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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Remember when BLM heckled Bernie during 2015 campaign?

If you think Biden is your problem, wait until orange gets elected.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The difference is that Biden IS the current president and is the one that sidestepped congress to give Israel aid without many strings attached. Yeah, come November, don't choose orange, but that doesn't mean Biden shouldn't face pressure in the meantime.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And then Congress voted overwhelmingly to not attach said strings after the fact. Biden isn't the only problem here.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Biden isn’t the only problem here.

He isn't, but he's one third of the government (one half when it comes to foreign policy) and he's only been using that position to make the situation worse.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

If anything increase the pressure so they actually feel threatened enough to get some progressive work done.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Completely see your point, but unlike Trump, Biden might actually be movable by protest during an election year.

Granted the White House's position on Israel has already shifted considerably since their lockstep pledge of unity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Not the other guy, but there's been some posts on lemmy saying some white house staff are pressuring Biden to rethink his Israel position.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

There is a lot of room to hide in those words

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

He might be. But this childish hyperbole isn't the way to do it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This argument is an insult to all voters.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, it's the game you are living in

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

I think it was in 2020 when that idiot got up on stage with him.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Biden vs Trump should not prevent our pressure against entirely avoidable deaths

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

“Hey hey LBJ, LBJ! How many kids did you killed today?”

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

All it takes for Biden is to openly criticize Israel and stop selling them weapons (at least so that we won’t know it’s him) for like two months before everyone forgets. But no. Really shows how deep Israel’s dick is in US’s asshole.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

If he says anything against Israel or stops aid, he'll be an "antisemite" and be attacked for that. The Israeli lobby has power and money, and they don't screw around. Plus, the media is dogshit and will never not attack Biden because it's "balanced" news.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Advising from the position of a friend is much more fruitful than advising as an enemy. I think Biden is wasting his time with Bibi. But it is an otherwise sound strategy. The genocide would have continued uninterrupted regardless what Biden did. What he did is definitely not a great look optically though for sure.

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

what I don't understand is that if that person realizes that trump would send all the money and weapons to israel with no strings attached. he'd do it because he hates brown people and his supporters (who give him what he really wants- undying idolation) hate brown people AND want the commencement of armageddon so their prophet litch returns and he does what they want so they keep loving him.

at least biden is using the soft power he has before he starts using hard power.

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