why are so many people pro-israel no matter what israel does?

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[–]PsychoTranyRedditMod 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Astroturfing probably accounts for a lot of it, and people eat it up not knowing the whole picture. A big part of war is the PR campaign to convince potential allies that they are the one who holds the moral high ground and it's the right thing to do. My thought is it's such a shitshow, I wouldn't want to get involved, but I know they all have certain cards to play to get the rest of the world sucked in.

[–]YoMamma 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This - and - in the US - the long tradition of US involvement in 120+ military conflicts since the mid-19th century, some of which involving Israel (like Israel's photos and lobbying that caused 1 million+ inexcusable excess deaths in Iraq). Part of the answer to this question is the highly profitable US and European military industrial complexes that create wars and normalizes their activities through massive international news media companies.