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A huge amount of America is Baptist Christian and believes Israel needs to be at war for Jesus to come back etc. How impactful is this to real life? (hexbear.net)
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Is American foreign policy always a cool rational neoliberal calculation or do the delusions of the general public have meaningful impact?

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[–] wombat@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't like the "the US supports Israel because evangelicals want the apocalypse!" explanation. It feels like a way for vote-blue-no-matter-who liberals to whitewash the Democrats' unstinting support for Israel's apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide.

[–] Runcible@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've literally never encountered this off the internet & don't actually believe that it is a real thing (beyond maybe dozens of people somewhere). But it is everywhere on the internet like it was an addition to the sermon of the mount or something.

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

It's absolutely a real thing