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.
Nope. It needs to be said loudly, publicly, repeatedly. Until then, we are enablers of atrocities.
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Look at this admission of brainlessness on display. You’re telling me you’re so unintelligent you need someone to spoon feed a convincing argument to you.
I’m glad I can take care of my own critical thinking 🤣
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Biden isn’t a leftist. He’s just less right than his opposition.
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It’s not a relative word though. It describes a specific set of political beliefs, which Biden does not hold… so he’s not a leftist. He’s a liberal, and barely one at that.
As a wise man/woman once said around here:
The US has two parties: One believes the US should keep supporting Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, another believes the US should support Israel’s genocide of Palestinians harder.
There are no liberals when it comes to Israel in most of the world (props for Ireland for being the exception).
I have personally made the decision to abstain from voting in the 2024 presidential election at this point if Biden is the nominee. I cannot in good conscience vote for another president who clearly learned nothing from the protracted “War on Terror”, and who now publicly supports ethnic cleansing by Israel simply to score political points.
Great. What’s your address, so when Trump wins and we descend into ChristoFascism, I can send you flowers and a thank you note?
Relax fuck face, I live in an ironclad blue state. My abstention from voting based on my personal ethics will have zero impact on the democratic process since the popular vote doesn’t matter.
I had similar reasons in 2016… regretful
Be sure to vote in the primaries.
Unfortunately with first past the post the only way to vote against the republican candidate is to vote for the Democrat even if he’s awful. That’s how Biden got elected. And that’s why the primaries are so important.
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.
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I always vote down ballot in every election, and have voted in every election since I was legally able to vote. I understand the importance of local and state elections.
Do you think losing an election is going to make moderate Democrats less shitty? Because 2016 just seemed to turbo charge their left-punching impulses. For progressives, I think the best shot at change is giving the Democratic party supermajorities in Congress and control of the White House, demanding they do the popular things they ran on, exposing all the two-faced hacks who never had any intention of doing those things, and then primarying the hell out of them. Allowing Republicans to win just gives the hacks something to hide behind (and it turbocharges their fundraising when that money could be going to a lot better causes).
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Fair enough, that was a rhetorical question, which is kind of lazy/obnoxious writing, so let me re-phrase - losing elections to Republicans only makes moderate Democratic party members more obnoxious, and not voting for Dems in general elections is likely to produce that result
What exactly is a Biden defender?
Do you believe people deserve carte Blanche defence at all times.
Or can people do some things you agree with and other things you don’t?
A bit late for that champ
They haven’t even started yet and already burned through all their good will.
Meanwhile Hamas leaders are probably off in some lavish bunker getting sucked off by their 4 wives while waiting for a Israel to recruit a new army of bereaved future terrorists for them.
Yes, becasue it’s the fallout from bad PR that matters, not, you know, mass civilian casualties and a humanitarian disaster.
Fuck I hate people rn.
Well, clearly the second part doesn’t bother them, so I can understand appealing to the psychopaths instead.
People are generally more responsive to arguments regarding their interests than their values.
From one psychopathic government to another. Trust us bro.
Privately, because outloud, would appears as antisemitic, for Zionists and all the voices on their sides
Neten-yahoo is a fucking criminal goon and beyond ‘telling’. Much like a few US politicians whose name sounds a lot like. “Trump”.
OK, but privately privately, they said you’re doing great champ.
Also, publicly,
In messages circulated on Friday, State Department staff wrote that high-level officials do not want press materials to include three specific phrases: “de-escalation/ceasefire,” “end to violence/bloodshed” and “restoring calm.”
Jbfc, what is wrong with us?
A lot
Are we the baddies?
More fucking lies.
Leaked internal emails reveal that the U.S. State Department is discouraging diplomats from advocating for Israeli “de-escalation” in the ongoing conflict with Gaza. The emails instruct officials not to use phrases like “de-escalation/ceasefire,” “end to violence/bloodshed,” and “restoring calm” in their public statements, indicating the Biden administration’s reluctance to push for Israeli restraint. Israel recently ordered over a million residents of northern Gaza to evacuate, and the UN warned of devastating humanitarian consequences. U.S. officials have avoided discussing a ceasefire, focusing on supporting Israel’s response to Hamas attacks. Some lawmakers are urging stronger humanitarian calls, but public pressure is delicate due to Israel’s significant losses and U.S. support. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is engaged in diplomatic efforts in the region, including visits to influential Arab states.
I don’t know the truth of the matter, these are internal things after all. But what you posted isn’t necessarily inconsistent with the article. It’s possible they were instructed not to say those things publicly, as your article says, but are privately pushing Israel to restrain themselves, as the above article says.
Publicly telling everyone to act like rational human beings would be way more beneficial
