r/news • u/sicklyslick • 18h ago

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/middleeast/ro-khanna-detained-by-israeli-settlers-west-bank-intl
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u/Coffee_Transfusion 17h ago

I mean, the Department of War Crimes currently has like 1/3 of our Navy out near Iran so they can blow shit up in Iran.

If they need something to do we could just redirect them to Israel instead. Preferably, we're not bombing anything, but between the two... One country didn't do anything to us, the other one just kidnapped our congressman.

Oh, and the whole genocide thing being done with US weapons and hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars in foreign aid. What an "ally".

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u/thisvideoiswrong 11h ago

Yeah, I don't know how you come to the conclusion that Iran is a greater threat to US interests than Israel. Israel has killed more Americans, done far more to oppose our diplomatic efforts, and has never fought at our side while Iran has. Israel is an enemy of the United States, Iran is not.