US Politics Mega-thread - Page 5964

On September 15 2026 02:10 WombaT wrote:
If it was purely about selling weapons it’d be far easier just to sell weapons to both sides of all sorts of conflicts over the globe.

This theory just ignores about a million other factors

Yes, conservative commentator Candace Owens has promoted conspiracy theories and arguments suggesting that Israel exists primarily as a geopolitical tool and a massive hub for weapons manufacturing and intelligence operations, rather than as a legitimate moral or religious refuge.

Owens has increasingly shifted toward anti-Zionist and conspiratorial rhetoric. The specific arguments she has presented to support her broader theory include: [1] (https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/candace-owens)The "Weapons Hub" Argument: Owens has frequently criticized Israel's global defense industry. In highly publicized interviews—such as an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored—she heavily attacked Israel for manufacturing and supplying weapons to non-allied nations, specifically pointing to Israeli arms sales to Azerbaijan used against Armenian Christians. She uses these points to argue that Israel operates as a commercial military machine rather than a moral state. [1] (https://en.armradio.am/2024/06/13/american-political-commentator-candace-owens-slams-israel-for-supplying-arms-to-azerbaijan/#:~:text=Owens%20said%20in,Christians%20in%20Armenia%2C)Deconstructing the Post-WWII Narrative: Owens has explicitly claimed that the traditional historical narrative surrounding the creation of Israel—that it was established as a safe haven for Jewish people following the horrors of the Holocaust—is "propaganda". She has argued that Zionists "polluted American minds" to force unconditional U.S. funding, claiming instead that Israel was formed to shield international criminals and act as an asset for a globalist financial and military apparatus. [1] (https://www.jns.org/antisemitism/candace-owens-doubts-mengele-experiments-calling-them-propaganda#:~:text=Zionists%20%E2%80%9Chave,of%20the%20Holocaust.%E2%80%9D)The "Frankenstein" Geopolitical Asset Theory: On her personal podcast and X (formerly Twitter) accounts, she has framed Israel not as a traditional country, but as a manufactured "cult nation" or "demonic state" built by elite factions (which she has referred to using coded phrases like the "Khazarian Mafia"). In her view, it was established to manipulate Western governments into endless Middle Eastern wars for the benefit of defense contractors and shadowy networks.