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Outrage grows after ‘chilling call for genocide’ by Florida Republican
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Ignoring all your speculation about Israel's strength (I'm highly skeptical they could actually survive modern warfare - they have drone pilots, not infantry lol) he absolutely would. There's a huge portion of the electorate that absolutely loves Israel and supports their genocide.
That's not really a good reason to continue supporting them.
What gave you that impression? AFAIK the IDF is one of the best trained militaries in the world, and certainly better than most of their enemies - that's one of the reasons why the casualty numbers during Yom Kippur were so lopsided in their favor despite being caught with their pants down. Plus, it's not just drones (they don't even use those for actual combat) - they have arguably the strongest Air Force in the region, rivaled only by Egypt, and Israel has a distinct technological advantage. The IDF haven't done well as aggressors, but defensively they punch well above their weight class - you'd hope so, given that they spend over 5% of their annual GDP on defence.
If he loses the next election, do you think whoever the GOP gets in will be better for Palestine? As it stands, Biden has courted Israeli favor less than I expected (current events notwithstanding), probably because Democrats were majority pro-Palestine for the first time in 20 years. He's already said that he wants Israel out of the West Bank (even before October 7th) and that, and it sounds like he's been applying some pressure in that regard.
That said, I do think he's been a bit too passive thus far, and while I have my speculations as to why that is, I don't see how any of them could justify the apparent lack of push back. A complete ending of relations is out of the question, but he should be able to push for more restraint, and as far as I can see it would be in his best interest to do so. Unless of course what we're seeing now is the restrained version, which doesn't really bear thinking about.
The fact that Hamas keeps destroying their tanks because they aren't accompanied by infantry. They're all just desk jockies pretending to be a military.
This isn't the military that fought Yom Kippur, that was 40 years ago. This is the age of the sons, they're soft and untested. Basically just prison guards.
I think Democrats will unify against Trump and call for a ceasefire, and if they control the Legislature they can keep him from making anything worse.