Increasingly, mainstream Democrats have sought to carve out a space for “acceptable” Zionism by saying that they support Israel but oppose Bibi Netanyahu. But the horrors of Gaza are a result of processes far more vast than one right-wing leader.
Depends on the conflict (most relevantly the Arab-Jew beef is a 20th century thing), but also: Conflict doesn’t have to lead to tyranny or violence; it can be and in many places is resolved peacefully or mostly peacefully. There was no need or inevitability for people like Saddam or Assad to take power for example; that was America’s doing.
Both the Syrian and Iraqi dictatorships took power in American-backed coups. Before that they were democracies with varying degrees of political upheaval.
Depends on the conflict (most relevantly the Arab-Jew beef is a 20th century thing), but also: Conflict doesn’t have to lead to tyranny or violence; it can be and in many places is resolved peacefully or mostly peacefully. There was no need or inevitability for people like Saddam or Assad to take power for example; that was America’s doing.
You must mean the British and French who took control from the Ottomans. America had very little to do with it until much later.
Both the Syrian and Iraqi dictatorships took power in American-backed coups. Before that they were democracies with varying degrees of political upheaval.