Porcupine Polling: Atlasia-Israel Defense Treaty

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[Associate Justice PiT]

     Opposed, at least until the Senate also passes an Atlasia-Palestine Defense Treaty.

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[Redalgo]

Opposed, at least until the Senate also passes an Atlasia-Palestine Defense Treaty.

Ya, basically this.

[Donerail]

     Opposed, at least until the Senate also passes an Atlasia-Palestine Defense Treaty.

I am unaware that Iran is threatening to wipe Palestine off the map. Source, please?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Opposed, at least until the Senate also passes an Atlasia-Palestine Defense Treaty.

I am unaware that Iran is threatening to wipe Palestine off the map. Source, please?

     Who said anything about Iran? Last time I checked, Israel isn't exactly a friend of Palestinian national sovereignty.

[Lambsbread]

     Opposed, at least until the Senate also passes an Atlasia-Palestine Defense Treaty.

I am unaware that Iran is threatening to wipe Palestine off the map. Source, please?

     Who said anything about Iran? Last time I checked, Israel isn't exactly a friend of Palestinian national sovereignty.

Quoting for PiT's OP and for his rebuttal.

[Donerail]

     Opposed, at least until the Senate also passes an Atlasia-Palestine Defense Treaty.

I am unaware that Iran is threatening to wipe Palestine off the map. Source, please?

     Who said anything about Iran? Last time I checked, Israel isn't exactly a friend of Palestinian national sovereignty.

The reason the treaty was proposed was due to Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and thus posing a real threat to Israel's very existance. It formalizes our current ties with them and sends a message that we stand with them.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Opposed, at least until the Senate also passes an Atlasia-Palestine Defense Treaty.

I am unaware that Iran is threatening to wipe Palestine off the map. Source, please?

     Who said anything about Iran? Last time I checked, Israel isn't exactly a friend of Palestinian national sovereignty.

The reason the treaty was proposed was due to Iran acquiring nuclear weapons and thus posing a real threat to Israel's very existance. It formalizes our current ties with them and sends a message that we stand with them.

     The "Iran will nuke Israel" meme is a bit overdone. I've never seen any clear evidence that the leadership of Iran is particularly self-destructive. They bluster a lot, but the contention of the warhawks is evidently that they are completely detached from reality and lacking any tendency towards self-preservation. The contention is not credible, for the obvious reason that the Iranian regime still exists after 33 years in power.

     Besides, my point still stands. Israel is a real threat to the existence of Palestine. Therefore, I propose that we stand with the Palestinians in their quest for statehood.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

The bill is codifying what we've been doing as standard policy for years now. It's not that we aren't friends with the Palestinians, it's the fact we are standing with a friend against a bully in the region. If the Jordanians would accept their rightful citizens back then this could be resolved without firing a shot,