Joe Biden has done more than arm Israel. He’s complicit in Gaza’s devastating famine
independent.co.uk
President Joe Biden and his administration have been accused of being complicit in enabling a famine in Gaza by failing to sufficiently act on repeated warnings from their own experts and aid agencies.
The former officials say the US also provided diplomatic cover for Israel to create the conditions for famine by blocking international efforts to bring about a ceasefire or alleviate the crisis, making the delivery of aid almost impossible.
“This is not just turning a blind eye to the man-made starvation of an entire population, it is direct complicity,” former State Department official Josh Paul, who resigned over US support for the war, told The Independent.
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Don't worry, when Trump wins we won't have to worry about Gaza or palestinians in general!
Stop accusing anyone who criticizes your pro-genocide candidate of supporting your pro-genocide second choice.
Stop hiding behind this single reasoning while failing to explain why Trump would be better. Or if you're clever: Wouldn't be worse.
Gaza is in a horrible situation. Biden buys us time. Trump shortens it significantly. I guarantee it. So decide: Biden, who on this issue is far from ideal, or Trump whose allies all but scream for the deaths of millions.
It's reality and the world is holding its breath and expecting the worst.
Ask this kid to provide the name of someone that stands a chance to beat Trump and watch him squirm.
He isn't better.
He would be worse.
That doesn't mean Biden's position is acceptable.
I'm tired, man. People spitting on others during a pandemic, refusing to wear masks spouting bullshit. Trump doing literally nothing except sending us backward leading into it. Anti-vaccine movements pushed by the Right and accepted by idiots who can't critically think to literally save their lives. Biden actually making some headway and not a single individual who hides behind the Gaza conflict can list three things Biden has done well. A god damn coup attempt at our Nation's capital. An entire world begging us to not allow Trump into power.
Just shut up. Fuck
You and people just like you, Trump supporters all. I no longer care. Every single one and I'm calling you out. Gaza is shit. A travesty. It sucks balls. But come the fuck on. Use your brain. Open your eyes. We have a chance for a better tomorrow with Biden. The GOP have been on the actual damn record this past month alone condemning the LGBTQ+ community, calling the fucking nuking of Japan a good choice, and trying to convince everyone that removing a woman's autonomy is a righteous act.
This is what YOU support. Sleep well because if Trump wins I know your ass will be nowhere to be found.
I support Biden changing his policy regarding genocide. You're so married to the idea of genocide that you think this is support for your second favorite pro-genocide candidate.
I wonder what Bobby Brainworm’s view on Palestine genocide is.
I don't care what a deliberate spoiler candidate claims his positions are.
So what do you want?
I want Biden to stop supporting Netanyahu's genocide. Why is that so difficult to understand?
Because that was the first time I’ve seen you say that.
I’m not much of a mind reader.
Why do so many people immediately assume that criticizing Biden means support for another candidate?
Because the Right has dug in for years, chosen a target, and collectively did their best to cause as much damage as possible to everything they can. Even if it hurts them.
That's why people like me assume the worst. It feels the same. Aside from that, a lot of people who are criticizing Biden are clearly rabble-rousers, another large percentage won't vote for Biden and on the same branch will vote for Trump. All of these people are loud. Thing is, those of us with good intentions do agree that Biden has made the wrong choice so far, even if this last shipment is being forced by the Republican-controlled House, so I hope you all realize this one isn't on him at least. The Gaza situation is shit. We know. It's just...we also understand that Trump will do worse. Yet every damned time we try and bring this up in much the same way you're tired of feeling as if standing up in protest of the Genocide makes you a target, we also feel the same.
Many of us also see the pattern. Of division. The sowing of seeds to split us apart. It happens every time and we keep paying for it.
Man, I just want us to come together. Get Biden into Office and keep up the momentum and push. Stand firm as one for change. For Gaza and, for once, for ourselves. Trump will never listen. Maybe Biden won't either. At least with him though we'll have four years to try. All we have to do for the first time in so damn long is stand united.
Source on this last shipment being forced on him.
There are multiple sources. Here's one:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-votes-force-weapons-shipments-israel-rebuking-biden-2024-05-16/
So it passed the house, it hasn't passed the senate, and Biden can just veto it.
I get that you genocide lovers just want him to shovel as many weapons as possible at Israel until they've killed all the Palestinians, but let's not pretend for an instant that this ties Biden's hands in any way at all.
Ah now see, this is what I'm talking about. Rather than look at the story, maybe double check, recognize that there are levels and nuances that while don't excuse anything, they at least provide some reason - instead you're hiding behind Gaza again.
"Genocide lovers"? Really. I've said that we recognize, and I know I speak for all of us who are reasonable, how absolute shit that situation is and we know Biden has not been great at handling it. We are condemning the situation and his reactions up to this point because he could be doing more.
We just also see that we can condemn him and still vote him in because the alternative is an event that is likely to make that situation even worse, while also causing several other major fires to break out. This is the reality. We are stuck between a shitty deal and a genocide and we don't need to draw ultimatums. This is why I remind people and push for the other option:
Vote for Biden into a second term AND we all come together for stronger actions to stop the travesty in Gaza from continuing. Biden is already showing he'll roll over. Not a lot yet, he IS showing it. More importantly, even when the elections weren't around the corner he was shown to bend to public outcry. What we shouldn't be doing is dividing ourselves. It isn't Gaza or Trump as separate problems. Invariably it must be Gaza and Trump. They are both incredibly massive problems and we collectively have the capacity to fight on both fronts. All I'm asking is we do that. I'm tired, man, and angry, because I feel sometimes like I'm yelling for positive change into the void
With Biden we'll have four years to keep up the fight across all fronts. With Trump? I just feel we'll be silenced, and that will help no one.
The problem is I truly feel like I'm doing this alone sometimes.
I was curious about Bobby’s views because he is in third place right now, it’s a valid question.