Should Senators be critized for being in favor of funding Israel's defense?
What do you guys think about this leftist idea that US senators being okay with giving Israel money for their defense is equivalent to them supporting genocide? The main argument I see is that giving them money enables them because they now have more money freed up to commit genocide. It's also seen as a cosign for the abominable behavior that takes place. Someone even analogized it to helping Nazi's get weapons.
Is there another argument for this outside of the idea that this is for defense for attacks that Hamas might engage in against them? I think this also broadly questions the posture for how the US should engage with an ally that is possibly going off the deep end. I'm not entirely sure how allyship goes and if it's something that should be strictly conditioned on behavior that we condone. I highly doubt this is the way allyship has gone in the past but it seems to be how a lot of leftists want us to engage with politicians. It's why people like Briana Joy Grey say they will endorse Tucker Carlson over AOC. It also feels hypocritical because the US behavior isn't in the morally acceptable area either. I sympathize with this position because it seems correct but I don't think it's a realistic standard to hold politicians to considering the level of influence Israel has over our government and the level of salience foreign affairs has in American politics let alone the Israel Palestine issue. On one hand you should probably consistently engage in behavior that signals to your allies that they are still allies but that should be weighed against how beneficial they are as a ally. I think the calculus here is probably that Israel gives really good Intel and is the most powerful military in the Middle East so it's something that we can stomach.