• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      18 hours ago

      strongly worded

      WOAH there, cowboy. We don’t want to go wording our PR too strongly, or Israel might think we’re semi-serious!

    • crusa187
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      16 hours ago

      peak lib, bet they felt pretty damn good after mailing that one off.

  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    24
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    19 hours ago

    Included in the letter was a coupon valid for 18 billion dollars in military aid and one get out of the Hague free card.

  • garretble@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    54
    arrow-down
    6
    ·
    22 hours ago

    “Biden, wearing a hotdog costume, told reporters, ‘We are all just trying to figure out who keeps arming Israel.’”

  • AtomicHotSauce@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    34
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    22 hours ago

    US government: “Stop that right now, you hooligans!”

    Also the US government: “Here’s some more weapons to genocide everybody.”

    • Rognaut@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      11
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      19 hours ago

      Just make sure we slap a “No Genocide” label on the crate and we should be fine.

      • actually@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        13
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        20 hours ago

        One type of bomb, which was later given, while never stopping many other bombs. Those bombs previously on hold are used already by now in Gaza and Lebanon . ( edit county name because I flunked geography)

        That was a token smoke screen, in June, to make a point in the USA , for one week of campaigning. thousands of different types of weapons and military gear were sent during this “hold”

      • thesporkeffect@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        20 hours ago

        Article from June. Only mentions 'a shipment ', I have not heard we stopped supplying them long term. Need to research further

  • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    19
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    21 hours ago

    Modern politics is saying something is wrong and then never doing anything about it, for ever and ever.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    19 hours ago

    Because the guy financing their war can’t count on the other guy to answer his calls. Fucking lunatics.

  • MrNesser@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    17
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    22 hours ago

    Ooooh or what you’ll stop the weapons

    • for the record I’m just showing how impotent US foreign policy is with Israel
  • MyOpinion@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    21 hours ago

    Damn Biden is playing hard ball. A Letter!!! I bet Bibi shit his pants.