>>935977141The politicians support and encourage those movements too, they just usually aren't the ones holding signs in the middle of the road.
With the politicians, however, it's not so much about the cause as it is the money. They'll happily fund both Israel and Iran, or Russia and Ukraine, or whatever other conflicts, so long as they see a return in blood money. I think there are a very small handful of politicians, mostly Republicans from what I've seen, who I don't think are completely beholden to that