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Hmmm, this didn't age well, I guess.
And they'll still support the invasion. Biden got played for a fool, and it wasn't hard to see this would be the outcome.
Biden has gotten played for a fool for months. If you have no red lines and the party you're negotiating realizes that, they've got you by the balls and they're going to do whatever the hell they want until the day of final judgement.
Israel is going to invade Rafah either way.
Biden got played for a fool
Why are y’all acting like the President of the United States is a fool, and that he couldn’t stop this if he wanted to?
I knew the israeli butchers were going to go into Rafah no matter what, but it makes me extra sick that they're dressing it up by pretending it's balanced out by not attacking Iran (after attacking their embassy in the first place).
I don't think the Israelis consider them to be separate matters.
Avoiding the hot war with Iran in exchange for something Israel was going to do anyway, was the US's position. I guess we will see how many lives it would have saved since Israel is bombing right again right now.
I say hundreds of thousands.
This is exactly right
A senior official told The New Arab that "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to obtain American approval for a military operation in Rafah, in exchange for [Israel] refraining from carrying out a wide military operation against Iran in response to its recent attack."
This is insane, goes to show how much power the US has over Israeli military operations. US approval for genocide, what a strong finger wag.
I'm not normally a "strong leader" guy, but Biden admin is looking mighty weak right now. Crazy how we are basically being told "capitulation to dictatorships is the adult option actually. Fucking babies"
You need strong leaders to prevent strong man types. They're two different things.
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Fuck.
this is insane and homicidal. I legitimately cannot fathom any of this bullshit.
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This didn’t age well. Israel attacked Iran
I wonder if this is what Netanyahu had planned from the beginning?
I don't think he needed to plan it. This is just convenient. He knew one way or another he would get his way. Hell he'd do it without Biden's approval if needed, wouldn't be the first time they gave the US the middle finger. They know going directly against Israel is political suicide in the US.
No one has stopped him before now, he had no reason to need to plan anything because he continues to get what he wants from America regardless.
This gives him cover.
But I keep getting told Biden can't do anything to stop the genocide, then he goes and continues to fucking okay it
You have to understand he’s only the PotUS; A completely powerless figurehead position.
Can't wait for the Biden apologists to give their hot takes on this one.
Israel doesn't exist without American military support, period.
Redeploy the carrier groups, and Israel's entire strategy goes up in smoke, as they are reliant on Aegis to protect their airspace.
Not Biden:
Republican senator Tom Cotton said Americans should “take matters into their own hands” when dealing with pro-Palestinian protesters, encouraging vigilantism.
Their take lately is that Trump is going to commit a genocide here and anyone who doesn't 100 percent support Biden is complicit. There's no evidence the GOP would or could pull off a genocide but that hasn't stopped them.
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Hey US: how's that working out for you?
Well, they apparently just struck Iran (and apparently also Iraq/Syria) so maybe the Rafah invasion is off. Probably not but it’d be nice if this deal is real and they just got what Bibi picked wrong.
Dear strongest country in the world: what happen? You look super weak to fold under the demand of a country that's smaller than Hawaii.
Always has been a Potemkin city. Hence the constant loud mouthing.
Orrrrr
Biden could finally read the reports on credible accusations of human rights abuses and tell Netanyahu he's cut off.
Seems like a better path than letting himself get played so publicly.
Biden is the dude that fist-bumped that Saudi ruler who ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on foreign soil. Same Saudi ruler who gave Jared Kushner $2 billion to invest thanks to his time serving in his father-in-laws administration. Same Kushner who joked the Palestinian land would have some great beach front property for development (post genocide).
What a wonderful world we live in.
Change the shipping label on all those weapon crates from Tel Aviv to Kyiv and tell Bibi he doesn’t get any more toys until he learns how to play nice with others. It’s disturbing how spineless our government is when it comes to religious lobbies.
Like everyone here on lemmy predicted this as far back as the embassy strike
"yeah yeah sure you can do a little more genocide as treat if you don't start another war"
If true, wtf. You'd think the genocide joe moniker was something to be careful of. Or I guess he can just embrace it and bend the knee to a country that's a small percentage of the US' size, gdp, and political influence.
This strikes me as an attempt to increase complacency for a Rafah attack by presenting it as done deal.
Israel: strikes Iran anyways be cause Genocide Joe will support anything Netanyahi does.
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The US intercepted just about all the missiles. Israel owes the US for that, they shouldn't get to make demands.
That’s how we should handle the counter attack Israel did. If you attack Iran, we won’t help defend you when Iran attacks you back.
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