Yeah that's one of many black marks on America's sanity, and as you remind us, particularly relevant in this way.

One of those classic "A shitty person has a point" moments (not you, them).

I will say that I'm pretty sure they had 0 downvotes until they started going Tankie Mode in the discussion I mentioned, so people seem to be downvotng based on that, not so much supporting the US or Israel.