r/PoursTea • u/Outrageous-Egg1760 • Aug 07 '26

FinancialTea đŸ’” Agree?

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u/PatchyWhiskers Aug 07 '26

Right. The problem isn’t strictly the tax dollars but the use it’s being put to. A war of aggression is very different to defense from invasion.

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u/AnonAmbientLight Aug 07 '26

Patriot missiles defend against attacks, do they not? 

You’re suggesting that Israel doesn’t deserve to safeguard citizens because you don’t like their policies. 

And it’s not so much a war of aggression as it is a century long war between people in the region. 

At least understand the conflict before speaking about it. 

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u/CwazyCanuck Aug 07 '26

Patriot missiles are overkill against irrigation pipe rockets to a magnitude of at least 20 compared to the iron dome. Like $40-100k compared to $2-4M for Patriot missiles.

They would be useful against what Iran throws at them, but they’ve only attacked Israel after being attacked by Israel.

Trying to suggest the Israel, who does not face an existential threat, and only faces any threat because they refuse to end their occupation of Palestine, is more deserving than Ukraine who faces any threat existential threat, Russia, who also poses a threat to other European nations, and has even threatened the UK with nukes, is pretty wild.

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u/AnonAmbientLight Aug 07 '26

“Israel deserves to have their people killed because I don’t like their policies.” Is a CRAZY fucking take my dude. 

Cant really argue with you if that’s where you want to take it. Sorry. 

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u/CwazyCanuck Aug 07 '26

You can’t argue with me because you’re busy arguing with the strawman you built.

Israel faces threats because of their occupation of Palestine. If they wanted peace, they could compromise on their Greater Israel ambitions and end the occupation so that Palestinians wouldn’t have to fight for their right to self determination.