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I meant what I said. What happens if some Bush-y or Trump-y moron gets into the White House and he, or people around him, start getting the bright idea to influence world politics by conditioning allyship on other factors? Also, if Trump or another R gets into the White House, do they just start sending aid again? How does that look to American Jews, and indeed to all voters (the real ones, not just the ones who think like us)?

I don't like this any more than you do. I hate that we're committed to supporting a Netanyahu government just because we committed support to the country at large. I hate it that so, so so many people are going to die senselessly. I hate it that people can't just shut up and think for a damn minute. And I'm not trying to say any of this is RIGHT, or I like it, but I'm also not expecting the world of a dude who a) is 80 goddamn years old and whose ideas about the situation were formed like 40 years ago, and b) has 40 things to consider every time he opens his mouth.

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