The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip says at least 500 people have been killed in an explosion that it says was caused by an Israeli airstrike.
Updated: Israel denies involvement in deadly Gaza hospital blast, says explosion caused by Islamic Jihad
Idk, hes at least going to Israel and has two carrier groups next door. Geopolitics is always a game of “pin the tail on the utter bastard” (Historical example: Belgium still has chocolate cookies in the shape of hands! Thanks, leo).
It’s a stunningly unexpected move that biden has even done this much towards israel, and it seems like a pretty clear overture.
oh and yeah, what do you want him to do here? US boots on the ground in the middle of yet another proxy war is the most direct solution though I understand why he’s hesitant to play that card against an actively genocidal religious dictatorship that has nuclear weapons
I hate that I’m defending biden but come on man you know it’s more complicated than your take implies.
If there wasn’t an extremely consequential election next year that MIGHT conceivably happen, if Biden decided he wasn’t running for reelection that would be more in the cards. But there’s no way he does something that volatile, shit I don’t know if any candidate would, even if it is the correct move and/or the right thing to do it’s political dynamite. Not weighing in one way or the other, that’s a huge decision that would have huge ripple effects. It could straight start WW3(if we aren’t already in it), hand Trump the election, kick off a Civil War 2 BEFORE the election. I’m all for stopping the genocide Israel is committing, and even taking extreme measure, but I cannot see that happening during this admin in this moment.
Idk, hes at least going to Israel and has two carrier groups next door. Geopolitics is always a game of “pin the tail on the utter bastard” (Historical example: Belgium still has chocolate cookies in the shape of hands! Thanks, leo).
It’s a stunningly unexpected move that biden has even done this much towards israel, and it seems like a pretty clear overture.
oh and yeah, what do you want him to do here? US boots on the ground in the middle of yet another proxy war is the most direct solution though I understand why he’s hesitant to play that card against an actively genocidal religious dictatorship that has nuclear weapons
I hate that I’m defending biden but come on man you know it’s more complicated than your take implies.
If there wasn’t an extremely consequential election next year that MIGHT conceivably happen, if Biden decided he wasn’t running for reelection that would be more in the cards. But there’s no way he does something that volatile, shit I don’t know if any candidate would, even if it is the correct move and/or the right thing to do it’s political dynamite. Not weighing in one way or the other, that’s a huge decision that would have huge ripple effects. It could straight start WW3(if we aren’t already in it), hand Trump the election, kick off a Civil War 2 BEFORE the election. I’m all for stopping the genocide Israel is committing, and even taking extreme measure, but I cannot see that happening during this admin in this moment.