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It's some braindead Washington Examiner journalist's interpretation of what happened. https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-5572_0pm1.pdf Here's the actual transcript, ctrl+F Alito and see where he appears a bunch to get to the part the legacy media article is referring.

We have given Israel $3B/year since Obama has been in office. We are also sending our Patriot missiles and other munitions to supply them. They are a first-world country with a top 10 military. If they can't defeat Hamas with that astronomical amount of military aid, then why on earth do they deserve more of our money? Same with Ukraine, this $50B package isn't going to change the outcome of the war. If they want to kill each other so badly, then they can do it without us being a party to it. I am an America first voter. I don't care who controls the Israel Gaza border. I don't care who controls the Russia Ukraine border. Our foreign policy shouldn't create a bunch of refugees who will come here and flood the labor market. Our foreign policy shouldn't worsen inflation that's been out of control since COVID. Yemen is going to hold the Mandeb strait hostage as long as Israel keeps killing Gazans. This worsens inflation. Cutting Russia's economy out of the Western markets has reduced supply of all sorts of metals and fertilizers. This worsens inflation. If we keep kowtowing to Israel, don't be surprised when a cornered Iran shuts down the Hormuz. This will also worsen inflation. You can clearly see that inflation peaked shortly after we enacted Russian sanctions. It hasn't gone back down to less than 3% since the pandemic started. Whatever brings the cost of gas and cheeseburgers back to $2

It's astounding how many reps and senators AIPAC is the top donor for.

Every single one of these house reps waving a foreign flag inside of the Capitol should be censured like Ilhan Omar was. What a waste of money and Ukrainian lives this aid package is going to be.

Of determining which speech is offensive. Honk honk. 🤡

Unfortunately, more will be coming because Biden let Israel flatten Gaza. But hey, so long as they're not Israel's problem anymore! 🤡🌎

I hope you're right about this going no further, but I disagree with the rest. Biden is completely deserving of criticism for allowing things to get to this point, and it's gotten this bad because he's kowtowed to Israel every time up until now. But this is the first time he has done something right, showing a spine and using his influence as the most powerful man in the world to bring Netanyahu to heel and try and de-escalate the situation. If the US military attacks Iranian soil, then that is the start of World War 3. It is insane how the people frothing at the mouth for US intervention, such as Tennessee Senator, Marsha Blackburn, seem to be forgetting that Israel is a foreign country.

Yes, the defenses stopped a lot but they were saturated to the point that missiles got through to target. I wouldn't be feeling all that good if I was an IDF general, knowing that Iran is not far off from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Iran now knows the threshold it takes to get one through Iron Dome.

That is not an alliance. Allies do not shoot down each other's drones/missiles. The US Navy helped provide Israel with defense against yesterday's attack. Israel killed 4 IRGC generals by bombing an Iranian embassy. Iran killed no Israelis, slightly damaged two airfields (one of which IDF posted an F-35 taking off from today). Israel is the clear winner of this exchange. They don't need to escalate further.

Iran escalated by attacking Israel military bases directly with a salvo of drones and ballistic missiles. This was a direct response to their consulate being bombed in Syria and probably also to placate the Iranian populace. It will be interesting to see how Israel responds. Biden administration has stated publicly that there will be no American offensive response to Iran. Biden argued to Netanyahu that the assassination of 4 IRGC high-ranking officers in exchange for some minor damage to two airfields a win for Israel. Reminder, the Knesset was looking to put Netanyahu in prison for corruption before the Oct 7 attacks, so I'm not sure he sees it the same way. As soon as this crisis ends, the Israeli people are going to vote him out and/or jail him. There is an opportunity for de-escalation here, but we'll see what Israel decides to do. Arms race implications of this attack are pretty big. The Iron Dome, Patriot missiles, and scrambled fighter jets were overwhelmed by a relatively small salvo. What's new is the ballistic missiles with the final stage booster. Those are going to be exceptionally difficult to target.

I still categorize myself as a classical liberal. I feel that I haven't moved much. I'm still anti-military industrial complex. I'm still for whistleblower protection. I'm still pro-choice. I'm still anti-censorship. I'm still pro-gun rights. I'm still against illegal immigration and for legal immigration. Religious zealots still annoy me.

Welp. In the trash it will remain.