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[–] shyguyblue 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So a private citizen, and known felon, engaged in diplomatic negotiations which is against federal law!?

[–] gAlienLifeform 18 points 1 month ago

"If we do absolutely nothing ever to hold Republican lawbreakers accountable the voters will respect us for it." - the Democratic party actually

[–] leadore 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Netanyahu doing his buddy a favor. A temporary favor.

[–] neatchee 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Ben. Benny. Benjamin. I need you to put this on hold for a week or two, okay? Then I'll be in office and we can genocide together, alright? Gotta save some for me. Can you do that for Don? Thanks, Benjy. You're great."

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If I was Palestinian, this would make me incredibly nervous. Trump never does anything without an ulterior motive, and doesn’t care who else gets screwed in the process. My first question would be “what is this ceasefire really going to cost?”

[–] Glytch 20 points 1 month ago

His ulterior motive was getting Muslims to not vote Democrat in November. He's been talking and strategizing with Netanyahu since before the election. So Bibi denied all of Biden's anemic efforts to push a cease fire because a hard-line racist Republican will be much better for him than a wishy-washy racist Democrat. It's similar to what Reagan did with the Iran hostage crisis.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's because the whole thing is about geopolitics. Israel is practically a US military base. The Arabic countries are aligned more with Russia and China. This is why Biden didn't stop Israel and instead gave them more weapons. It was a show of force to neighboring Arabic countries while weakening their positions. While of course getting the ceasefire going is great for humanity, it's also good for Putin.

Disclaimer: I'm a conspiracy theorist that doesn't know anything about politics, so stop listening to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Arabic countries are more aligned with Russia and China?

Saudi, Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Tunisia: are we a joke to you?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did you read the disclaimer before you chose to get offended?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

super offended, couldn't sleep all night

bonne journée

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

isn’t this some reagan level shit?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

It seems like Bidens plan to give Ben everything he asked for wasn't as effective as Trumps

[–] LowtierComputer 7 points 1 month ago

I'm getting big "buttering up" vibes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

How is this not the onion? This is literally just a regular news article.