The White House faces growing pressure from Capitol Hill as lawmakers, even some of President Biden's allies, call for stronger action on the Gaza humanitarian crisis.
He definitely has at least the means of applying pressure.
Completely freeze military cooperation and weapon deliveries and withdraw the Carriers they send would be possible after talks failed.
But that is not something that makes sense when you want to keep your military base in the middle east functional and regarding the vast amounts of religious people in the US it would put off parts of potential voters next year.
I think the whole aspiration of a ceasefire is just political talk so the US can say they tried their best, in the end they will support Israel in their more than questionable response to Hamas despicable provocation.
He definitely has at least the means of applying pressure.
How do you know he isn’t? These things don’t necessarily happen in open view.
Completely freeze military cooperation and weapon deliveries and withdraw the Carriers they send would be possible after talks failed.
That’s up to Congress. Unless you want it legal for the President to ask for a favor again.
Edit to add: I especially like the Carrier part. The only thing stopping this from becoming a regional war are those battle groups. You seem to think that inviting Iran to the table would be a good thing.
He definitely has at least the means of applying pressure.
Completely freeze military cooperation and weapon deliveries and withdraw the Carriers they send would be possible after talks failed.
But that is not something that makes sense when you want to keep your military base in the middle east functional and regarding the vast amounts of religious people in the US it would put off parts of potential voters next year.
I think the whole aspiration of a ceasefire is just political talk so the US can say they tried their best, in the end they will support Israel in their more than questionable response to Hamas despicable provocation.
How do you know he isn’t? These things don’t necessarily happen in open view.
That’s up to Congress. Unless you want it legal for the President to ask for a favor again.
Edit to add: I especially like the Carrier part. The only thing stopping this from becoming a regional war are those battle groups. You seem to think that inviting Iran to the table would be a good thing.