Immediately following October 7th, virtually every Western leader was united in favor of Israel’s right to respond. It’s hard to properly fathom just how completely and utterly Netanyahu has botched support that once seemed unshakable.
Biden tells CNN he won't send weapons to Israel if they launch a major invasion of Rafah. It's the first time he's publicly put conditions on aid.
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@lxeagle17
Sigh. Again, ppl were with Israel in theory…there was (is) literally no way to remove Hamas without fully occupying Gaza (incl Rafah)
The maddening part was *everyone knew this & Biden (knowing this!) said “Hamas has to go” for 5 months
How else could it go down??
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@lxeagle17
We can impeach Biden without hearings now for delaying critical aid to an important ally
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@lxeagle17
The question I have is tempo. Did Bibi deliberately slow down the war in an effort to delay elections, or was this the Israeli plan from the beginning. It seems somewhat surprising that the IDF wouldn’t have some kind of plan in place to at least somewhat rapidly take Gaza.
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@lxeagle17
But has done so to such a degree that it is impossible to remove him in the short/medium term, so I guess that’s a win for him?
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@lxeagle17
Biden is doing his utmost best to save the remaining hostages. Their families are counting on him cause they don’t trust their government anymore, and rightly so. Invading Rafah completely jeopardizes that and Biden knows that too well. This is the position he MUST take.
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@lxeagle17
No immediately following Oct 7 the left began protesting and calling the response genocide.
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@lxeagle17
They're with Israel until Israel actually tries to respond, then it's nothing but finger-wagging and delusions about some fan-fiction "pure" war where no civilians get hurt. Gaza was always going to be invaded, regardless of who was the leader.
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@lxeagle17
Netanyahu was warned not to repeat the mistakes the US made in the aftermath of 9/11, then proceeded to instead speed-run that trajectory.
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@lxeagle17
Nicolas II: I'm going to botch a major war and ruin my family's dynasty and legacy and doom my country to decades of suffering
Bibi: Hold my beer
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