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Biden "running out" of patience with Bibi as Gaza war hits 100 days (www.axios.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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As I have repeatedly said... Just because Biden has repeated the US company line of unequivocal support for Israel, etc etc (Because even among democrats it's political suicide to say anything else). That doesn't mean that he hasn't been trying the entire time to get Israel to stop the bullshit. This is more or less a point for point list of a lot of the things that have been tried. It misses quite a few of the more notable ones, but it grabs enough so that you get the idea.

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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Speaking at someone who actively tells you they're not listening, while still handing them money and weapons and other resources, and then throwing up your hands and going, "They won't listen! There's nothing more I can do!" is purely performative.

Put the aid on the chopping block, or it's just hot air.

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The aid cannot be on the chopping block. You know why? Because it was guaranteed through Congress until 2028.

Usually these aid bills fly through Congress with 0 fanfare, so it's not shocking that a long term aid package was passed in 2022 or some shit for a bunch of years.

If absolutely necessary I can figure out the dates. But it's years.

All of a sudden everyone seems to know things about foreign policy without actually looking into any of it.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Biden has pushed for supplemental aid, and he doesn't have to. He can signal that he'll veto any additional aid. He can certainly put pressure on Democrats to repeal already-appropriated aid, and he'd even pick up a number of Republicans on that. I also seem to remember a thing where Trump was blocking delivery of approved aid to Ukraine (with the illegal part being that it was for a quid-pro-quo), so stopping aid is certainly possible for a president.

But instead he's pushing for more aid to Israel's military. So once again, performative.

But just keep pretending he's blameless!