Do we need the all-caps headline?
As long as this guy backs Israel, his words won’t mean shit to me
Are you going to become a single-issue voter over this or are you willing to accept the fact that there is no politician who is perfect for you?
This isn’t about plastic straws or some other inconsequential deal, it’s about a fucking genocide. Jesus christ dude
If there was ever going to be a single issue to vote on, genocide should probably be it.
I think most would consider democracy to be the single issue to vote on. When one candidate has repeatedly said he’d be a dictator “for one day, and then stop” and actively argues in court that the position he’s running for is immune to the rule of law, I’m voting in whatever way is most likely to result in his defeat. As much as I complain about the candidates and the shitty voting system, I cannot compromise on the right to vote.
So your literal argument is that if someone said, “I’ll end democracy in the US, but won’t hurt anyone”, and another candidate said, “I won’t end democracy in the US, but I’m going to conduct a genocide”, you would vote for the genocider? That’s pretty wild.
Then if you don’t vote for Biden who would you vote for if this is your line in the sand?
Looking for representatives that don’t ardently support genocide and far-right fascists is not looking for a “perfect politician”. Meither is asking for them to not degrade our national security for the sake of those fascists.
Not to mention if someone is neck and neck with some facing 90 felony counts maybe they’re not fit for office and should step down.
My understanding is that Biden is trying to be the angel on Israel’s shoulder because if he condemns them publicly then he loses the political capital to influence them at all. It’s a kind of good cop/bad cop routine on an international scale.
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I don’t buy it. If he stops funding Israel, Israel won’t have shit left to attack Palestine with.
Absolutely not true
That’s not correct. Israel is the 9th largest weapons exporter in the world. They can produce most of the weapons they are getting from America themselves, as well as a number of indigenous arms that you can’t get anywhere else. They have in fact entire ammunition factories ready to go online within days, just in case they need them. Getting aid from the US is however much cheaper for them (of course) - and it also buys America not insignificant influence over Israel and access to Israel’s high-tech weaponry, like the Iron Dome, Trophy and various drones, all of which are extensively used by US forces, as well as other close allies of Israel. That’s on top of all of the civilian research and cooperation, which is not insignificant either.
Netanyahu does not respect Biden, there’s no real political capital there. Israel has fewer and fewer allies, it’s them who should be worried about expending political capital.
Dumb.
The fuck you think Trump would do dopey?
