Let’s look at the bright side: at least it is obvious even to the US that being this close to Israel at the moment is something that is better done under the table.
Honest question: why would people vote for Biden again at the next election?
There’s more responsibility at the hands of a leader of a powerful nation like the US, besides domestic policies. Some may argue that Trump’s dislike of Netenyahu is actually preferential to Biden’s Zionism
Unwavering support for whatever Israel wants has been status quo for the US for decades. There’s plenty of people who don’t like it, but the unfortunate truth is that we are too broken and divided to fix it right now.
Trump is a literal existential threat to democracy. Assuming he becomes the republican nominee next year, our only chance of ever having a voice in US foreign policy in the future is through a second Biden term.
No candidate will ever be perfect and no vote will ever be without moral baggage, but when you consider all of the issues together and look at what Trump has already said he would do if reelected, there’s really no other choice on the table anymore.
So, let me get this right. We offer to sell them billions in weapons, but they say “we can’t afford that”. So we then GIVE THEM the money to buy the weapons from us.
This is just laundering money stolen from U.S. taxpayers. The endless profits of the companies who supply these weapons are then funneled to government officials who facilitated this to begin with. This is textbook theft and money laundering. Period.
Exactly. Israel, unfortunately, has been a strategic asset/liability for a long time. Oil powers the world. Having them where they are has benefited US interests in the region. All of it sucks and has sucked.
But I don’t think the forming axis powers have a great alternative to offer the world.
Can we all just switch to renewables/figure out fusion and put this shit behind us?
Overall, neither Ukraine or Israel deserve the help, but this global situation has quickly escalated into proxy territory where larger interests are also at play.
Help me understand something - how exactly does US interests benefit from Israel? We have a relationship with the Saudi’s (honestly I don’t know what’s worse), we buy tons of oil (we make tons of oil too), and they all know we will absolutely resort to bullying and violence if need be, so what exactly is the benefit? Fighting off poor freedom fighter Arabs?
I’m trying to figure out if it isn’t all just part of the Christian death cult or if there actually is some sort of strategic benefit. We have plenty of bases all over the middle east (I don’t actually know anyone stationed in Israel or have ever heard such a thing, unless it’s some black site which i assume exists)
This is the truth behind Biden’s tut-tutting about thousands of dead Palestinian children. Spouting platitudes while fueling the slaughter. Grotesque and hypocritical
It is simply more acceptable to publicly support Ukraine. I have nothing against them protecting themselves but Ukraine and Israel are two different situations.
The United States is simply three weapons manufactures in a trench coat appearing as a government. I will keep saying this until even I’m tired of hearing it.
Ehhh, the same phrase gets tossed around about Canada, how we’re 3 mining companies in a trench coat. America has 350 million people, so it’s less pertinent. You’re way more than 3 weapons manufacturers. You’re a real country.
The House split off $14.3 billion in Israel military aid — including the $3.5 billion FMF request and the waiver language — into a separate bill tied to cuts in IRS funding, which Biden says he will veto.
I don’t get it. The FMF bill is split into another bill which Biden says he will veto, even though it’s coming from the white house? Not American so I don’t know the process of passing bills there. Can anyone clear it up?
The House of Representatives, led by our fascist party, split these bills. They have to go through the senate, led by our liberals, before going to our president, a liberal. The president wants to hide the spending to make himself look better in the eyes of Americans who clearly see the active genocide in the Middle East that the USA is sponsoring with lots of weapons and money to Israel.
unilaterally blanket-approve the future sale of military equipment and weapons—like ballistic missiles and artillery ammunition — to Israel without notifying Congress
That is standard. Congress can and does get this information from the DOD.
These are the guys “confirming” all of israel’s claims about whatever the fuck is happening in Gaza. No wonder Biden misspoke about seeing the 40 beheaded babies, he was under the impression he had to “yes yes yes” everything else they had said and would say, so why not that too. With israel disallowing any independent third parties in to verify anything (wouldn’t want a repeat of Shireen Abu Akleh) and murdering journalists like there’s no tomorrow, this is supposed to be our fake third party verification too.
This was on like day 2, so 10/9 or so. An IDF person got interviewed by news and made claims about beheaded babies which Biden immediately began regurgitating. There were no beheaded Israeli babies found afaik. There are dead babies in the Palestinian hospital ICU today though.
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