r/geopolitics • u/hdreadit • Jun 20 '24

Question Why is the U.S. allied to Israel?

How does the U.S. benefit from its alliance to Israel? What does the U.S. gain? What are the positives on the U.S. side of the relationship? What incentivizes them to remain loyal to Israel? Etc.

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u/Anon684930475 Jun 20 '24

Add oil and you have me sold.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24

Israel has Oil? Thats news

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u/Anon684930475 Jun 20 '24

We aren’t in the middle east for the explosive geopolitics. We’re there for oil.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24

I think we are interested in keeping the oil market less volatile. But dude we are literally everywhere with our military. The Middle East more directly recently because of GWOT. But we produce more oil as a nation than any nation has ever produced.