[duxup]

I'm not at all sure what the appeal is to those in power / American politicians to be used by Israel like they are. Just shallowly thinking one might assume it's some sort of anti Islam sentiment / post 9/11 thing. But at the same time the current administration has a lot of Islamic allies... so that seems like a contrast.

[justin66]

There's a recent The Onion blurb that sums it up rather well: "I Stand With Israel Because You Seem To Get In Less Trouble When You Do That."

[atlgator]

Money and power. The sphere of influence is large, especially with the media takeover by David Ellison and Larry Ellison's takeover of TikTok.

[bell-cot]

America's leaders are elected, and have routinely prioritized getting [re-]elected over our national interests (on every issue, domestic or foreign) for the past 2 1/2-ish centuries.

Regarding Israel, the history of that choice goes back to at least 1943:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#Recognition_of...

In general, pro-Israel political groups understand this dog->tail relationship extremely well, have excellent political skills, and have been pouring resources into maintaining that status quo since WWII.

Vs. those who don't like the consequences of that dog->tail relationship are sadly unable or unwilling to play the political game at that level.

OR: Find somebody who's been around American political campaigns for the past half-century or so. Then ask him how 99% of Election Days work out, for candidates who are perceived as "insufficiently pro-Israel".

[r721]

>dd_geopolitics

https://x.com/P_Kallioniemi/status/1715306499126305225

UPD Previous discussion of original source:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45459959