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Biden administration uses emergency authority to sell tank shells to Israel
(amp.theguardian.com)
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Yeah and that's a problem for Biden to solve. If he wants to avert the disaster then he should stop his support for Israel.
If Trump wins, Biden cannot stop Trump's Muslim ban. Trump has said he will deport Muslims. If that's what you want, vote for Trump.
If this is not what Biden wants, he shouldn't support a genocide.
Your choice is selling weapons to Israel under Biden, or immediate deportation of Muslims under Trump to be killed by Trump's US troops.
That's the choice. You can scream and say, "But but but, what if the world were different. What if we could somehow make the world different?"
Too bad.
I think it's horrible but if Trump wins and he carries out his plan to deport and kill Muslims, I'll laugh at you fools just like those who didn't vote for Gore in 2000. But really you are a Putin puppet so whatever.
Oh? I thought it was the choice of the people... The people may not want to vote for another genocide supporter. Maybe they won't vote at all?
In your version of this, Biden gets away with anything just because Trump exists. You don't want Trump to win? Why not run independently? 😬
That's what I said, the choice of the people is between Biden who will let Israel buy weapons and Trump who has said he will be dictator for a day to deport Muslims, just like he did before.
“In the wake of the attacks on Israel, Americans have been disgusted to see the open support for terrorists among the legions of foreign nationals on college campuses. They’re teaching your children hate,” he said. “Under the Trump administration, we will revoke the student visas of radical anti-American and antisemitic foreigners at our colleges and universities and we will send them straight back home.” -Donald Trump Oct 17 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/17/trump-muslim-ban-gaza-refugees
In response, Israel has been shelling Gaza and carrying out airstrikes that have killed thousands of Palestinians:
"Sometimes you have to let things play out."
-Donald Trump 11/10/23
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4304401-trump-israel-hamas-war-let-things-play-out/
Not voting is you proclaiming, "But but but what if the world was nicer to me!"
I think people with your kind of opinion ruin democracy because they rob voters of a choice. Putting the blame on voters rather than politicians is rubbish.
49% of US voters want Trump. That's not Trump's fault. That's the voter's fault.
No step on snek