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Biden administration staff sign open letter demanding cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by dx1@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.world

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[–] SeedyOne@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'm curious, why do you think he actually wants it to continue? Geopolitical strategy is an ugly and complicated beast but most people seem to think it's as simple as "old man wants genocide".

[–] brightpants@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

His argument is a simplification, yes, of course it's not as simple as "old man wants genocide". It's more like "old man doenst really mind genocide thst much as long as he gets to keep the influence over a proxy state and also his own home state"

[–] SeedyOne@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

That's fair, thanks for expanding. Now I ask, do you think any other US president would do the same in his shoes? Why or why not?

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've heard about oil off the coast of Gaza. I've heard some stories about a canal.
My personal theory:

Saudi Arabia and Israel were just about to normalize relations. Iran didn't like that, and pushed Hamas to attack in Oct. Meanwhile, there's some oil depletion stuff happening worldwide except USA and Canada. If the middle east got itself together it could be a global power to rival the US or China. This kind of destabilizing war does a lot to stop that from happening.

I don't think it's any one thing though.

[–] SeedyOne@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Interesting thought, though wasn't it revealed the plan for the attack started a few years ago? That might weaken the normalized relations aspect but it still could be something they saw coming maybe.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I wasn't aware, but I don't think that changes anything.
The US has plans for an invasion of Canada. Doesn't mean that it's going to happen anytime soon