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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do we actually know that Kamala would be any better for Gaza than Trump?

1000% yes and I don't believe you're really asking

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok. What is Trump going to do that Biden hasn't already been doing? Everything I've seen is that nothing will change except perhaps an acceleration. Whether Gaza is genocided in 1 year or 3 is pretty irrelevant.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I already said I don't think you're asking so why would I volunteer to be sealioned for 30 minutes about public information, most of which direct quotes from trump that we all know about?

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've seen those stories, but again, I really don't see anything Trump will do that Harris wouldn't have.

The big claim is that he's going to allow Israel to annex land in the West Bank. But that's been going on for years.

What about annexing land in Gaza? Well, Biden's sat by while the entirety of north Gaza is now actively being ethnically cleansed. The Israeli military has declared any remaining civilians in the area to be enemy fighters and valid targets. There are hundreds of thousands of people dead.

That is what Biden has sat by and abetted. And the big fear is that Trump might sit back while Israel annexes North Gaza? I'm sorry, but why would you think Biden wouldn't allow it? Annexing is just filing some paperwork. Hundreds of thousands have been massacred. Emptying a land of its people is a far, far greater a crime than filing some paperwork to formally annex it later. If Biden didn't have a problem with full-on ethnic cleansing, he is not going to lift a finger to prevent Netanyahu from filing some paperwork. He's already tolerated the greater crime, he won't suddenly move to stop a lesser one.

I have certainly heard things that Trump will do. But they honestly don't seem any worse than what is already happening. I think the only real difference is optics. The key difference between Biden and Trump is that Trump is an overt racist. Trump overtly hates all Muslims; he doesn't even try to hide it. And because of this, we assume that Trump will be worse for Gaza than Biden has been. But on closer inspection, there really isn't much more that Trump can do that Biden hasn't already been doing. Biden already has the "US support to Israel" dial set to 100%. It simply doesn't go any higher.

[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah he sat by. Trump will almost definitely encourage and support it fully.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago

Literally not what I said but okay