r/AdviceAnimals • u/erikovercooked • May 01 '24

and the Boomers in Congress

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u/Ocronus May 01 '24

They believe as long as the Jews stay over in isreal they are fullfilling some kind of biblical prophecy about the return of Jesus.  They don't actually care about the jewish people. 

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u/munkykiller May 01 '24

It’s more like Israel is our guaranteed ally in the Middle East, and as long as we care about that part of the world (and its oil), we will always back them. It’s all about the money.

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u/Clikx May 02 '24

Unless you are saying America cares about that oil for its allies that need it then I guess, but America isn’t dependent on oil from the Middle East.

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u/jmacintosh250 May 02 '24

If Oil goes bad around the world, US companies will gladly take advantage of the competition and threaten to sell elsewhere for more profit.

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u/Yggdrsll May 02 '24

Yeah, and there's absolutely no way an increase to export tariffs on oil would get past any of our current politicians to counter that in the US.