This is the first move of a coordinated effort it seems to me.
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In the same way that Jeffrey Dahmer "lost his way." I mean, in some sense it's true I guess, but...
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Wish we could get the young people who actually want to work together, and put them in power. Instead of these rich old men who don't care about their people or what the next generations want
I'll translate for those that don't speak liberal-ese:
"The ritual slaughter of Palestinians by Israel we have supported and enabled for decades is now becoming so intense that, to our complete surprise, it's ended up making us look bad to our voting fodder and now we have to do the bare minimum to not look like the imperialist white supremacist monstrosities we really are and always have been."
sends Israel more bombs
White House is still pussyfooting around, though. From another article (FT):
John Kirby, spokesperson for the US National Security Council, said Schumer had told the White House in advance what he was planning to say. But he sought to distance the White House from the Senate majority leader’s comments, saying that the Biden administration remained “focused on making sure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself, while doing everything that they can to avoid civilian casualties”.
I think someone like Schumer can afford to throw a punch while Biden sees how it lands and waits to throw another. Biden may wait until he’s sure Bibi is finished.
And some people want to put all the GOP craziness on one ex-president.
Congratulations Bibi, you're next up in the long standing tradition of scapegoating. We know the next guys not gonna be much better and the problem with Israel are deep a systemic, but it'll at least force a new media cycle where Isreal will have less eyes on it. Horray.
Bibi has been a large part of that system for a long time. He's not just a scapegoat.
He's being pressured out so the US doesn't have to stop funneling money to their interest keepers in the middle east and he's far from the only one in the government wishing vile things upon both Gaza and the West Bank. This is a band aid on a bullet hole.
If he's the only person that sees any consequences for the tens of thousands of civilians killed, then imo he's essentially a scapegoat.
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