• Mrkawfee@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    John Mearsheimer also argues this and he is no antisemite. It’s possible that Israel is a proxy of the US Empire while it’s domestic lobby group has inordinate influence on US politics. Both things can be true.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      2 hours ago

      Yep, both are true, but the balance of power is still heavily in the US’s favor. Israel has counter-influence, of course, but at the end of the day it’s the US that holds all of the cards.