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Zelenskyy straight-up said Ukraine is going to lose if Congress doesn't send more aid (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] Linkerbaan 66 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Biden frantically sends more aid to israel

[–] FenrirIII 30 points 9 months ago

Republicans are holding up aid to Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's not his money I don't he really care where they get wasted

[–] [email protected] -5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Biden's aimed to send aid to both.

[–] Linkerbaan 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Only bypassed Congress and did secret deals for israel.

[–] psmgx -3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Bollocks. Congress was totally on board, supporting Israel far past the point they deserve is one of the few mostly bipartisan issues in the US

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Soleos 2 points 8 months ago

This framing makes it seem like Biden is going against the majority congressional sentiment, but he is not. The US congress, overall, is supportive of sending military support to Israel, as evidenced by their passing bills other aid bills, which is a slower process.