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GDF is also wrong about Israel.
Probably the worst BadEmpanada video in history. What an atrocity of bad arguments.
Actually his Russia won't invade Ukraine video was probably worse.
He isn't wrong though.
He is. It's even funnier because a few months after that video Bad Empanada started making videos about Jewish exceptionalism, something BadEmpanada directly engaged in himself in that video.
BadEmpanada did not respond to any content in GDF's video because he could not. There is overwhelming evidence and it is beyond obvious that GDF is right.
These days nobody even wonders whether criticizing Israel will get you banned from Hollywood, universities and newspapers. It's a well-known and outspoken fact.
Which left BadEmpanada with the dumbest and most Zionist argument out there: conflating Zionism and Judaism
The idea that Israel is dictating US foreign policy in the Middle East comes from a place of fundamental misunderstanding of the geopolitical and cultural realities of the situation. The US government will have significant geopolitical interests in the region as long as they have cheap oil (so, for the foreseeable future), it will always need friendly locals willing to share intelligence to keep an eye on things, especially someone who opposes and is willing to work against Iran, it will always need ports, airfields, and infrastructure to grease the wheels for military operations in the region, and it doesn't need Israel's encouragement to do any of this.
It also fails to understand the motivations of the right-wing segment of the government/population and how much power they have in US poltiics. There is a wide and deep streak of evangelical fundamentalism within American Christianity that has a disturbingly intense focus on biblical eschatology, including actively trying to fulfill the prophecies that are supposed to herald the return of Jesus. Israel features prominently in these prophecies so these true believers will never not back Israel 100% of the way regardless of their politics, atrocities, etc.
Yes, Israel has a powerful lobby in AIPAC. Yes, they spend a lot of money trying to bring our politicians in line with their goals. But we are already extremely well-aligned for cultural and geopolitical reasons, so what the claim that Israel is controlling US foreign policy amounts to is saying that a kid sticking his hand out the window of the car is materially affecting its course. Even if it wasn't a borderline-antisemitic (and I use that term VERY hesitantly when talking about Israel, because they don't) conspiracy theory it just doesn't make sense: there are far greater forces at play.
You cannot explain the genocide in Gaza in any other possible way except for Israel controlling US foreign policy.
Two things:
- Lolwut? I already did in my previous comment.
- Here, I'll do it again:
Israel isn’t some puppet dangling from Washington’s strings, it’s a sovereign state that has always done exactly what it wants, especially when it comes to killing Palestinians. From the beginning Israel was built on the ethnic cleansing of 750,000 Palestinians, and ever since it's made policy decisions based on its own goals. This current assault is just a continuation of that same logic — expansion, control, elimination — with or without (and the latter is frequently the case; see: Biden's numerous attempts to push for a ceasefire being flatly ignored until he was leaving office) America's support.
Israel had a direct hand in the rise of Hamas, supporting it in the '80s to undermine the PLO. That wasn’t the US telling them what to do — that was Israel making a calculated move to divide and conquer the Palestinian political landscape. And now, decades later, they use Hamas as the perpetual excuse for mass killings in Gaza. Israel created the conditions for this war — the siege, the blockade, the decades of systemic violence — and now it's using the fallout as justification to finish what it started.
Yes, the US plays a role: billions in aid, endless weapons shipments, UN vetoes, all of that makes the situation worse. But that’s not proof that Israel is pulling the strings. It’s just standard-issue imperial policy: the US backing a regional ally that helps secure its interests. Israel doesn’t need to control the US to get what it wants, it just needs to be useful enough that the US keeps looking the other way. Israel has shown again and again that it doesn't give a damn what anyone thinks about this war or any other; it believes that it's fighting for its very existence and has shown no reservation about doing whatever it believes is necessary to win, no matter what we or anyone else think about it. What’s happening in Gaza is the logical outcome of decades of colonization, apartheid, and unchecked power — power that Israel wields on its own terms.
So that's not just one explanation of the Gaza genocide that doesn't require kooky antisemitic conspiracy theroies, but TWO.
in the words of The Heavy: How you like me now?
Man brings up the AIPAC top recipient Joe Biden
https://israelpalestinenews.org/biden-officials-admit-they-never-pressured-israel-for-ceasefire/
It's painfully obvious you didn't watch any GDF videos because his sourcing is top tier.