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Could he stop sending them weapons if he wanted? Obviously he's fine with it, but if he weren't, can the President alone actually stop something like that?
Congress can bypass him if the purchase price is over $100m
Even President Sanders wouldn't have been able to stop the US government from being complicit, then. But at least he wouldn't have supported it.
Biden tried to delay the last shipment as long as he could.
the bill to force his hand hasn't gone any further than the House of Representatives. Schumer says he's not gonna let it come to the senate floor for a vote. Who is forcing Biden to sell Netanyahu weapons?
They don't have to pass a bill to do that. Biden can't block sales over a certain amount, which is why he could only delay the most recent one.
Which statute says so? What ties Biden's hands?
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/15/biden-israel-weapons-policy-00158210
So Biden had a red line that he knew Netanyahu could cross without consequence?
That wasn't the question, nor was that implied. Nice narrative you're building there.
I asked an additional question. I get that you hate those.
You asked a loaded question.
I can rephrase it as a statement you can't refute instead of a question you can't answer if you'd like.
K.
He proactively circumvented congress to sell them weapons when he didn't have to.
Without American support there would be no Israel. They are a vassal state.
A vassal state that has the US by the balls, apparently, since they do whatever the fuck they want.
You are incredibly naive if you think "my red line is Rafah" is anything more than performance. There is no one being held by the balls; the American government is literally funding the genocide.
How is the performance supposed to benefit him? As soon as the "red line" is crossed and nothing happens, it makes him seem weak. Usually when being performative, you say something that has a plausible excuse when it doesn't happen - or something that can't be acted on until you're elected. This was very poorly conceived, then.
The goal might be to seem weak. His campaign strategists are probably telling him that being weak will net him more democratic voters than not laying down a fake red line and seeming evil.
Jesus Christ.