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Just because someone questions genuflecting for one side in someone else's conflict, especially when many in the world question such - doesn't mean they don't take U.S interest seriously.

No - but framing the position of the U.S. as "genuflecting for one side," rather than a response to actual geopolitical concerns, does.

We're not genuflecting. We don't shape our foreign policy positions solely - or primarily - because of the benefits to Israel. It's because paying Israel to have one of the world's biggest militaries (proportional to the size of the country) benefits us.

So if you're looking at this as a situation where we're genuflecting to Israel, rather than getting a geopolitical advantage we couldn't possibly get through other means, then it shows that you're not taking seriously those geopolitical interests.

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