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The United States has announced the approval of the sale of more than $7.4bn in bombs, missiles and related equipment to Israel, which has used American-made weapons to devastating effect during the war in Gaza.

The state department has signed off on the sale of $6.75bn in bombs, guidance kits and fuses, in addition to $660m in Hellfire missiles, according to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).

The proposed sale of the bombs “improves Israel’s capability to meet current and future threats, strengthen its homeland defense, and serves as a deterrent to regional threats”, the DSCA said in a statement.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 3 days ago (11 children)

While I don’t disagree, I feel like we need to talk more about how disconnected the Democratic Party is from what their base actually wants. Them being diet republicans ain’t cutting it

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

True. But at the same time you're not going to get any of that by not voting and letting Republicans get elected. I mean get you butts out there and primary these centrist lead weights.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If the DNC allowed that y'all wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. I mean hello? 2020 was four years ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

2008 was the last legitimate democratic primary

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (6 children)

primary these centrist lead weights.

This. Right. Here.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Have you actually looked at their platform? Or are you just repeating "Republican lite" because that's what all your social circle says?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This kind of feels like a loaded question, but yeah, I’d prefer it be more progressive. I’d like for Nancy and the other old guard to accept that they’ve got to move out of the way for the next generation to take the helm. Instead she blocked the new blood from higher committee positions. The attacks on her insider trading stick for a reason. I wish the same ones didn’t bounce off republicans but they’re clearly scott free of any accountability from their voting base, unlike the left which is constantly infighting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nancy Pelosi actually doesn't do any trading, the man she married while still in college owns an investment firm and in the USA married couples have joint assets.

One of the biggest allegations of Insider Trading was when VISA credit company offered them stock options just before a big legislation regulating VISA went through, but Nancy actually voted against the company's interests anyways.

In many years, Paul's portfolio operates at a loss and the two of them don't even make the list of top traders in congress.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Push for what? I didn’t mention any specific policy point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You said Democrats are lite Republicans. This is false.

I gave an example, they reigned Israel, Trump is going to take over Gaza.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It’s my opinion. I know the Republican policies towards Gaza are worse. I waited 4.5 hours in line to vote for Kamala but I am still pissed at them for not going after Bibi harder. Israel killed US citizens when they bombed clearly marked World Central Kitchen cars and the Biden administration just kept sending arms.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

This attack was bonkers, WCK also fed Israelis that had to escape the war zones in the south and north.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What do you think "lite Republicans" means?

How did Democrats "reign in Israel"? You know other countries exist right? And they exert international pressure? Democrats have not reigned in Israel at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Democrats blocked shipments of heavy weaponry to Israel. Trump signed it all and more.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (28 children)

Gee, would have been nice to have democracy a few more years to maybe try and fix it.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Doesnt this boil down to the usual "the left falls in love, while the right falls in line"? hard to fall in love with your alliy's ongoing war crimes and lefties are renowed for not falling in line even against their best interests. Makes it hard to win as an incumbent, though, how did Obama win reelection, he wouldn't have been mistaken for a saint the second time round.

PS: got it, it's because Romney still couldn't make the right fall in line hard enough comparing with the love for Obama.

[–] Klear 6 points 3 days ago

I feel like we need to talk more about how disconnected the Democratic Party is from what their base actually wants

Did you feel this need before the election too? Because a lot of people did and that is who we're talking about here.

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