Biden seeks to "allow for the transfer of all categories of defense articles," his request states

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/6086536

Biden seeks to “allow for the transfer of all categories of defense articles,” his request states

The White House has formally requested the removal of restrictions on all categories of weapons Israel is allowed to access from U.S. weapons stockpiles in the country, as I reported in detail for The Intercept today. So you know I’m not exaggerating, here’s a screenshot of the request:

The request would also remove nearly all other limits on Israel’s ability to access the U.S. weapons stockpiles — permanently —by doing the following:

read more: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/biden-moves-to-lift-restrictions?publication_id=7677&post_id=139155763

    • kool_newt@lemm.ee
      92·
      1 year ago

      I assume you’re joking being from hexbear, but you’re exactly right. Biden and Trump are both going to to help Israel, Trump is also going to specifically target your minority friends and make their lives as miserable and difficult as possible. The right choice is a no-brainer.

    • imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
      31·
      1 year ago

      You mean the guy that helped move the recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, opening a new US Embassy opened there pretty much day one?

  • crashfrog@lemm.ee
    532·
    1 year ago

    Israel should have access to anything they want to eliminate their enemies, because they’re our ally.

    Diplomacy is literally rewarding your allies and punishing your enemies.

        • FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          10·
          1 year ago

          No one should be “friends” with the US, and every single one of its allies that stands by as they authorize ethnic cleansing is complicit in genocide. The decent people of the world all look in horror at what Israel is doing, they don’t care about ‘setting precedent’ or the US abandoning its ally by not giving them weapons. By giving weapons to Israel the US abandons basic human principles.

        • TheOldRazzleDazzle@lemm.ee
          2·
          1 year ago

          Because allies do not always stay allies. And because the US is friends with another country it doesn’t mean that country has a right to every single weapon in the arsenal. The US will offer protection, and back up their friends with military support.

      • crashfrog@lemm.ee
        29·
        1 year ago

        Israel isn’t, though. Their prosecution of the war in Gaza is both entirely necessary and entirely humane in total contrast to their enemies.

        "But what about - " yup, that’s humane. The IDF does that, rather than rape a 13-year-old child with a knife between her legs and gut her from root to stem. The IDF does that, rather than rape a festivalgoer and blow her brains out with a dick still in her.

        "But what about - " yup, that’s necessary. The IDF does that, rather than execute unarmed homemakers and grandmothers in front of their own children, and livestream it to her Facebook page, all apparently to get 150 of their worst goatfuckers out of an Israeli pokey.

          • crashfrog@lemm.ee
            14·
            1 year ago

            Imagine being so perverted that you think raping a 13-year-old to death with a knife is the best humanity has to offer each other. What’s gone so terribly wrong with someone like you?

    • THCDenton@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      Fuck that. We shouldn’t be roped into their holy land turf war bullshit. Let them fight amongst themselves over that low tier territory.