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[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I fucking despise Biden for his policy in Palestine. If there was any reasonable chance that they could switch candidates now and still have a shot, I'd totally agree with you.

I think he's way too old to be president, but I'm sorry to say you're stuck with a shit decision, and one that's been engineered to help work against our best interests.

I fully get where you're coming from, but I'm not trying to gaslight you.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago

fucking despise Biden for his policy in Palestine

I'm not an American and even I know it is not his policy. It is a result of decades of US-Israel relationships with all kinds of ties between the two countries and has far too many stakeholders than just the head of the state.

Not even Bernie could've managed to navigate this shit situation properly.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Bernie would've led Bibi by the fucking nose. He'd have recalled his days in the kibbutz and said that Bibi is burning everything good about Israel.

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago

Perhaps. I wish that were the reality we lived in. I also wish Gore won over Bush and we nipped Global warming in the bud. Alas...

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I also wish Gore won over Bush

He did win, and then SCOTUS declared the loser of the election POTUS in one of the most catastrophic decisions of any in the history of the world, given the later consequences.

[-] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

sorry but bernie is a zionist too

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

He is, but he's not the type that would kowtow to and enable fascists or fund genocide.

[-] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

But thats what being a zionist is, you cant be a zionist without supporting the IDF which has been engaged in the constant subjugation and extermination whenever politically possible for decades now.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago

The president isn't a king. Bernie would've had lot of resistance from within the government, military, and intelligence agencies.

Deep state isn't just a conservative meme/boogeyman. It definitely exists.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

The president isn't a king

Enough with that ridiculous excuse every time Biden refuses to do things that ARE within his power!

He bypassed Congress by sending many smaller weapons shipments to Israel so that he didn't need congressional approval and when he halted shipment of 2000lb bombs only, he could have halted shipment of ALL weapons but chose not to.

Furthermore, knowing what they do with them, supplying the fascist apartheid regime of Israel is against both international and US law.

He's enough of a "king" to keep committing crimes against humanity, but apparently NOT actively breaking the law is outside the bounds of his power 🙄

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don't know... I see what you're saying, but does the president not have the power to take a principled stance on the matter? Maybe I'm being too naïve about what's realistically possible, but ultimately intended policy decisions have to start at the mouth of the nation's leader.

He needs to firmly acknowledge and denounce the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 23 points 5 months ago

Can someone remind me of the last time a U.S. president took a principled stand on some foreign policy issue? Seriously, I'm not just asking this to be a dick. I'm pretty sure things are set up to ensure this does not ever happen.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Biden pulling out of Afghanistan.

[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Obama pulled out of Iraq.

Biden pulled out of Afghanistan.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Shit, my bad, I did a stupid

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I mean, he certainly did say that he wants to increases taxes on the ultra-wealthy.

It's not a foreign policy issue, but it's one that would be unpopular with any rich donors so it perhaps demonstrates some amount of integrity.

Just to be clear, I'm not trying to defend the US. Their foreign policy is stinkier than blue cheese.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Their foreign policy is stinkier than blue cheese.

And doesn't even compensate by also being delicious, like the cheese does!

Unless you have a significant profit stake in the military industrial complex and/or the fossil fuel industries, of course. Then it's the most delicious thing ever.

[-] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 months ago

Biden has publicly criticized Russia and China before. Every US President has made statements against countries like North Korea or Iran. It's the literally the least he could do.

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 3 points 5 months ago

Those are things that are in the interest of the US foreign policy agenda.

[-] Pandantic@midwest.social 11 points 5 months ago

Sure, but didn’t Biden go on a rant of how pro-Israel he is specifically?

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

He did, and I'm not trying to downplay that in any way. He also called for peace, though, whereas Trump said he was also pro-Israel but thought Israel should finish what they started.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

is not his policy.It is a result of decades of US-Israel relationships with all kinds of ties between the two countries

Yeah it is. Obama said about the Cuban Embargo that "these 50 years have shown that isolation has not worked", so he changed longstanding policy.

Meanwhile, letting Israel do whatever the fuck they want to Palestinians for 75 years hasn't made the treatment more just (duh) or the region more stable and peaceful, and the majority of the population realizes that now.

People are demanding of Biden and the rest of the Dem leadership, which are the people with the power to do so, to change the awful status quo of total deference to a fascist apartheid regime and Biden et al are risking the election and thus American democracy by refusing to listen to the people who they are supposed to represent.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 15 points 5 months ago

It's come to the point where the risk of changing the candidate has to be weighed against the risk of not changing the candidate.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

And it has been. The risk of sticking with Biden is the greater one by far. He's losing the election and showing no willingness to change any of the behaviors that are causing it.

Switching to another candidate might be a controversial choice, but it's still a safer bet than Biden.

[-] troglodytis@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Na. It's a pretty clear and easy decision. Neither option gonna get ya what you want and need, but one option is actively trying for a disastrous result.

Unfortunately, too many people in the USA say the same thing and mean the opposite candidate.

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