific experts published an article

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at the leading medical journal the

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Lancet estimating that

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186,000 Gins will die because of this

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brutal us-backed Israeli War that is

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nearly on10th of the entire population

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dying top United Nations experts have

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clearly stated that Israel is committing

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the G crime which I don't say because

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this will be censored in the algorithm

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and these un experts have also

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explicitly called for Western

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governments in particular the us to stop

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sending weapons to Israel which it's

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then using to commit these war crimes

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however Israel continues brutally

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bombing Gaza with us weapons and what is

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Israel's goal well farite prime minister

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Benjamin Nyah who let the cat out of the

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bag he really showed their intentions

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when he gave a presentation and he used

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a map of what he calls Israel and he

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completely erased Palestine the

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illegally Israeli occupied West Bank is

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erased from the map he does show Gaza

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but of course that's because Israel's

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goal right now is to ethnically cleanse

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all of the Palestinians at least those

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who survive these crimes against

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humanity he wants to kick them out and

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colonize all of historic Palestine that

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is Israel's goal it is to continue the

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neba the ethnic cleansing of

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Palestinians upon which Israel was

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founded in

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1948 when these colonialist militias

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ethnically cleansed and expelled the

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majority of the indigenous Palestinian

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population this is of course exactly

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what the United States did to the

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indigenous peoples of modernday North

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America ethnically cleansing and killing

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off huge numbers of Native Americans

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through an explicitly Colonial project

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known as Manifest Destiny this is why of

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course it's not surprising that the

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United States so strongly supports

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Israel because Israel is essentially a

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mini us located in one of the most

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geostrategic locations on Earth it is an

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outpost for the US Empire in West Asia

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and the so-called Middle East the region

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of the world with the most oil reserves

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with the most gas with many other

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natural resources located right on the

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Mediterranean and this is why the former

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US Secretary of State Alexander heg

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famously said quote Israel is the

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largest American aircraft carrier in the

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world that cannot be sunk it does not

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carry even one American Soldier and

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that's actually not true there are many

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US soldiers stationed in Israel but he

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added this former US Secretary of State

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added that that Israel is quote located

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in a critical region for American

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National Security end quote so this is a

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former head of the US state department

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overseeing us for policy saying the

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quiet part loud that Israel is an

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Unsinkable aircraft carrier for the US

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Empire for Washington's power projection

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into one of the most strategic regions

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on Earth and this brings me to the main

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point of this analysis today which is

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that Israel could not wage this brutal

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war on Gaza without the support of the

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United States the mass ethnic cleansing

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of Palestinians and Israel's colonialist

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policies are only possible due to the

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fact that the US Empire is supporting it

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strongly and Israel is acting in US

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interests to impose us hegemony in this

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region to advance the interests of the

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US military industrial complex and US

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capitalists who are profiting as they

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try to

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recolonize this of the world where the

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European Colonial Powers were kicked out

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the US is continuing the US Empire is

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continuing where the British Empire left

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off Israel was a project of the British

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Empire going back to the Bal for

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declaration in 1917 the British Empire

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gave a green light to the creation of

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the colonial state of Israel in historic

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Palestine and the Zionist movement this

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colonialist movement had the support of

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the British Empire the Founding Father

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of the political Zionist movement

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Theodor Herzel wrote letters to the

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British colonialist cesil rhs who

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colonized Africa and Herzel asked cesil

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rhods for support boasting the Zionist

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movement was a colonialist movement

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based on the European Colonial movements

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colonial projects in Africa in Latin

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America and in Asia so fast forward to

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today in

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2024 and the US Empire continues this

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European Colonial

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project long said if Israel didn't exist

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we'd have to invent it a report in the

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top Israeli newspaper haitz makes it

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very clear that the only reason that

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Israel can carry out this war and ethnic

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cleansing is because of the support it

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receives from the United States this is

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a headline in Israel's top

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newspaper Israeli Air Force official

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without us Aid Israel could not fight

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Gaza Beyond a few months this Israeli

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newspaper haret notes that before

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1967 the main sponsors of Israel were

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the British Empire and the French Empire

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however that changed and since the 196 7

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War when Israel began this occupation

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not not only of Palestinian territory

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but also of Syrian and Egyptian

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territory since that point Israel has

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become an imperial protectorate of the

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US Empire harit notes that Israel

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switched over its dependence on a

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foreign power to the United States and

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the US provides the Israeli Air Force

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with all of its fighter planes and some

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of its bombs missiles and intelligence

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equipment the US also helps Israel to

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develop joint weapon systems and a

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senior Israeli Air Force official told

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haritz that quote without the American

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supply of weapons to the Israel Defense

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Forces especially the Air Force Israel

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would have had a hard time sustaining

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its War for more than a few months end

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quote this point is absolutely crucial

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and you cannot understand what is

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happening without keeping in mind this

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fact and there are people in the US who

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claim that Israel is the tail wagging

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the dog which is nonsense that's

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completely ridiculous they do not

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understand the geopolitics of the

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situation and in fact that's a

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convenient excuse trying to justify the

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US government's policy they claim the US

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government has no option Israel controls

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the US government it's the Israel Lobby

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no that's an excuse that's an excuse

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that us officials use to justify their

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complicity in crimes against humanity

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Joe Biden says oh you know Benjamin

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Netanyahu doesn't listen to us no if Joe

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Biden actually wanted to end these

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crimes against humanity he could end

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them overnight he could say the US is no

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longer going to sell weapons to Israel

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the US is no no longer going to give

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$3.8 billion of military aid every year

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to Israel Biden could say the US is no

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longer going to veto Security Council

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resolutions on behalf of Israel which

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would mean that Israel would actually be

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held accountable under international law

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but no instead the Biden Administration

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has

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repeatedly vetoed Security Council

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resolutions that call for peace and a

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ceasefire in Gaza because the US is

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actually pulling the strings here and

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anyone saying that it's the Israel Lobby

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or whatever Israel's the tail wagging

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the dog they are excusing the US Empire

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for its crimes against humanity they are

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giving Biden an excuse they are giving

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war criminal Joe Biden the excuse that

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he wants so he can blame Netanyahu and

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say that it's all netanyahu's fault

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ignoring the fact that this is

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completely bipartisan in the United

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States because imp imperialism is

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bipartisan like the invasion of Iraq was

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bipartisan like the NATO us-led NATO

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destruction of Libya in 2011 was

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bipartisan like the war on Syria was

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bipartisan and the war in Afghanistan

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was bipartisan and the war in Vietnam

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and the war in Korea and the war in

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Yugoslavia and the invasion of Panama

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the list goes on and on and on the US

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does not need Israel to commit war

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crimes and crimes against Humanities

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because the US is an Empire and Israel

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is an extension of that Empire and it's

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very frustrating seeing people try to

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excuse the US Empire and instead say oh

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it's it's the Israel Lobby no the Israel

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Lobby is part of the US Empire it's a

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faction of the US Empire this is why the

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US government gives Israel $3.8 billion

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of military aid every year

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unconditionally and then every time

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there is a larger War some kind of

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conflict then the US gives many billions

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more and as of July of

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2024 the US in in just less than a year

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from October to July the Biden

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Administration gave Israel $18 billion

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of military assistance and this was

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before the announcement in August that

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the US state department had approved

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another $0 billion arm sale to to Israel

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and again also in August the US state

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department approved another package of

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$3.5 billion of weapons and military

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equipment for Israel and when the state

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department approved that arms deal on

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that same day in August Israel used Us

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weapons in order to bomb a un run School

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in Gaza killing over 100 Palestinian

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civilians so so it is the US government

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pulling the strings the only reason

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these atrocities can continue is because

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Washington supports them now of course

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the US military-industrial complex is

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profiting from this Us weapons

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corporations are making huge huge

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profits and they fund politicians in

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Washington from both the Republican and

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Democratic parties who then vote for

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these arms deals to Israel and that

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money doesn't go to Israel that money

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goes to Us weapons corporations and they

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give those weapons and military

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equipment to Israel to carry out these

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atrocities in Gaza and to ethnically

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cleanse Palestinians on behalf of the US

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Empire so it's the US

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military-industrial complex that is

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ultimately profiting from all of this

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not Israel again Israel is an extension

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of the US Empire I uh I've often said Mr

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President if there were there were not

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an Israel we have that one but what's so

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cynical is that the US government will

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sometimes lightly criticize Netanyahu

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and the Israeli regime and say they're

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committing atrocities and we don't

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support those atrocities but the US

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continues to facilitate those atrocities

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so for instance on the 30th of August

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the spokesman of the US state department

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Matthew Miller said the IDF shooting of

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a world food program vehicle that's a un

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world food program in Gaza is a deeply

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troubling incident humanitarian workers

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are there to help innocent civilians and

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Israel must ensure they are protected

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this is completely cynical public

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relations the US state department

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actually doesn't care about Palestinian

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civilians or un workers and other

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humanitarian workers this is not the

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first time this has happened dozens and

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dozens and dozens of times and yet that

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same state department that Matthew

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Miller is speaking on behalf of Contin

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signing tens of billions of dollars of

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arm sales to Israel so Israel can keep

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killing un workers humanitarian workers

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and then they say oh well we're telling

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Netanyahu to protect civilians while we

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sell him more and more weapons and while

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US military contractors profit and then

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they fund the US politicians who vote

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for those armed sales to continue and

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now we have kamla Harris running for

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president for the Democratic party and

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she will sometimes lightly criticize

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Netanyahu although she met with

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Netanyahu when he visited Washington

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kamla did an interview on CNN and she

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did admit that quote far too many

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innocent Palestinians have been killed

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end quote but then she said at the same

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time that she's not going to end the US

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policy of even withholding some Us

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weapons to Israel so meet the new boss

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same as the old boss she's continuing

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Biden's policy of saying Netanyahu this

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Netanyahu that we don't like Netanyahu

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but we're going to continue giving

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Netanyahu tens of billions of dollars of

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weapons to kill Palestinian children

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because in reality they don't care about

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Netanyahu or whoever is the figurehead

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in Israel they will continue arming

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Israel because Israel is an outpost for

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the US Empire as Secretary of State

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Alexander heg said decades ago quote

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Israel is the largest American aircraft

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carrier in the world that cannot be sunk

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end quote heg was Ronald Reagan's

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secretary of state in the 80s he said

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that back then and of course support for

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Israel has been completely bipartisan

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under Bush under Clinton under Trump

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under Obama under Biden it is continued

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because without Israel the US Empire

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would lose its control over one of the

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most geostrategic regions on Earth West

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Asia the so-called Middle East it would

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lose its control over the global oil

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market and gas market and of course the

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Petro dollar system is needed to

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maintain the US dollar status as the

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global Reserve currency without that

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there would probably be very high

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inflation in the US and US capitalists

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would lose so much of their wealth and

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living standards in the US would fall

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drastically don't just take my word it

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was current President Biden who admitted

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back in 1986 back when he was a senator

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he said if Israel did not exist the us

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would have to create Israel in order to

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serve us Imperial interests is if we

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look at the Middle

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East I think it's about time we stop

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those of us who support as most of us do

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Israel in this body for apologizing for

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our support for Israel there's no

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apology to be made none it is the best

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$3 billion investment we make

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were there not an Israel the United

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States of America would have to invent

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an Israel to protect her interest in the

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region the United States would have to

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go out and invent an

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Israel I am with my colleagues who are

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on the floor in the Foreign Relations

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Committee and we worry at length about

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NATO and we worry about the eastern

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flank of NATO Greece and Turkey and how

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important it is they pale by comparison

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they pale by comparison in terms of the

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benefit that URS to the United States of

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America Biden then repeated that in 2022

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as US president here's that clip we're

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also going to discuss the Ironclad

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commitment and this is I'll say this

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5,000 times in my career the iron tag

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clag commit the United States has to

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Israel based on our principles our ideas

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our values they're the same values and

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uh I uh I've often said Mr President

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if were were not in Israel we'd have to

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invent one and finally Biden said the

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same thing in October

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2023 as Israel launched this brutal war

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on

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Gaza long said if Israel didn't exist

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we'd have to invent it if you want more

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information about why the US Empire so

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strongly supports Israel and the

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geopolitical and economic interests

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driving Washington support you should

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check out the interview that I did with

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the economist Michael Hudson I will link

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to that in the description below but in

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that note I'm going to conclude I'm Ben

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Norton I'm the editorinchief of

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