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[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's also because the administration isn't trying hard enough. Reagan stopped the bombing of West Beirut with a phone call. Biden should at least be able to get Israel to follow the rules of war if he threatens them with cutting aid. Also these are 1200 people in a population of 10 million. I find it very hard to believe that most people know someone who was killed or captured.

[–] SheeEttin 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, but Biden knows that if he cuts aid, the vocal Jewish/Israel/Zionist lobby will freak the fuck out.

[–] interceder270 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Who... cares? Why should zionists get more influence over American foreign policy than the rest of Americans?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. Why in the hell are we bending over backwards to make one group happy when most sentiment is moving in a different direction?

I don't understand why everyone in DC is so scared of Israeli lobbyists.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Makes you wonder what dirt Mossad has on any of our politicians.

Which in a roundabout way is an argument for term limits; higher turnover provides less opportunity for skeletons to pile up in closets to compromise any vestigal integrity they have after becoming a politician.

[–] Aqarius 0 points 11 months ago

Well, unofficially, it's sort of recognised Ghislaine Maxwell's father was an Israeli spy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

So what's the catch?