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[-] [email protected] 64 points 7 months ago

Jesus fucking Christ

[-] [email protected] 54 points 7 months ago

Have they already gone through the billions in weapons we've already given them?

[-] akincisor 24 points 7 months ago

Billions don't go through as many hospitals as they used to.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago

Oh good we're giving more weapons to the genocidal regime that attacked our warship, interfered in our elections, and illegally acquired nukes, all on our dime.

Biden, elected by the youth vote, essentially retiring with this move, but still running so as to ensure a trump victory so they don't need to enforce any troublesome laws.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

This article is inaccurate or at least misleading in its title presentation. It's reporting on something that happened on October 20th, as the second paragraph notes, and was never actually enacted. In fact, Biden moved back from this and has been instead moving to restrict all weaponry sales to Israel in the past few days.

Biden has not been in any form of good light in my eyes in the past two months, but please don't spread fake or misleading information like this.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

It’s reporting on something that happened on October 20th, as the second paragraph notes, and was never actually enacted.

It's reporting on a budget request filed on October 20th. The requests pertain to fiscal year 2024. It's still set before the Senate to be voted on.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Do you have a source for him moving to restrict sales? I see there was a House bill about that a couple weeks ago, but it didn't involve Biden.

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago

And you get a genocide and you get a.... No, just Israel actually.

[-] Reverendender 28 points 7 months ago

I’ve been trying to convince my parents that this is absofuckinglutely genocide. It has not gone well. They are convinced that Israel is simply defending themselves, and all the civilian casualties are just how war is.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

You could make the comparison with Russia's actions towards Ukraine. Is it "just war" when Russia intentionally bombs children's schools and hospitals? Most countries are civilized enough to only target military targets during a war. It's also worth pointing out that modern missiles do not "accidentally" hit the wrong target, that's about as likely as shooting a gun and "accidentally" hitting your friend standing behind you.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Some estimates say over one million Iraqis were killed during the American invasion and occupation.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Americans aren't civilized, just entitled. (Yes, I'm an American)

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There's nothing genocide Joe loves more than bombing brown people. Reminder that this is the same piece of human garbage that voted for the invasion of Iraq in which US regime massacred over a million people.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

I can't imagine Hamas being the sole reason behind this decision. Of course at face value it is but feels like they are taking this opportunity to do this for some other reason.

Terrible nonetheless but worried about what else is to happen due to this.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

Arms manufacturers want more $ and can't get more $ if the stockpiles are full

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Likely as a condition of the pause and hostage exchange.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

But Ukraine can't even get enough AGTMs and shells. God forbid mentioning atacms, almost two fucking years!

I can't believe that Netanjahu is more trustworthy than Zaluzhny.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

all US puppets suffer the same fate in the end

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


“If enacted, the amendments would create a two-step around restrictions on U.S. weapons transfers to Israel,” said John Ramming Chappell, a legal fellow with the Center for Civilians in Conflict.

Under circumstances laid out in these requirements, Israel has been able to draw on the stockpile, purchasing the weapons at little cost if it uses the effective subsidy of U.S. military aid.

The effect of lifting the restrictions on transfers to Israel — such as eliminating the requirement that the weapons be part of a surplus — could harm U.S. interests by diminishing American preparedness for its own conflicts in the region, said Josh Paul, a former official who served in the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.

The U.S. government is only supposed to spend $200 million per fiscal year restocking the WRSA-I — about half the total cap for all U.S. stockpiles round the globe.

The U.S. currently requires that Israel grant certain concessions in exchange for certain types of arms assistance from the Pentagon, but the White House request would remove this condition as well.

“The Biden administration’s supplemental budget request would further undermine oversight and accountability even as U.S. support enables an Israeli campaign that has killed thousands of children,” said Chappell, of Center for Civilians in Conflict.


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