• Old_Geezer@lemmy.mlOP
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    8 months ago

    Joe Biden is an enabler but the US is not “the main obstacle to peace in Palestine”

    OH? How about, the USA stopped supplying Israel with weapons? That would end this onslaught genocide immediately! That’s the main obstacle in my mind.

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      8 months ago

      I’m of the opinion that an individual with the explicit intent to commit genocide is the main obstacle, regardless of who is supporting them.

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        8 months ago

        Well, that would pretty much be the entire US Congress, and definitely the Israeli government, individually, if you like. They’ve all made some pretty outrageous public comments.

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        8 months ago

        The difference between a sociopath and a murdering sociopath is the belief that they will lose nothing and even stand to gain from murder.

        Absolutelly, evil people are to blame from doing evil shit because they chose to do it.

        Other people who protect and support the evil people when they do the evil shit are also to blame because without their support and protection the evil people are a lot less likely to do the evil shit fearing the repercussions.

        In this specific instance, given that the US has been vetoing UN Security Council resolutions to stop Israel and is by far much more powerful than Israel in the World stage, the theory that they’re the “main obstacle to peace in Palestine” makes sense, or in other words, that the murdering sociopath would have to stop murdering due to fear of the consequences if the US stopped supporting it.

        Whilst it seems likely that it is, whether the US really is the “main obstable” or not is something that we would only know for sure after the US stopped supporting Israel.

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      8 months ago

      Germany and to a lesser extent Italy were supplying a significant portion as well and it’s likely others would step up if they pulled out. Probably with worse prices and worse hardware, but we’re not at risk globally of running out of places to buy weapons. It’s horrible what is happening to Palestinian civilians in gaza, but in the end, the US armament supplies aren’t strictly required to enable Israel.