• 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    How credible is that Reagan anecdote? The U.S. stance on Israel has shifted considerably rightward, but that reads as pretty flattering and he's the #1 most mythologied modern president.

    • iie [they/them, he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I don't know, but the US did fund and support the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, to the point of sending in US ground troops.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_Force_in_Lebanon