U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Israel is losing support over its "indiscriminate" bombing of Gaza and that Benjamin Netanyahu should change, exposing a new rift in relations with the Israeli prime minister.
  • Armen12@lemm.eeEnglish
    35·
    2 years ago

    I love how a country is allowed to just get away with killing children and UN workers and doctors and journalists but we condemn countries that do the same thing like Russia. It makes no sense that Israel should get a free pass, all it does is expose a huge double standard

    • sqgl@beehaw.orgOP
      17·
      2 years ago

      False equivalence.

      Russia bombed Kiev for the hell of it, not even pretending there was a military objective. Russia also is conscripting Ukrainians to fight against their fellow countrymen as cannon-fodder on the front line. It is kidnapping children into Russia.

    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 years ago

      Isreal’s main exports are cutting-edge technology found nowhere else in the world. Russia’s main export is oil. Western and European Union countries were fine getting their oil elsewhere, but they absolutely do not want to give up advanced tech. Especially since there will always be other countries that don’t care and will continue trading anyway.

          • sqgl@beehaw.orgOP
            4·
            2 years ago

            I often hear of Bioscience “breakthroughs” from Israel which amount to nothing but hype.

            What military tech apart from Iron Dome? (which protects against crappy home made rockets)

  • ramble81@lemm.ee
    28·
    2 years ago

    Action: skirt congress rules to give Israel shells to continue bombing indiscriminately

    Words: You need to change, you’re losing support.

    Which is it? And can you guess which speaks louder.

  • sqgl@beehaw.orgOP
    18·
    2 years ago

    Biden to Bibi: “don’t make the same mistakes we made in 9/11. There’s no reason why we had to be in a war in Afghanistan.”

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
      9·
      2 years ago

      There’s really no reason why we had to be in a war in Iraq. Afghanistan… yeah, probably not there, either, especially given how intimately we understood how well they had been trained at guerilla warfare against foreign invaders.

      Although, that’s not guite accurate; there were reasons, they were just serving different, less publically recognized, purposes. Much like Netanyahu’s war.

      • Zworf@beehaw.org
        2·
        2 years ago

        Well Iraq, the first time, yes. They invaded Kuwait which in my opinion did legitimise the first gulf war (though opinions may vary). Though IMO it should have happened under UN flag but of course the security council is forever locked into a stalemate.

        The second war, no. Whatever it was… Made-up WMD’s, funding of military industrial complex, Dubya’s desire to finish daddy’s pet project, whatever. A real reason there was not.

  • faede@mander.xyz
    16·
    2 years ago

    Didn’t he just go all “I’m a Zionist?” And claim that he will never stop supporting Israel? Somehow I think he is being a bit disingenuous here.

  • Titan@beehaw.org
    6·
    2 years ago

    One fascist to another “dude, can you chill for a sec? you’re making me look bad”