• Krono@lemmy.today
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    9 months ago

    Yeah, you can’t just call up Israel, threaten US aid, and tell them to end hostilities: that only worked when Reagan and did it! And when HW Bush did it! /s

    I dont understand this idea that the US has no leverage when we are sending Israel billions of dollars. Without US resupply, several crucial Israeli military systems would be forced to shut down.

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      9 months ago

      So, we’ve already given them all the means and any call for action is “shutting down crucial military systems” aka leaving them vulnerable in a hostile region?

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        9 months ago

        “If you dont stop the genocide then we will stop arming your soldiers” sounds reasonable to me.

        If Israel is left vulnerable in a hostile region, it will be because of their own actions.

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            9 months ago

            And not all Gazans are Hamas, but the death toll is over 30k and people are starting to starve to death.

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                9 months ago

                I dont know what you mean by “what’s coming to them”. Right now it seems like there are no consequences for their actions, so nothing is coming to them.

                I believe Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, and other military leaders have committed grave war crimes. They should be tried in international court and given a life sentence.

                I also believe the Israeli state owes a gigantic financial debt for the destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure. Israel has systemically destroyed water treatment, electricity production, schools, hospitals, residential buildings, etc. and they should rebuild it all.

                But I do not believe violence is part of the answer. We need permanent ceasefire, we need truth and reconciliation, we need justice. Any post-ceasefire violence is unacceptable, whether it be against Israelis or Palestinians.

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                  But I do not believe violence is part of the answer. We need permanent ceasefire, we need truth and reconciliation, we need justice. Any post-ceasefire violence is unacceptable, whether it be against Israelis or Palestinians.

                  Just checking, what is Joe Biden’s role in all this?

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                    9 months ago

                    I think Joe Bidens role should be in the cell next to Netanyahu.

                    But more realistically, I think Biden should step out of the way and let the international courts do their job.

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        9 months ago

        So you don’t care about signing death warrants you just want to be upset about things in the middle east?