Israel

October 30, 2026

Somewhere on facebok, there is a meme that complains about us supporting Israel when they give their people free health care and somehow we’re paying for it, I guess. And there is some anti-Semitic Abdul el Sayed ad paid for by a PAC (allegedly). I was going to reply on the thread, but decidd to post this here instead:

Things get hazy in these conversations. It seems impossible to criticize the actions of the Israeli government without it being twisted into “you hate Jews”. There are a lot of truly anti-Semitic people who now feel free to say whatever they want and I can understand why Jewish people are afraid. That government is doing some horrific things, and so have the Palestinian warmongers over the years. Netiher is innocent, but a lot of innocent people are getting killed on both sides. From what I’ve been reading, the kill numbers seem to have been higher on the Palestinian side.

PACs make it so that deplorable content makes it into the public square without directly implicating the candidate. It’s why so many ads include “… and I approve this content”. That saw cuts both ways. PACs are a problem.

Maybe our aid didn’t pay directly for their health care, but if the Israeli government didn’t havethe US giving them arms any time they ask, they might have to make different budgetary decisions. If someone paid for my car, fuel and food, I could probably afford a nicer apartment, but my benefactor could say that they’re not paying my rent.

A related phenomenon is China - they are able to do a whole bunch of things that we can’t or just don’t because they’re not attacking other countries every few months. Plus they have a whole lot more people to tax. Oh, and the decisions aren’t strictly driven by profit margins. We could have an amazing rail system, too, if we didn’t spend so much on the military industrial complex.

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