State Department official resigns after Biden administration says Israel not blocking Gaza aid
A career State Department official resigned from her post on Tuesday, saying she could no longer work for the Biden administration after it released a report concluding that Israel was not preventing the flow of aid to Gaza.
Stacy Gilbert, who served as a senior civilian-military advisor to the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM), sent an email to staff saying she was resigning because she felt the State Department had made the wrong assessment, The Washington Post reported, citing officials who read the note.
The report was filed in response to President Joe Biden issuing a national security memorandum (NSM-20) in early February on whether the administration finds credible Israel's assurances that its use of US weapons do not violate either American or international law.
The report said there were reasonable grounds to believe Israel on several occasions had used American-supplied weapons "inconsistent" with international humanitarian law, but said it could not make a definitive assessment - enough to prevent the suspension of arms transfers.
Making a criticism doesn't require that I have a solution to the problem that's been set up by the insistence that Biden be the nominee. If that leaves you feeling incomplete, that's your issue.
Complaining about something while offering no solutions and expecting to be taken seriously is about as fucking stupid as not voting and expecting things to change.
You were asked a simple question, that for all the talk you people seem to do here- should be simple to answer…
But NONE of you can answer it. It’s litetally your shut down code. And I’m going to ensure that everyone knows it.
I just don't think your attempt to derail the primary thrust of my point is worth answering. I didn't comment about who else might run or how well they would be doing.
You are trying to engage in a red-herring fallacy, and the royal "we" (since you used the royal "you") are dutifully ignoring it.
There being or not being other viable candidates is irrelevant to Bidens chances at winning. Its a non-sequitur. If its important to you, you should come up with an answer to that question. I would be interested to hear what you come back with.
Nope. That might work on the high school kids you’re used to arguing with, but I’m holding you to the wheelhouse of the topic:
Your inability to answer a simple question. You can either answer it, or admit your entire argument is flawed.
You come here and ask people to not vote for Biden, without suggesting an alternative. So either you’re actively trying to get Trump elected, or you don’t know how elections work.
Either answer the question, or admit to one of the aforementioned.
Your choice.
The answer is Gretchen Whitmer
Neither will your rhetorical slight of hand.
If you think Biden can win this election, show me the receipts. Otherwise, you can take a seat.
So you refuse to answer. Predictable. Thanks for playing. We’re done here.
Nice rage quit kiddo.
Like I said, you are more than welcome to come up with alternatives. You can come back when you've reconsidered your position. Enjoy the ride home.
Rage quit? Dude… you’re the one refusing to answer a simple question. And then trying to pretend you’re on some more high ground?
You’re not.
If you don’t have an answer, then you have no reason to be telling people who to vote for, or not to vote at all. Simple as that. Well, you do have that right-
But no one in their right mind should take you seriously.
Since I guess you missed your bus, here is a little light reading for you:
https://learn.saylor.org/mod/page/view.php?id=64978
My argument: President Joe Biden has a diminished chance of winning the 2024 election based on the way his campaign is being conducted and current polling data. He's unlikely to win if the trends, which have persisted for over 600 days, stay consistent.
In response, you introduce an unrelated issue— that I need to posit an alternative candidate otherwise, I support Donald Trump. This is irrelevant to the original argument concerning Biden's campaign performance and polling.
By shifting the discussion to my perceived political preferences and pretending I owe you an alternative, you are diverting attention away from the actual argument about Biden’s campaign. This move aims to sidestep the evaluation of Biden's campaign effectiveness and polling issues.
You are not engaging with or refuting the evidence presented regarding Biden’s campaign strategy and polling numbers. Instead, you are focus on attacking or questioning my political stance, which is not the topic of discussion.
The goal of this is to move the conversation away from a factual analysis of Biden’s reelection chances based on objective criteria (campaign strategies and polling) to a subjective and unrelated debate about political allegiances.
Your binary thinking implies that not supporting Biden equates to supporting Trump, which is a logical fallacy itself—false dilemma. Neither this, or your previous fallacy are true or relevant to the discussion at hand.
So after that wall of nonsense, you STILL refuse to answer the question.
Who would you suggest instead of Biden? I will keep asking you this until you provide a name, or admit you have no answer.
Oh, and while you’re answering things, how about you explain to me what bus you think I missed?
How about Gretchen Whitmer?
Try again with someone currently running. And no, she still stands no chance.
This would be funny if you weren't so obtuse.
And its sad, because like, its clear you are very scared. But insisting on a failed strategy is actually making things worse. You aren't helping the cause of defeating Trump by trying to collapse criticism of Biden. We need to be clear eyed about Biden's prospects, which aren't great. Instead you are just jerking off to your own denialism and engaging in what-about-ism.
Biden can't win, not with the current trends we're seeing in polling.
So now I’m obtuse and scared and… jerking off? Why the vulgarities?
You still haven’t answered the questions:
Who would you suggest instead of Biden? And what bus did I miss?
Come on man. You can accuse me of being scared when you can’t answer a simple question? Seems it would be an easy task for someone as brave as you.
Explained: https://lemmy.world/comment/10340530
I just did. Gretchen Whitmer
So your offering is someone that’s not even running..
My good man.
That was never your criteria, until I answered.
And, don’t even bother editing, I’m taking screenshots. Just kidding. But I could, and you still got clapped.
It’s implied. Otherwise, why not just say…. Darth Vader, or anyone else with zero chance to win. Because making suit up is SO fun!
I asked in good faith, who could win November if not Biden. It’s a given that I was talking CURRENTLY RUNNING candidates.
But you people never respond in good faith. Which is exactly why I asked what I did. To show to everyone how you cannot answer a simple question that challenges your agenda.
Thanks for adding your two cents.
And why would I edit? I’ve nothing to hide. It’s all there. You and your pal getting…. Clapped? Is that a thing? Sure…
let’s go with that.
Not entertaining trolls anymore. This has gone on long enough. You’re both out of gas.
My post was made quite clear. And proven.
Thanks.
It was not clear, otherwise I wouldn’t have answered— Gretchen Whitmer.