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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Steve203 ⎊❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: The Brits are saying it out loud
Date: 04/29/26 2:05 AM
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America has special relationship with Israel now, UK’s new US ambassador says

Turner, 53, told the students it was “extraordinary” that the Epstein scandal “hasn’t touched anybody” in the US, while it had “brought down” Mandelson and “potentially the prime minister”, the Financial Times reported.

He added: “I think there is probably one country that has a special relationship with the United States – and that is probably Israel.”

theguardian.com - UK new ambassador to US christian turner starmer mandelson scandal

Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he wants to work to restore bipartisan support for Israel

‘An overriding goal that has been one of my most profound concerns since coming to the United States Senate is to preserve bipartisan support for Israel,’ Blumenthal told JI

jewishinsider.com - Richard blumenthal israel u s bipartisan support senate democrats

Success! Democrat Blumenthal and Republican Cruz agree.

from the net sifter:

Senator Ted Cruz has stated that one of his primary motivations for entering the United States Senate was to serve as a leading defender of Israel, citing both religious convictions and national security interests.

While this was a key, stated goal, it was part of a broader platform during his 2012 campaign that also emphasized conservative principles, reducing government spending, and tea party alignment.

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Stated Mission: In a June 2025 interview, Cruz told Tucker Carlson: "I came into Congress to be the leading defender of Israel in the United States Senate".

If Blumenthal and Cruz are more interested in serving Israel, than in serving the USians who elected them, maybe they should move to Israel?

Steve
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