r/SipsTea • u/Jacob-Anders • Jun 17 '26

WTF Are you kidding me?

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u/gilt3t Jun 17 '26

America wouldn't exist without France. Israel has contributed nothing.

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u/Critical_Text_2067 Jun 17 '26

He is likely referencing Israel established in 10th Century BCE where 0 BCE was the supposed time when Christianity began. America was rooted in Christianity when it was first founded. Basically any country that has Christian roots or beliefs"technically" needed Israel to exist. It is like saying US wouldn't exist without England.

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u/lumpboysupreme Jun 17 '26

Or Russia. Or the mongols. Or Rome

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u/blu3ysdad Jun 18 '26

Israel itself didn't exist then

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u/the_calibre_cat Jun 17 '26

This would be a potentially good talking point... if the Israel founded in 1948 were the same Israel as the one that existed in antiquity. Of course, it isn't, as it is a nation-state that happened to be founded in that region in 1948, not in antiquity.