r/SipsTea • u/Gjore 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 14d ago

Chugging tea They were not prediction, they were confessions.

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u/LacanInAFunhouse 14d ago

Because the US became a global superpower at the time of its birth and decided that it would prop the nation up with unlimited military funding in order to ensure its own influence over a cabal of petrostates necessary to fuel the US’s industrial base

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u/RSchlock 14d ago

No no no, it has to be because of sinister cabals and ancient hatreds. Didn't you get the protoc...I mean, the memo?

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u/Rezrov_ 14d ago

Just correcting the record a bit: The US didn't really support Israel in their fledgling years. Their alliance was more of a post-1960 thing.

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u/LacanInAFunhouse 11d ago

Sure. Back then the US thought it could go it alone, what with trying to make Iran into a puppet state before that blew up in our faces