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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Their rhetoric is certainly more openly genocidal, but Biden has done little to nothing to stop this either. He seems to fully support funding genocide.

He uses language that is better, but his actions show no restraint in helping Israel 100%.

In a rare Oval Office speech, the president said, “We reject all forms of hate,” against Muslims, Jews and everyone, as he set the stage for a planned request to Congress for $14 billion in emergency assistance for Israel

And just 2 days ago:

Q What are the chances of a Gaza ceasefire?

THE PRESIDENT: None. No possibility.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/11/09/remarks-by-president-biden-before-marine-one-departure-39/

This is what leftists are talking about when we say they're not that different. One party has better language sometimes but in reality little ever changes. Both ultimately serve the interests of the rich and the interests of the rich lie in imperialism and exploitation. The existence of Israel in that region benefits them.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But thats really the only line he could take. People talk about the benefits of incumbency when running for office, but incumbency also has a drawback that you need to find solutions to problems, in real-time, with whatever situation is currently going on. His opponents have the luxury of not having to be the one to deal with this problem, right now.

And the fact of the matter is, no matter how heavy handed Israel is being right now, Hamas is showing no signs of letting up. And, no matter what you think about Israel's treatment of Gaza all this time, no one can make an argument that Hamas didn't strike first in this most recent action. If Biden let up on Hamas the way his detractors want, all it does is embolden those who want to use violence to further their extreme politics. (Including the home-grown ones in the US).

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 6 points 1 year ago

no matter what you think about Israel's treatment of Gaza all this time, no one can make an argument that Hamas didn't strike first in this most recent action.

What a pointless, ahistorical line of thought.

Yeah sure if you just ignore everything else and start from that day, they kind of look like the aggressor.

But even then that's not true. "Israel was just peacefully minding its own business, illegally occupying the land they stole when the people they stole it from attacked outta nowhere". Occupation is aggression.