• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Egypt is fully under American control already.

    I’d say its not, as evidenced by the ousting of Hosni Mubarak in 2011. The US doesn’t even have a military base in Egypt. The closest we’ve got are in Etrea and Tripoli, with our West African bases getting squeezed out by the recent wave of military coups. Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia are fundamental to our control of the region.

    I don’t think there’s any strategy involved in the support of israel

    Think harder.

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      8 months ago

      Why are we getting “squeezed” out of Egypt and Jordan?..

      Because of israel.

      We fully control the others yet israel is a rabid attack dog. It’s the worst of both worlds. We have to obey them instead of the other way around.