Yeah, that’s nice. You’re still appealing to something moral though, and what I’m trying to tell you is that that’s mostly irrelevant to politicians. They know they need to appeal to the masses to stay in power if they want to do anything, so appeal to the masses they will. And the masses don’t really care about international law.
I didn’t say I approved of it, I just said that’s the political calculus.
The problem is that Kamala (along with every politician in the U.S.) has to weigh the how much support they will lose if they support ceasing armaments to Israel with how much they will gain by doing so. I’m betting the polling data shows fairly conclusively that they’d stand to lose more voter support by ceasing arms shipments to Israel than they’d gain. At the very least, I’m betting that’s the fear of a lot of Democrats.
Such a tragedy that this didn’t/doesn’t get the attention it deserves.
A quiet book is pretty age-appropriate for a toddler.
Alzheimer’s, and the fact that my mother’s genes put me at terrible risk of developing it. The idea of my mind slowly fracturing while my body continues to live is utterly terrifying to me, and I have actively thought about buying a gun to take care of the problem should it ever appear. Problem is, I don’t even know that I’ll recognize it if it does.
I would argue the plumbing system beneath and behind you is more useful.
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They do. You just haven’t bothered to look: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c722pyj1zm1o
The same is true of Palestinians and Hamas though: https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/03/22/poll-hamas-remains-popular-among-palestinians/
So weird, how people rally to support those attacking the people who’ve recently done them grievous harm.
Simple Google search: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c722pyj1zm1o
There are tons of anti-war protests in Israel. You’re just not hearing about them because you don’t bother to look.
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Yeah, unfortunately Lemmy is a magnet for far leftists and anti-American extremists. It’s got the opposite problem of some other social media platforms.
I don’t mind it at the end of the day. They make themselves pretty obvious, and once you realize what they are, they’re pretty pathetic.
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I named one. Now you’re on about something else entirely. Go back to IS, troll.
Which were all prompted by 9/11 and various other terrorist attacks on the U.S. and its allies.
You can trace the line of cause and effect back as far as you want. Who you think are the “good guys” be the “bad guys” in this will always be biased.
Perhaps. On the other hand, conservatives love supporting Israel and attacking Muslims, so maybe that’ll balance things out? Regardless, I don’t an increase in oil prices will tip the scales anywhere near as much as direct U.S. military involvement would. It’s a complex calculus.
The point is that by directly attacking Israel, Iran already has opened that warfront.
You’re a bad person then.