Why America Supports Israel | Richard Nixon on Nightline with Ted Koppel - January 7, 1992

[@birdwife589]

remember that no matter who you vote for your tax dollars are still going to israel

[@zeromarker]

Your tax money goes to American companies that manufacture the weapons and then sends them yo Israel, so you are basically donating the money to the American weapons sector. Oh, and it is mich cheaper than maintaining a base in Qatar.

[@4kwalkingtravel576]

​@zeromarker US base in Qatar is paid by Qatari government! And so for any other country hosting US military bases.

[@zeromarker]

@@4kwalkingtravel576 No. Countries housing US bases do pay for them but the do not cover all the cost. The US still puts hundreds of millions into these bases.

[@zeromarker]

@@4kwalkingtravel576 Israel is second but you can see a lot of muslim and arab countries. 10 countries that receive the most U.S. foreign aid: Afghanistan ($4.89 billion) Israel ($3.3 billion) Jordan ($1.72 billion) Egypt ($1.46 billion) Iraq ($960 million) Ethiopia ($922 million) Yemen ($809 million) Colombia ($800 million) Nigeria ($793 million) Lebanon ($790 million)

[@4kwalkingtravel576]

@zeromarker nothing is for free. That aid money is a bribe for the dictatorship in these countries. Afghanistan-taliban: futur plan to be platform to attack us enemies since Afghanistan have borders with, China silk road, Iran, and turkic countries allies of Russia. Egypt: 90 million population controlled by dictatorship military regime , strongest ally of Israel apartheid state, and its terrorism. Jordan: buffer state and ally of Israel apartheid state, protecting Israel borders. Lebanon: one of the most corrupt and chaotic countries, the government is Israel terrorist state ally, and US aid money is to compete with Hezbollah strong popularity and influence over the country Yemen: This was historically the strongest country in the Arabian peninsula, now its Gulf countries ( allies of terrorist state of Israel ) backyard. The US aid money is also a bribe for the dictatorship to counter the Shia Yemeni allies of Iran. Remember, this huge amounts of money are sent every year, I am Muslim, and it makes me fcking angry. This corrupt US government is stealing American tax money to bribe foreign countries. 80% of that Aid is indirect strategic aid for Israel. If the US helped establish democracies in those countries just by not intervening using CIA and other filthy methods. Those countries' economies will flourish. They might help Palestinians attack Israel , but that will put pressure on Israel , the only terrorist state in the world who directly target civilians, negotiations will be between the arabs and Israel, and they will be peace and 2 state solution with minimum damage and Americans tax money spent on American infrastructure. But the western elite warmongers, 3rd world dictatorship, secret societies who want to build the solomon temple, they are evil and corrupt people who use us and our money to fight their wars.

[@raheelakhtar7]

The US position has not changed, however, Ted Koppel asked some tough questions here. There is no one in US media today who will ask these questions without being fired or ostracized!

[@Rocky-sn6fl]

US position will change.

[@Aluttuh]

@@Rocky-sn6flbut the holocaust!!!

[@elliottharris9015]

​@@veromikes😂

[@lucasw7178]

It's so sad how the media has been degraded

[@Tyiion]

@@lucasw7178All mainstream media is owned by just a few conglomerates. What did we expect?

[@Karachi.Zone.Karachi]

Usa don't have bond with Americans but have strong one with Israel

[@afro1327]

This clip is over 40 years old and the rhetoric is unchanged even to today....

[@chm5750]

31 almost 32 years

[@georgekazanchyan4976]

InshAllah the younger generation of America will realize and make smarter choices. The demographic and public perception is going to change rapidly the next 10 years.

[@Bell_plejdo568p]

@@georgekazanchyan4976but American have no choice there politicians are owned

[@Faris-1974]

It got even worse and more expensive. Biden said some 40 years ago best 3 billion dollars ever invested. Yes return on investment is great now it grows in to 3.2 trillion dollars of pure red ink

[@petergreen5337]

Precisely

[@SS-uw1ep]

The holocaust card will be played forever smh

[@POONANI-m2r]

dur dur dur

[@keram4u]

@@POONANI-m2r Are you Farting or pooping??? Just Curious!!!

[@MrDragonorp]

on that note, the palestinian suffering card gonna be played forever smh

[@hansyali_]

@@MrDragonorp what an idiotic response lol completely laughable and out of touch

[@SS-uw1ep]

@@MrDragonorp not really their not pusy like the jews . look how long they’ve lasted with no modern weapons tech nor the usa giving them grade A bombs & billions yearly🖕🏼🇮🇱

[@TheImperialChannel]

*"No one who becomes President will ever abandon the very entity that placed him in that position" is what Nixon desperately wanted to say.*

[@Bell_plejdo568p]

He legit repeats the same propaganda they repeat to this day

[@Extra_050]

How did Israel make Nixon president??

[@tam-tam1970]

@@Extra_050Jewish money did. The same money they now withdraw from the universities that do not support Israel.

[@edwardscott7938]

@@Extra_050 because Zionists control the money and the media

[@MrProzacmilkshake]

Yes Adolf

[@galaxymetta5974]

USA general: we need to support Israel as it is our only friend in the middle east. USA historian: before the founding of Israel, we had no enemies in the middle east.

[@shmanuyah_2024watch]

DIG THAT! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@nummynutz1]

That historian would be wrong. Even out founding fathers had zero respect for Arab Muslim terrorist. That's a historian who doesn't know his history.

[@JannahSeeker-i6e]

We need to protect US because that can cause us a lot of issues

[@bloodyplebs]

"USA historian" should probably look up the first war America fought after gaining its independence.

[@Itaygol]

Quite the opposite, Arabs have captured over 4 million (!!!) Europeans and Americans into slavery, which caused the US to fight the Berber wars. The Arab Khalif told president Jefferson at the time that the Quran compells Muslims to fight Jihad against Kafirs (infidels). Before the founding of Israel, the Jews and the Muslims kind of coexisted (kind of, because the Quran also calls for annihalation of Jews but there's a Fatwa of Dawha which is a temporary truce (Hudna) if the "Kaffir" pays heavy taxes. After the founding of Israel, it was considered as a representative of the west and America in Ard el Islam ( Muslim land) and therefore the little satan, while the US has always been the big satan. So, I'd say it's quite the opposite. Israell has all the enemies in the middle east because it is seen as the 51st state and a US offshoot.

[@westsun3181]

Politicians talking about "moral commitment" is pretty funny 😂😂😂

[@bilkomax]

These days it is as they have no convictions

[@AugustoSoehartoPrimoDeRivera]

@@bilkomax "These days" They never had one to begin with even in those days. Wake up for the glory of God

[@HappyHalBallard]

Nixon was a decent man, Watergate was a scam, Biden does things a thousand times worse on a daily basis.

[@narajuna]

It is more Political wealth control muscle, President Tate complained about having to submit. Same as Rothschilds had a big influence on Brits giving Palestine to "hebrews" / "Israelites".

[@lindaross783]

You show your ignorance. Nixon saved Israel when all guns were aimed at them. Everyone is more than one action like Watergate. He opened up our relationship with China. Read more.

[@ScooterFarts]

And Isreal has corrupted and taken advantage of that one sided relationship.

[@sambayanzai]

Exactly. We have abandoned, neglected our own nation. We are sending trillions each year to Israel while our own country is suffering.

[@Jah_Nzola]

Where was Israel’s “moral commitment” during USS Liberty?

[@sihasnesh2016]

It was a mistake and both sides discussed it thoroughly afterwards. How many friendly ships and air planes were shot down by the Allies during the war due to sheer amount of confusion and panic? This is just like that. US stands united with Israel.

[@jeririce4928]

@@sihasnesh2016youre the only one that believes that nonsense

[@sihasnesh2016]

@@jeririce4928 Believe? That's just facts. what the hell are you saying?

[@nickwesley3520]

@@sihasnesh2016how the hell do you accidentally attack an allied warship in the 20th century? 😂 I’ve got some bridges to sell you

[@sihasnesh2016]

@@nickwesley3520 Had happened a lot during WW2

[@BencerCourt123]

The grip that Israel lobby has over US lawmakers are amazing and astounding. It could make any thriller movie pale in comparison. An AIPAC official once caught bragging that he could get US Congressmen signatures on a piece of napkin on any issues.

[@digitalbath6057]

Because Israel is western in nature and is in the middle east. Thry say it has little strategic value but Israeli is the only land where Americans are welcome. Islamist despite economic ties don't like non Islamic people. I'm fact thry hate and want them to not exist.

[@account5133]

​@osamabinladenssecondgirlfr4241 oh you mean like Jeffrey epstein, the rosenbergs, or the uss liberty? Oh wait that's all real.

[@BencerCourt123]

⁠@osamabinladenssecondgirlfr4241 It is real unfortunately. I wish it was just a conspiracy theory but it is real. Checkout below on what Steve Rosen said regarding a napkin, 70 signatures of Congressmen within 24 hours. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_J._Rosen

[@cenecasful]

Talking about Israel interfering in American elections is antisemitism Lmao. People can be anti Zionist because it’s insane lol. @osamabinladenssecondgirlfr4241

[@dayamra9747]

Not really. That same grip is exerted and displayed by rich OIC nations, Russia, and China.

[@1aikane]

It's America's religious conservative people who want this bond to be unbreakable

[@Alan-ii9te]

Judeo Christianity is zionist propaganda

[@swagginfarmer]

Im a conservative christian and I see the issues. I don't want my tax dollars going to israel or my government being ran by israel

[@owen1-q1n]

​@@swagginfarmer You are a very small minority. We cannot deny that Chhristianity is a very big problem, especially for Europeans and whites around the world, as it puts the interests of 🇮🇱 ahead of our raace.

[@kurtschmidt5005]

There are Christian’s that realize that the church is the new Israel. Those Jews that live in Israel today are mostly non believers in Jesus Christ and are therefore going to hell. We as Christian Americans don’t owe them our tax dollars. Martin Luther, the reformer, wrote a book about the Jews.

[@PEZ1514]

Israel like Ukraine is a frontline of defense against the international enemies of America. Most Americans prior to the regressive generation also cared about culture, ethical codes and doing the right thing. Something lost on you and your anti west holdings. Why because your religion is self gratification and communism

[@juliusrandle2733]

It's all about money not morals

[@LolisFirebooks-g8s]

Tell that to every soldier.

[@vader8867]

Oy vey

[@fsldin3707]

It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that Israel comply with international law or to speak in defense of justice or human rights for Palestinians. If they did so, they couldn't be reelected." ~ Jimmy Carter

[@abdullahibrahimhabhab]

So they decide to shut their mouth and ignore the truth and also to support injustice and oppression and give power to the wrongdoer. They sell their hereafter for election.

[@yakatttack1]

Don't like carter but he's a real one for this. If you say the Israel lobby is extremely powerful in our government your antisemetic when its laughably provable

[@chrisgrech7992]

Jimmy Carter? seriously? you quote the worst president in history, the man who handed Iran to crazy islamic clergy? Thanks God Reagan was at hand to save the USA from the carter awful presidency.

[@Serge-cm5my]

To be fair Cater had a bad economy and made bad geopolitical decisions.

[@johnjoseph1687]

Israel being a country is violating Palestinian’s human rights? Because that’s why they keep attacking them.

[@NS-ru5gl]

The American people are entitled to the 4 billion we give Israel. Imagine larger tax refunds, lower taxes, cheaper healthcare, more affordable housing, better education, cheaper colleges and universities, etc... All that we could do with this money. And inflation would decrease.

[@niames434]

It could be... But the commitment is NOT to American citizens...

[@MrInfinite43]

From 4 billion? 😂😂😂😂 Thats about $12 per Americsn citizen...... Youre a dimwit

[@hfksoul]

Well said. Americans need to march the streets to get this money back.

[@mhroe]

10 dollar larger tax refund and none of the rest lol.

[@Rainy_Day12234]

And Israel is a wealthy country that doesn’t need our aide.

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

How come these moral commitments were never felt towards South Africa, and many other African countries!

[@alltimeaviation6812]

They don't have money

[@duduoson1306]

South Africans don’t have the moral fortitude to create something like Epstein Island in order to blackmail our politicians

[@AllAboutMMA]

Never for south africa and african countries, dude the usa donate billions of aids every year to africa And south africa' apartheid government was sanctioned and pressured by mostly the U.S to end its regime

[@youngeagle5953]

@kevin Western governments are racist regimes. Look at how they dealt with Ukraine and the Palestinians. Weapons to Ukraine to defend themselves, weapons to Israel to kill Palestinians.

[@frigidlava617]

because africans can't run their own countries.

[@comments2840]

The politicians ability to lie to the camera in a straight face never ceases to amaze. It's an ability that most people don't have and can't learn.

[@BillyBob-oi9kl]

Step outside more often

[@have_a_good_day420]

What lie is he saying? He's outright saying the US is Isreal's bitch.

[@davidlafleche1142]

Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr. and Obama all hated Israel.

[@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650]

It’s an ability half the population is raised into man.

[@jx14aby]

The key is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.

[@What-kw6ox]

That moral commitment has resulted in American reputation turning to 💩

[@NA-dg3jx]

Always has been 💩, only now are Americans realising it

[@XhoowieX]

"If there isn't significant strategic value, why do you continue to support Israel?" "Because there is still significant strategic value really, we're just lying about it."

[@sc9881]

Huh? Why would an American politician lie about that? If anything, he would lie in the opposite direction.

[@XhoowieX]

@@sc9881 because then they're admitting exactly what Iran, Russia, China etc are accusing them of. It would render complete rubbish half of what they try to claim at the UN. No, you're right. The idea of Nixon lying is just too farfetched.

[@sc9881]

@@XhoowieX I don’t see why it’d hurt anything to say the support benefits us as well.

[@XhoowieX]

@@sc9881 you don't see why the American Government think it would undermine their positions on Russian/Chinese/Iranian, Iraqi in the past, etc expansions to admit that they have a satellite state in the Middle East? Come on now.

[@KusanagiVII]

Petro dollar and international waters so that the interest

[@tammyp8260]

This commitment is going to change..The younger generations are not feeling this way.

[@amin24680]

I don't think so.

[@LayLoow]

I really hope it changes these monster are responsible for the unbalance in the world

[@johnpublic793]

​@nabz1877 Hitler thought so too

[@Napolean46]

​@@LayLoowit wont change unfortunately. Maybe in the arab world yes.

[@yaaraamozig4862]

Your perception of reality is simplistic

[@kerry9125]

He just needs to replace the word "moral" with the word "lobby".

[@911jedi8]

We should ask the survivors of the USS Liberty if the United States should support Israel.

[@TheFaster65]

Now your talking !! Israel tried to sink her , and i think i know why

[@TheFaster65]

LBJ Knows ! Why

[@pussy_destroyer2294]

And they would agree because Israel publicly apologized and paid reparations for this mistake

[@henryovalles1163]

Yea this should be in our history books

[@mjaynew1445]

Bingo!!!!!!!!!!

[@Lolslos90]

I am surprised he did not mention AIPAC's money 😂

[@kermitfrog593]

But are you really?

[@Lolslos90]

@@kermitfrog593 no. I was just joking

[@crazytrain848]

It’s implied lol

[@CraigC55]

Just remember, Ashkinazi jews are not the original real jews of the Bible! Hence Jew-ish

[@talmoskowitz5221]

When I was a kid Aipac emphasized publishing: Near East Report and Myths & Facts. I read them regularly growing up. That's the Aipac of Nixon's time. Political campaigns were much less expensive then. It was the campaign finance reform in response to Nixon's scandals that gave clout to aipac. There was plenty of oil money (Middle Eastern oil money) in Washington DC and that motivated Aipac to become more active. Cynicism is a fine first stance dealing with the unknown, but follow up with fact seeking before you impose a contemporary framework to understand events of half a century ago when things were very different. Nixon was a politician from southern California which was very conservative back then and a center of his financial support. I ended my financial support for Aipac when then actively created a campaign finance entity favoring candidates who for other reasons I didn't want to support. It's only in recent years that Aipac got into campaign financial donations. That's when it changed to no longer be bipartisan. My own experience was this was membership led: fewer and fewer attendees I knew were voting for Democrats as the national political divide became more stark. That's when I stopped renewing my membership. Read "The making of the president, 1968" by T H White to reorient to how different the times were and shake up your preconceptions.

[@majabelk6940]

"moral commitment" LOL

[@abdiazizndugu8176]

Moral commitment 😂😂😂

[@syourke3]

He’s right about Israel not having strategic value to the USA. But he’s lying when he says the USA will never abandon Israel because of a moral commitment, thats ridiculous.

[@rsr789]

Um, it does now, Israel is a MAJOR technology partner to the USA. Again, this interview was 31 years ago, the world has changed A LOT.

[@syourke3]

@@rsr789 Israel is a high tech center but that doesn’t mean it’s strategically valuable to the USA unless the USA actually controls that technology, and benefits from it, which it doesn’t. I think that Israel has power over the USA, not vice versa. The USA has strategic value to Israel.

[@fashionofthechrist]

I can’t even begin to argue with this retardation. You win.

[@Celsor5865]

Israel has made sure to influence and support our Lawmakers to lobby for Their interests! It has worked but I see the Cracks! You can not hide the Oppression, brutality, and Apartheid with today’s technology available to us. Governments hide their bad deeds but the Internet and KZbin let’s us see behind their walls. That is how I found out about Israel, not from the Veil of our own government. I think we have been brainwashed or influenced not to see the Apartheid in Israel, but it seems the rest of the world has known this. I finally opened my eyes to what Israel is and why we should not be on their side. I firmly believe that when more of my fellow Americans see past the Jewish influence and open their eyes to what Israel has become, they will also abandon Israel! Going forward, for my part, I will not knowingly vote for any candidate or politicians who pledges support for Israel! I don’t want our bombs or missiles to bury innocent Civilians or little Children!!! I don’t want any part of their GENOCIDE!! I look forward to see Israel face charges in the international community!

[@Thaddeus-ml8if]

Israel has strategic value today.

[@LolisFirebooks-g8s]

Supporting is one thing, being complicit with genocide is 100% different.

[@alltimeaviation6812]

He never mentioned the Jewish lobby in the USA and their money. Or did I miss something.😂😂😂

[@bretthanna8765]

Nixon knew the truth he just can't say it publicly like he did in his private tapes because of massive public outrage.

[@sihasnesh2016]

The public would accept Jewish lobby at anytime than a cent from an Arab. After all Jewish don't hate US nor have they ever killed our civilians unlike Muslims have.

[@rsr789]

Where is your complaint about Iran's dark money coming into the US universities?

[@hudsoncosta8615]

WHUTABOUTISM@@rsr789

[@safiul1930]

AIPAC.

[@siphaxforever4327]

The AIPAC moral😂😂😂😂😂

[@taxfree4]

The safety of Americans, and American soldiers, is paramount to ANY involvement, and any war. If a nation cannot sustain itself, without involving America's money, or manpower, then they shouldn't exist. The American taxpayer is not an ATM, or suicide soldier, for the rest of the world, no matter how many false flags.

[@randyborstol2491]

the Zionists control America

[@bradavon]

Shouldn't exist is extreme though and a rather poor choice of words, considering that's exactly what most of Israel's neighbours want.

[@michaelkeara7685]

Amen

[@SJKIE]

@@bradavonremind me why u ppl were being kicked out of every country before u had to steal someone elses land?

[@Lord_Nordan]

Israel can sustain itself without us. They have proven that. We give them money because we want to.

[@jamesrivera4947]

"The United States has no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only interests." --Henry Kissinger

[@robertoppenheimer8976]

This doesn't apply when it comes to Jewish state 🇮🇱😂

[@69columbus]

except Israel

[@MuhammadEgbaria-h8v]

cuz he a Jew hahaha@@robertoppenheimer8976

[@grolstum211]

Said the jewish war criminal who knows that Israel is neither a friend or an enemy. It is a master.

[@megclifton6692]

He was a Jew duh

[@kennethdaniels3000]

Never ask why US politicians why it’s critical to support Israel. The same way you should never ask why Israel bombed USS Liberty which killed 37 of our service members

[@speedingAtI94]

someone must have paid him a great deal of money to say this because in his private and recorded conversation, he held a very different point of view.

[@mosesCordovero-uw5vw]

or maybe he meant what he said. we Jews dont care one way or another about his private antisemitic views, because we know that when push came to shove, he saved Israel from total destruction in the 1973 Yom Kippur War

[@Mrgop]

Read Ben Stein's recent book. He absolutely refutes the claim that Richard Nixon was antisemitic.

[@speedingAtI94]

nixon has his own loyal jews. Ben Stein and Kissinger are among them.

[@mosesCordovero-uw5vw]

i was not aware of Ben Stein's new book, but i do agree with his assessment. back in 1973 when President Nixon was saving Israel in the Yom Kippur War, he not only overrode the wishes of the State Department, but did it in such a strong, ernest, insistent way that simply could not come from the mouth of somebody who doesn't like Jews. and even if he was recorded as swearing profanities against Jews, who hasn't on occasion gotten upset with one's friends? Even Donald Trump, who is such a wonderfully fantastic friend of the Jews, had some criticisms for his long-time friend Benjamin Netanyahu several weeks ago. one has to weigh things in their full context before rushing to judgment on such matters

[@memyselfyo8844]

That’s actually a sign of a good politician, to be able to say one thing in public and to absolutely detest it in private lol

[@RStevenPage]

I have yet to hear an Israeli leader fawning over us like this.

[@dis4980]

Gee its almost like one is owned by the other or something haha

[@a5cent]

And why should they? It's only US christian fundamentalists who have these "special" (some would say doomsday cultist) views on Israel. Israelis don't take that seriously, so why would they fawn over us. Most of them think we're silly or even slightly stupid, but they are happy to exploit that.

[@nategalt5613]

90% of Israelis say they love America. Look at Netanyahu's speeches for evidence.

[@masterp401]

All top US officials are jewish with dual citizenship with Israel including Blinken! US is a hijacked state, Kennedy tried to warn you but they got him!

[@mendoza4789]

we are slaves and chumps to them

[@yhassenbey]

It’s 2024 and we Americans citizens absolutely do not support Israel no one bit

[@ricksomeone8166]

Only the inept don't support israel,

[@zionistgoddessofstars]

I support Israel 100%, and mind you I betrayed the Palestinian movement because there were only lies by them. I educated myself on the facts. And Lucky for me most Americans do in fact support Israel, you're just the loud minority.

[@m4c4c0]

He could hardly say it's the only way to get campaign financing past AIPAC, now could he. Instead he quoted AIPAC propaganda exactly.

[@jenniehirsch-bb6kc]

AIPAC is the best!

[@yahiaziam1713]

I really do appreciate Tod Kopple and his very sharp questions.

[@miloshp7399]

Aproach long gone from the publice space.

[@Joe-qg7iw]

I DON'T SUPPORT NIXON'S ANDWERS.

[@thetruth476]

Moral ? What were you doing in Vietnam? Why do you still support and perpetuate many dictatorships in that region like Egypt? How come everyone brings up the Holocaust, which is definitely an abomination! But never equates it with the 20 million Russians killed in WW2 , the massacre of Armenians? Who is pulling the strings and why are we being selective? I think the answer lies behind the entourage of the US presidents like Stuart Seldowitz

[@nsr60ster85]

His questions are penetrating, but fair for the most part. Now, while journalists are far less polished and courteous in challenging politicians, they are only trying to change the narrative to their liking.

[@michaelbayer5094]

Sorry, but you must call him Ted. Only his closest friends are permitted to call him Tod.

[@mike7864]

Best President in the US history. ❤

[@user-gt8hv7cu5l]

I had a good laugh. Nixon and moral issues.😂

[@davidradovsky5354]

The demonrats make him look like a choirboy

[@cadredeux1047]

Can you imagine a MSM media network doing a interview like that now.

[@Tubulous123]

Thank you!

[@rexringtail471]

This is the most mind-blowing degree of honesty about the Israeli issue from the media that I have ever seen. Notice how Dick never says the relationship is a good thing, but it is inevitable.

[@bn2247]

Repeating the same marketing that Israel used to fool its own heads of cattle to fill their pens? "must support israel or another holocaust!!". Moronic.

[@bn2247]

Nixon isn't the moron here, Nixon was doing exactly as Israel told him to do and pushing the agenda exactly like Biden is doing to this day, that's how long Israel has held the president of the united state's balls in their grip.

[@petergreen5337]

❤Precisely. Well said and well OBSERVED.

[@357Amun]

Honesty?? ...since when are these people ever honest??

[@357Amun]

@osamabinladenssecondgirlfr4241 1.How is the relationship a moral committment? 2. In what ways does it bear fruit? 3. What are the costs, morally and otherwise? 4. How is it good vs bad?

[@joseburgos9654]

And it shows how that Israel lobby has a stranglehold on our politics, unfortunately.

[@SJKIE]

3% population 30% congress 90% administration and they always want more money

[@Lord_Nordan]

Stranglehold? How absurd.

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

@@Lord_Nordan - It’s absurd that we tolerate it.

[@Lord_Nordan]

@@KevinBalch-dt8ot some may "tolerate" it, but the rest of us support them willingly and proudly.

[@dotconnector3889]

​@@Lord_Nordanif you like you bum mismanaged so much then you really need to go camping with my mate Big Gay Al.

[@8beazy]

“Moral commitment.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@omsc1999]

As an American citizen and taxpayer, it appears that Israel and its citizens, particularly the Zionists, benefit significantly from these funds. Meanwhile, our middle-class and poor citizens face challenges in obtaining sufficient medical coverage and encounter daily difficulties in meeting basic needs. This raises a question of justice when it seems that Israel, especially the Zionists, enjoys privileges, including unemployment support, more easily compared to our citizens, making us feel as if we are working to support the well-being of the Israeli citizen while facing our own challenges.

[@jamesr8584]

They get military aid, not unemployment assistance.

[@omsc1999]

@@jamesr8584I think you need to read more little bit before you answer without knowledge. The United States provides both military and economic aid to Israel. The economic aid, often in the form of grants, has been around $3.3 billion annually. This includes support for various programs and initiatives. For the most current and precise figures, I recommend checking the latest information from official government sources. Which is taxpayers money and American citizens funds. As the government should spend this money for us.

[@cherylmakepeace4493]

The illegals coming over here seem to get all the food, housing and health care they need.

[@wjs8235]

Sure, you tell em. Average taxpayer provides about $20.00 per year for Israel. As a taxpayer in the U.S. you may want to look at the technology Israel shares with the U.S.A.

[@zionistgoddessofstars]

As someone who used to be antizionist and now a zionist through education, stop hating the Jewish people. Nothing wrong with Zionism because it means Israel deserves to exist. Replace "Zionist" with black or Asian and you sound pretty racist, so please educate yourself and stop blaming the Jews. We all know people like you use Zionist as codeword for Jew. (Since most Jews are Zionists)

[@malcolmdrake6137]

By that logic the U.S. should feel the same way about Russia, since they lost more than 35 Million in World War 2 compared to the 3 and a half million jews. So, That's not the "reason".

[@paulstrathern4309]

Bingo.

[@milesfargo5714]

Or Christians 20 million died in ww2.

[@ismaelibrahem1015]

This is why he was trashy president. The moral value of Democracy is not an issue. Mordecai Noah wanted to establish a home country in Buffalo, NY, in 1825, and the Federal Government silecnced him completely and prevented his family members from talking to him. The Holocaust was done in Germany and was a European issue. So, why did the Palestinian people pay for the crimes of the Nazis? Or why did America not do nothing to stop the Holocaust? America was a friend of the Nazis. Why did the Europeans and Americans establish a Jewish State land taking from Germany? It should be stated that there was a Jewish Republic in the USSR called Birobidjon Republic. Nixon was not honest nor was a moral man but was a puppet for Zionism.

[@kamarte]

When US presidents/officials talk about moral and preach it , ... it's utmost hilarious! ... or perhaps obnoxious!...either or both!

[@grogscol]

Like the USS Liberty

[@lornestein7248]

🤡

[@AugustoSoehartoPrimoDeRivera]

​@@robertoalvarez88This is what #neverforget should be about, not their succesful attempt dragging us into war (the plane hits twins). And yeah, lαvon affair. That bloody tribe🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@sihasnesh2016]

@@AugustoSoehartoPrimoDeRivera Do you realize that promoting conspiracy theories is nothing other than terrorists fueling hate for US and finding more excuses to attack the country?

[@redsky8763]

To learn who controls you, you just need to know who you cannot criticize.

[@shamhisham3702]

We're under Israeli occupation, be a good slave to the system, pay your taxes and shut up

[@davidradovsky5354]

Blacks

[@jamesslick4790]

If you mean that one CANNOT criticize Jews, you are wrong. We (Jews) are literally blamed for EVERYTHING. The eventual heat death of the universe will be blamed on us by the LAST Gentile on Earth.

[@Alan-ii9te]

Juice

[@waqasdotofficial]

​@@jamesslick4790 General public want to criticize you but their voice somehow attract power that makes them shut.. you know why TikTok is banning in USA because it's somewhat support free speech

[@marlonlo9661]

From one war criminal to another.

[@yaaraamozig4862]

You mean Hamas

[@AssGuardian07]

​@@yaaraamozig4862No, He meant US & Israel

[@yaaraamozig4862]

I feel his reaction is a bit childish

[@vader8867]

@@yaaraamozig4862 “Hamas was encouraged and really started by Israel because they wanted Hamas to counterattack Yasser Arafat”. - Ron Paul former Republican Congressman.

[@yaaraamozig4862]

@vader8867 yes, it's true, And they made a grave mistake I think Egypt warned Israel not to mess with the Muslim Brotherhood, they knew what it was about. (Basically all Sunni countries hate and fear the Muslim Brotherhood). But , the Muslim Brotherhood was for many years only a charity group, and Israel promoted this group, Israel refused to listen to its neighbor countries.

[@georgewahl2498]

To give loving kindness rather than war and weapons is an act of courage, wisdom and lasting peace. Doing otherwise only offers more lifetimes of endless suffering.

[@yaaraamozig4862]

You live in a utopian world that doesn't exist

[@georgewahl2498]

@@yaaraamozig4862 dear yarra, just planting some seeds that might grow some day....all seeds do well in dark soil...

[@jacobhendrickson694]

This is so wrong, let them fend for themselves and see how that goes, or see if they will help you ? Just think about what the American people would do with all this money that we lend to foreign nations who hate us anyway and if they want to upset the people around them let them get what they deserve. Stop wasting US, tax dollars.

[@kamalaparadise2269]

Obviously, no country on earth deserves unconditional support. Follow the money.

[@tedreynolds3338]

Put it to a vote. Let’s see if Americans actually support them.

[@Iloveswedes]

Oooh, that would be interesting. Put the billions to a direct vote.

[@shmanuyah_2024watch]

WE DON'T!

[@yaaraamozig4862]

The US is the leader of the free world and that comes with duties

[@shmanuyah_2024watch]

@@yaaraamozig4862 but that duty has the RESPONSIBILITY to be fair and not bias!!!

[@ahmadalastal5303]

@@yaaraamozig4862 free world! what about Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc ... they are not humans as Americans thus US must free them?

[@mostafaalnaggar4430]

No one can criticize Putin in Russia, the Leader in Iran, the Communist Party in the former Soviet Union, or Zionism in America. All American presidents must provide duties of loyalty and submission to Zionism

[@yaaraamozig4862]

A little anti-Semitic

[@UFCtrumpsboxing]

Moral commitment to a country that is converse

[@redbarber873]

Name one country that is.

[@4kwalkingtravel576]

The question should be why we have the freedom of speech to criticize your Mr. President Nixon, we can criticize Jesus and religions, but we can't criticize ISRAEL. As an american citizen, Why do I have to lose my job and get canceled by society if I criticize Israel, why do I have to lose all my federal rights if I boycott Israel?

[@UFCtrumpsboxing]

@@4kwalkingtravel576 The wealthiest in US are Jews and politicians need their $$.

[@chrisgrech7992]

@@4kwalkingtravel576 because you are a racist and hide behind freedom of speech. Anyone that believes Israel is the evil and the palestinians a bunch of boy scouts, is blinded by anti-semitism. Anyone who thinks Hamas are freedom fighters not terrorists is even worse than a nazi.

[@Id1126574]

Short answer: Israel has America by the balls but we can't say that out loud

[@fifty9forty3]

How?

[@duduoson1306]

@@fifty9forty3ever heard of Epstein Island?

[@timblackwood1531]

​@@Digital111BULLSHIT

[@victorblock3421]

@@duduoson1306 explain

[@aliensyndrome4280]

​@@Digital111USS LIBERTY, LAVON AFFAIR 5 DANCERS APOLLO AFFAIR JONATHAN POLLARD. APIAC forces US politicians to pledge allegiance to Israel

[@hunt4pips]

USA: Israel only democracy in the middle east, morally from one democracy to another, never will abandon it. Also USA: topples Iranian democracy for a theocracy, coz they didn’t like the idea of nationalising their resources.

[@rajshah7734]

Iranians themselves brought Islamic revolution and that's why they are suffering a lot rn. Don't blame others for your problems. Nixon even opposed what they did to the Shah.

[@zoropiratehunter4103]

iran ?? a deocracy...dont make laugh

[@Dr.Alkhatib]

The reason is discussed thoroughly in John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. It’s the Israel lobby.

[@easyware]

Yep

[@elliottharris9015]

Agree.

[@johnkale6302]

Freemasons work for yews look how you sold out America and all the freemasons before you for the yews money

[@mrmajestic8643]

Facts

[@gonaw4476]

*•••Thank you for the reference. Will borrow from library and read to my high EQ (from 50% Arab genes) 10 & 8 year old sons. Quran made my kids 6 grade levels above normal US school kids. US education is brain numbingly idiotic! (& shamelessly brainwash own innocent US kids. That is CHILD ABUSE!*

[@sladetuner8661]

The attitude towards the Israel 🇮🇱-Palestine 🇵🇸 rapidly changing

[@gonzalo4658]

The fact that it’s the only democracy in that area, that sounds like strategic value to me

[@deserteffect1001]

Nope, that ain't strategic at all, as democracy and all of that bs are just silly things, because in reality, state agencies are ruling and they know how to get around elections and all that.

[@mohamedelmi630]

How can someone call an Apartheid state Democratic. Doesn't make sense.

[@PhilMcCrackin-f3n]

You cant be an ethno centric state and a democracy. Israel is a state for Jews, not Christians, you would not be welcome there. Have you not seen the videos of Ishraelis openly spitting on Christians?? Thats your ally??

[@JohnCavendish-ql4jc]

But It's not. People vote in Lebanon and Turkey.

[@narinehakobyan2631]

Cyprus and Lebanon are Middle Eastern democracies which you don't give two hoots about.

[@Yusufyusuf-lh3dw]

America will support Israel for sometime. Not forever. Things change when its time to change

[@axel-fh1ru]

Forever

[@chrisgrech7992]

The republicans will never permit it. The Grand Old party will live to its name and stand with the good guys, that is Israel and not with muslim fanatics. Islam is the greatest danger to humanity, a cult that is against progress and human rights all because of the weird views of a bedouin crazy guy of 1500 years ago and his false god.

[@GTA5Player1]

Support isn't just a binary thing. The real question is whether they'll change in how they view Israel's interactions with Palestine

[@matthummel8306]

The support is already declining among the young generation

[@godfreysampson6432]

America's support for Israel will change when the muslims hatred towards Israel change .The day muslims accept Israel's right to exist in Israel their Biblical historical country and they can live in peace with their muslims neighbourhoods ( but simultaneously ensuring that they are able to defend themselves against their Islamic neighbours in case of any suprise attacks ) that's the day America will stop supporting Israel anymore.

[@concretejoe7526]

The Rothschild's call the shots on that one

[@shmanuyah_2024watch]

DON'T say that too loud, you might wake some people up out of being "comfortably numb"

[@yaaraamozig4862]

Thank you

[@memezoffuckery3207]

There’s also a third reason why America won’t abandon Israel, and that has to do with Israel’s nukes that could potentially be lost or sold in the event they collapse. Look up the *Vela* *incident*

[@lastknightofhonor8998]

U mean the uranium they stole from us? Right before Kennedy was killed? Their PM had to resign.... What a coincidence, a year later they open fire on an American vessel

[@marknagy4779]

They will never collapse but will be saved at the end of days. Remember from lsrael to be a Nation still existing today is a huge marcle itself.

[@mechanic6682]

But the 2 most important reasons are the Evangelicals who want the Rapture to happen, and all the money they and AIPAC and other lobbies bribe most of congress with.

[@uthman2281]

​@@marknagy4779 We will see

[@fudgenugget8875]

​@@marknagy4779Fairytales for grown ups.

[@Nexus-hh1lx]

Interesting. 1992. Nixon could not imagine what the American people would become.

[@Tyiion]

Or what the future Israeli government would do.

[@Nexus-hh1lx]

@@Tyiion You mean like have 20% Arab Muslim citiizenship, an Arab Supreme Court Justice, and Arab Israelis fighting for Israel right now in Gaza?

[@Tyiion]

@@Nexus-hh1lx You haven’t watched the many videos made by Arab Israelis expressing their fear since October 7, or how difficult it was to live in Israel as an Arab before then, have you? You probably are not aware that many Arab Israelis fear imprisonment without a trial.

[@codyvandal2860]

@@Nexus-hh1lxThere were black congressman in the US as early as 1870. Its still an apartheid state because there is not equal protections under the law. Every human rights organization in the world has concluded that the Israeli government is conducting genocidal war crimes in Gaza. Unless you think Amnesty International is secretly run by Hamas?

[@Bell_plejdo568p]

@@Nexus-hh1lxstop with ur propaganda and lies, and look at this comment he was paid to say this nobody is believing ur lies

[@Lilcousinbruva323]

All these US presidents over the past 50 years have been horrible. What an absolute disgrace.

[@mohamednagi3557]

Ass leakers

[@aminmalik4086]

That why the Israeli Mossad and CIA killed Kennedy. He tried to stop Israels nuclear program

[@spiritualknight704]

What do you expect the president is just a puppet politics is a game democrat or Republican they sit at the same table

[@chrisgrech7992]

Ronald Reagan was not a horrible president, he was one of the very best ever. Reagan ended the cold war and one has to read he was a disgrace.

[@razeekhassim257]

All U S PRESIDENT ALL LICKING THE BACK OF ZIONISTS TERRORIST SO CAN TRY TO SEND TROOPS MILITARY POWERS BUT NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER Y CANNOT WIN THIS WAR YOUR U ARE TELLING ZIONIST TERRORIST IS DEMOCRACY IT'S THE REGIME OF HITLER POL POT SO ISREAL ALSO THE SAME AS THESE 2

[@gregleenyit]

I miss Ted Koppel

[@paulsowerby888]

Nixon talking about morals wow

[@Falcon_Kashmir]

He holds israel in the same morals as his 😂😂😂

[@oldcrook510]

If Nixon is immoral (like any politician) then Biden is the greatest political criminal in history with all of his treasonous racketeering with China & Ukraine to enrich himself, attacks on freedom of speech and weaponizing the justice department against political rivals. He's a grifter & a career cockroach in D.C for 50 years. There's no better politician in the world to model a movie villain after.

[@L_back]

Oh wow! You think Nixon is the only president who did odd things?

[@paulsowerby888]

@@L_back did I say that

[@rbf100]

He saved Israel during the 1973 war.

[@gordonvincent731]

Another one of his screw ups, "Tricky Dick".

[@martinjenkins6467]

If he had been around instead of Jimmy Carter, we wouldn't have lost Shah to backward religious half breeds In Iran in 79.

[@AugustoSoehartoPrimoDeRivera]

and then US$ Liberτy Lαvon Affair 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aminmalik4086]

​@@AugustoSoehartoPrimoDeRiveraand 9/11

[@cuckholdsimulator1176]

​@@aminmalik4086Ah yes, might as well blame the holocaust on jews

[@betterducklo4269]

Put a vote to see if America wants them

[@dolanpls3330]

The vote of Americans has no value. AIPAC gets to decide.

[@Nasheed81]

Moral commitment 😂😂😂 very funny

[@hassanansari8503]

The best President ever , rest in peace Mr President Trump is coming 🙏❤️

[@leoniegureghian7156]

Because they’re both made of the same cloth : Domineering, egotistical, warmongers, liars, greedy criminals, etc …. etc …. etc …

[@IbnMokhtar]

Great talk when there was no social media ! 😂

[@narinehakobyan2631]

Cyprus and Lebanon are the only democracies in the Middle East, not occupied Palestine, aka Israel.

[@laopang91362]

Nixon, as a politician, only told half of the reasons.

[@omsc1999]

The election of the President of the United States is influenced by various factors, including lobbying groups and public opinion. While support for Israel and Zionism is a factor, linking election results exclusively to this element simplifies the complex interactions in American politics explicitly. Historical events, such as the assassination of President Kennedy, are complex and multifaceted, but it is clear that directly linking them to opposition to Zionism may provide a comprehensive understanding.

[@cinemaparadiso5402]

Simply .. They don't want to get JFKed ..or at least to get accused of rape by 50 women #metoo .. also they like bribes ..

[@patrickschabel3955]

What you said is inarticulate and rubbish

[@grolstum211]

Great chat gtp answer.

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

One word: Jesuits😈

[@Alan-ii9te]

Israel killed JFK for denying them nukes.

[@usman7207]

Crocodile tears from a nation which has murdered millions.

[@Falcon_Kashmir]

"Moral committment" for the "most moral entity in the World" 😂😂😂

[@jeangordon]

Wrong. Carter, Obama, and Biden plus family are even more "moral" than Nixon.

[@ishaks8152]

Most corrupted too.

[@KonjanCham]

Nixon and moral values?!!! Such a joke!

[@BigPicture717]

An oxymoron

[@faizan4984]

Did he literally said it’s a moral issue, a moral commitment! Did he literally said that😂😂😂

[@djolivierastro]

Of course , just like IDF calls itself the most moral army in the world

[@mamavand2503]

Anybody else notice the intense blinking when he states the two reasons?

[@pauls3075]

"There is no doubt about American peoples commitment to Israel". Well he got that wrong as these mass demonstrations and rallies show. Politicians views are very time limited and dated interviews like this are useless to modern audiences. Nixon was a President of his time, and his time is gone.

[@hellokitty524]

Thanks goodness for that. Even in his day, they called him "Tricky Dick" and considered him a crook.

[@Karen-dk1ec]

I would add that the moral commitment is based on the Judeo part of the Judeo-Chrisitan foundation of the USA. That is the root.

[@PhilMcCrackin-f3n]

There have never been Judeo Christian values, this is something that was crated in the last 30 years. The two religions are diametrically opposed. One teaches turn the other cheek, the other and eye for an eye. Christians who support Sionism are the false prophets.

[@LiterarySahitya]

Actually its the opposite: they are only concerned about the strategic issue & geopolitics, they have nothing to do with morality.

[@russellrichardson3088]

say what you will about Nixon, he’s right here. It’s a moral commitment

[@userwsyz]

Believe Nixon talking about moral commitment ? 😂

[@andrewwoodward8563]

Lol

[@UnstableEvil]

What a stupid reason

[@kdzmatrrmat8068]

Why does it feel that they are unseen actors working behind the scenes, that what we see today was already planned to achieve secret objectives through the chaos

[@peace2u25]

Nixon's private conversations were a little different.

[@adaminfinity1733]

Supposedly he was a racist and an antisemite

[@revolutionaryape7568]

Yeah, you're right. Especially with Spiro Agnew.

[@FreddieGamingHD]

😂😂😂

[@birdwife589]

what did he say?

[@jgjalsas1315]

​@@birdwife589yes what did he say?

[@jamessamaroo4729]

Which American president had the moral fiber to move US embassy to Jerusalem?

[@MustadMarine]

A time when presidents were wise and intelligent, and so were the journalists. Today is a clown show in comparison

[@toms9864]

The Media today is even more obvious with their support of the DNC. The Media attacked Ronald Reagan almost as much as they are doing with Trump. Reagan made them look like fools with his results.

[@AugustoSoehartoPrimoDeRivera]

"wise"? The crook he tergiversate to be not of? And the rest of that, no, nothing's changed. That's your nostalgia perception that blinds you Today's clowns don't have any bearing or whatsoever on past's clowns. The clowns have never moved on. Wake up

[@fathburr]

Not moral commitments but RACIAL COMMITMENTS.

[@aadrianlee]

Compromised

[@damianmoran1512]

Ask the survivors of the USS Liberty

[@darwinsaye]

- “because it is a democracy; the only democracy in that area” - THAT IS a “strategic value” to the US. A huge one. It’s the strategy that has shaped most US foreign policies for almost a century. Its BS to claim it’s about morality. If all the countries in the world had welcomed the Jewish survivors back to their home countries after WWII instead of shipping them off to live on another people’ land in the desert, THAT would have been a moral action. Israel was created because all the countries they were from didn’t want them to come back, and because of that, there has been this Middle East conflict ever since.

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

To the extent Israel is a democracy, they are because they see it as being in their own best interest. They are not doing it for our benefit. And it certainly doesn’t look like Israel’s conduct is inspiring the spread of democracy. So the “only democracy in the region” reason is bogus.

[@pikebishop8516]

​@@KevinBalch-dt8otspot on. 3 millions of Palestinians can't vote in the west bank, a colony is not a democratic state.

[@Bell_plejdo568p]

First it not a “democracy” and even if that was true how many “democracy” has the US overthrown?

[@robbinjohnston2498]

Great guy.

[@aminam9201]

In US Israel is god itself, they offer sacrifices and show obedience and loyalty to their god. That’s the whole story.

[@aminmalik4086]

Sick

[@FridayShondomo]

​true america worships israel

[@Spillers72]

I think it's more of a corporate commitment, as in corporations make billions on it.