• Match!!@pawb.social
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      20 days ago

      I actually had to pause and consider whether this could be some kind of pro-Bidem propaganda.

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        20 days ago

        Bit of both but mostly propaganda. Biden has temporarily paused the 2000 pound bombs but other weapons are still flowing.

        Also Biden recently pushed through a massive F15 sale to israel.

        What people don’t realize is that the sliiiightest bit of not obeying israel will get one branded as Hamas.

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      19 days ago

      I don’t mind supporting countries that actually need it but even if the IDF was completely ethical, and they’re not, they still wouldn’t need a single bullet of aid.

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    20 days ago

    Is this maybe a situation where Bibi knows he’s politically toxic and is (at least partially) running some cover for allies? I don’t think he’s that smart but it kinda works out that way, since I haven’t heard of delayed shipments recently otherwise

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    19 days ago

    I don’t understand his angle here. He clearly has some sort of agenda, but I haven’t figured it out. Maybe he’s betting that this will turn some Democrats and moderates against Biden? But that requires believing that Netanyahu is telling the truth, which I don’t think a lot of Israel supporters necessarily do.

    Either way, this is weird. Maybe he’s talking about the bombs that weren’t sent for Rafah? But getting pissed about one halted shipment out of everything they’ve been given is just fucking hilarious.

    My guess – he’s aware his support is dwindling, and he’s trying to salvage it by blaming everyone else. Or, he’s daring the US to stop all shipments, but that would probably destroy his remaining support too.

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      18 days ago

      Israel’s modus operandi is throwing anyone that does not 100% obey their commands under the bus instantly. It keeps all their loyal dogs in check and lets them know the slightest amount of disobedience is not allowed. One can do everything israel asks for 100 years and the one time they step out of line they will fully get thrown under the bus.

      The question you should be asking here is what Joe Biden’s angle here is. Because Biden is still sending them 99% of the weapons. So apparently losing the election while israel is still committing Genocide.

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      18 days ago

      Israel does make some of their own weapons. (Have you ever heard of the Uzi or Desert Eagle?) Just not enough for their current goals. I’ve heard that proposed as a reason the US provides them so many weapons, to suppress the growth of their local weapons industry.

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        18 days ago

        Israel is the only country whose aid doesn’t have to be spent on US goods. The US created Israel’s arms industry.

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    20 days ago

    With climate change, the whole of the mid-East is going to be uninhabitable. All these countries are fighting over land that no one will be able to live on in the next 50 years or so. Humans are way too short sighted.

    And I say all these countries because Iran and Russia supports Hamas and America supports Israel.