In meetings in Israel, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conveyed to Israeli leaders that it’s important to observe international rules of warfare.
As Israel girds for a fearsome ground assault into Gaza, senior Biden administration officials are warning their Israeli counterparts to show restraint and avoid mass civilian casualties and a humanitarian disaster that could turn world opinion against the Jewish state, according to two current and one former U.S. official.
First, I live in a state with open primary contests so this actually doesn’t matter where I am. Also, I live in a Democrat stronghold, so whether I vote for president or not has never actually mattered beyond primary votes anyway. Even then, not in an early primary state, so even that is generally irrelevant.