Hacked CENTCOM emails reveal US unprepared for multi-front war and its troops don't want to die for 'israel'

Hard to tell how much is pro-Palestine

Highly likely that being pro palestine is a non-factor in this whole thing

I know nothing but I get the impression that some of it is just a lack of investment in "protecting" some foreign country they have little connection to.

Given that most right-wing Americans are extremely pro-Israel, and the military recruits largely from the right, there's a high chance that "anti-Semitism" in this context means "not wanting to die in the Middle East for some other country's interests."

"Anti-Semitism" in American political rhetoric tends to be just a code word for "not supporting the most militant wing of the Zionists."

The top even looks like a funnel. We could put a big meat grinder at the bottoms and just toss them in.

rrRRRight down the chute

If they're self-declared anti-Semites it's a problem. There's also a lot of problematic, latent anti-Semitism that we should and must stamp out, too.

I think the bigger issue is saying that anyone who doesn't want to fight Palestinians is automatically anti-Semitic. That's even more of a stretch than saying that anyone who opposes Zionism is anti-Semitic.

Both claims mask real anti-Semites and let them hide in plain sight with what they think they can project as a legitimate reason to be anti-Semitic. Those people are just as likely to be Islamophobic as they are anti-Semitic.

While we might be happy that US soldiers have found a war they don't want to fight in, I don't think we should brush off the fact that it stems from anti-Semitism (to the extent that it does) just because there's a positive outcome in this instance. Because ignoring that anti-Semitism will come back to bite us round the corner; it's the same kind that sees people support Israel because it encourages Jews to emigrate, which makes life worse for Palestinians and Jews everywhere.

It's also worth noting that Zionism is anti-Semitic and does not protect Jews from anti-Semitism. It could even be anti-Semitic itself. Both types of anti-Semitism, Zionist and anti-Zionist, should be opposed.

I think this is markedly different to 'necessary alliances', like between a national bourgeoisie and a national proletariat against an international bourgeoisie. I think we should be extremely careful about even appearing to be willing to ally with racists even if it seems that our goals align for a brief moment.

I think it is very optimistic to think this (taking it as read, and assiming it's an issue throughout the military) would seriously impact U.S. involvement, no matter the cause.

The people in the military self-selected there, largely while the U.S. was fighting simmering wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That means they do not have even a basic understanding of U.S. imperialism and don't have the mental outs draftees have. Shovel them some propaganda about duty and commitment and the vast majority will fall in line. A few will quietly go AWOL before deployment, but that'll be it.

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