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The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday.

It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold this month. The administration has said it paused that earlier transfer to keep Israel from using the bombs in its growing offensive in the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 99 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Are these motherfuckers TRYING to lose the election and thus democracy to a fascist conman?! 🤦

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 37 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yes they are. They rather want Trump to win, than to end a genocide. And people are gaslighting themselves happily to suck up to the Dems instead of saying: "We will vote for you, but only, when you end this genocide and bring justice and peace to the people."

And the Reps are having a blast over it, because they know that the DNCs are their buddies in exploiting the normal Americans and murdering people outside the US.

[–] shikitohno@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And people are gaslighting themselves happily to suck up to the Dems instead of saying: “We will vote for you, but only, when you end this genocide and bring justice and peace to the people.”

Not just that, but they're twisting themselves into knots to try and convince people that unconditionally supporting Biden is the better option than continuing to pressure him to stop this and calling out his terrible stance here. Sure, everyone can vote as they please come election day, but we're a touch under 6 months out and people are all over this site browbeating anyone who doesn't toe the line and going "Don't you dare criticize our savior, Biden! If you say he needs to stop enabling Israel's genocide, you're just a Russian disinformation agent trying to keep people from voting so that fascists take over and murder all the minorities in the US. They'll probably double murder Palestinians, even!"

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There’s a difference between criticizing, protesting, etc. but that’s not what people are advocating for here. It’s either “don’t vote” or “don’t vote for Biden in the General Election”.

You see the difference right? Once that general election comes, Trump winning would be absolutely catastrophic for the US, so unless you’re a Russian plant, or one of those “let it all burn down” people, there isn’t much choice.

[–] shikitohno@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Damn, you got me, I missed the part where I said not to vote for Biden under any circumstances.

Way to prove the point. Elections are not today, there is no reason not to continue to criticize Biden and pressure him to change his position in a meaningful way in order to make him more electable for those who won't support him if he continues his current policy, and along you come with the same tired shtick to say "If you don't bend over backwards to sing his praises, you're a Russian plant!"

If Biden actually changed his stance in a meaningful way, there's still plenty of time for him to win back those voters, but you folks come along running to shout out "But Trump!!!!" once anyone suggests that maybe giving him unconditional support no matter how shitty his stances are isn't the best way to convince him to not be just as awful while he still has time to do so.

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Ok, so vote for the guy who will literally make all of this worse. You won’t have to worry about a genocide in another part of the world because there would be some starting up right at home.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Trump's the best thing to happen to Biden. He has a blank check to do whatever he likes, knowing full well the only response is "Trump will be worse"

Biden's the best thing to happen to Trump. Trump's going to win.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Yeah, he'd never had become president in the first place if not for a horrible alternative.

Now that he's been for a few years of him mostly being the same conservative he was as a senator, it's even more obvious that there's going to be many times more votes AGAINST Trump than FOR Biden.

I just hope he doesn't alienate so many people with his steadfast support of, even participation in, the genocide bring peroetrated by a fascist apartheid regime that he actually loses the second most winnable presidential election in US history (the most easily winnable being 2020) to someone who's objectively much worse for the country and thus the world..

[–] Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

And by that, you mean obedience.