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[–] Linkerbaan 66 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Biden frantically sends more aid to israel

[–] FenrirIII 30 points 11 months ago

Republicans are holding up aid to Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

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

Biden's aimed to send aid to both.

[–] Linkerbaan 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Only bypassed Congress and did secret deals for israel.

[–] psmgx -3 points 11 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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Soleos 2 points 11 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.