@mike_kraft we certainly don’t need to abet them! we need to restrain them against the Palestinians, but also prevent adventurism by Iran and its cancerous proxies. not because contemporary Israel is a good actor — it’s a terrible actor — but because a regional interstate war that likely would not stay regional would be an absolute catastrophe. Israel is the new Saudi, an “ally” we dislike, against whose human rights violations we push back to some degree but not enough.