• NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s also because the administration isn’t trying hard enough. Reagan stopped the bombing of West Beirut with a phone call. Biden should at least be able to get Israel to follow the rules of war if he threatens them with cutting aid. Also these are 1200 people in a population of 10 million. I find it very hard to believe that most people know someone who was killed or captured.

    • SheeEttin@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, but Biden knows that if he cuts aid, the vocal Jewish/Israel/Zionist lobby will freak the fuck out.

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        1 year ago

        Who… cares? Why should zionists get more influence over American foreign policy than the rest of Americans?

        • restingboredface@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          Exactly. Why in the hell are we bending over backwards to make one group happy when most sentiment is moving in a different direction?

          I don’t understand why everyone in DC is so scared of Israeli lobbyists.

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            1 year ago

            Makes you wonder what dirt Mossad has on any of our politicians.

            Which in a roundabout way is an argument for term limits; higher turnover provides less opportunity for skeletons to pile up in closets to compromise any vestigal integrity they have after becoming a politician.

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              1 year ago

              Well, unofficially, it’s sort of recognised Ghislaine Maxwell’s father was an Israeli spy.