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We can't limbo with the bar that low please raise it at least past the "not supporting genocide" line
OK. Biden doesn't support genocide. No, really, he doesn't. He supports Israel's right to exist, for sure, and he sure wants to ensure that the 2000+ people murdered and 200+ people kidnapped last October get justice, but he doesn't support genocide. Enjoy your limbo.
It's Russian/Republican Propaganda that he does support genocide because he continues funding Israel, pushed by dishonest assholes who benefit from us being divided and uninformed knee-jerk-reactionary useful idiots that push that propaganda. Biden has said repeatedly that Israel's continued indiscriminate attacks on Gaza make it harder for him to justify continued aid. But can he stop the aid? Let's think about this RATIONALLY for a moment.
Suppose the US just says "Well, fuck you, Israel, you're on your own." What happens next? Here's some ideas:
I'm not saying all of these are going to happen, or even most of them, but it would SURE serve Putin's interests if there's a falling out between the actual authoritarian Netanyahu and the leader of the left-most party in the USA, driving Netanuyahu into fellow-authoritarian Putin's arms! It'd also be quite a feather in Trump's cap if Biden abandons Israel, loses enough of the US Jewish vote (in addition to the rabble-raisers here in the US who swear they won't vote for Biden even if he does stop funding Israel because once a Genocider always a Genocider...) that he loses the election to Trump, and then Trump gets to restart the funding and say "See, Democrats are the real antisemites! Pay no attention to the picture of a cartoon frog dressed up as me gassing prevalent US Jews and Liberals from 8 years ago, that's a lie..."
So. Once again. Limbo away. Just be fucking truthful about it.
Nice fanfic. All that writing just to excuse genocide.
I'm honestly impressed with the mental gymnastics on display in lefty spaces on this subject, especially here. People go on and on about Israel committing genocide while from 1948-present Gaza's population went from 250k to 2M people, 3x the world average. They're doing a shit job at a genocide.
But what would Hamas do if the power dynamic were reversed. Luckily, they told us:
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp
Whatdyaknow?? Literally kill all the Jews.
When you can't win on the facts, just throw out an ad hominem and run away. ;) Thanks for conceding my point, though!
Local resident declares themself winner of internet argument. Starving children destroyed with facts and logic.