I am OK with someone walking the Grey area of issues… things are complex and don’t always have a quick and easy answer. He supports Israel’s sovereignty and right to protect itself, he doesn’t support indiscriminate bombing in the exercise of those rights… seems reasonable to me.
He supports Israel’s sovereignty and right to protect itself, he doesn’t support indiscriminate bombing in the exercise of those rights…
Except in the current discourse, those are mutually exclusive ideas. Not supporting every measure Israel has taken is automatically branded as antisemitic. Watch literally anyone being interviewed on the news. No nuance. Asked over and over again if they condemn hamas. That’s it.
I get what youre saying and in most circumstances nuance is absolutely required. But this just comes off like he wants to push for the ceasefire since thats what the base wants but the donors dont want that. So hes doing these things like puffing his chest out and sending stern letters while giving them lots of funding.
With a topic as divisive as this I feel hes gonna lose the support of one of those groups and might as well just take the plunge and lose it.
If I view it through the lense of politics and reelection I couldn’t agree with you more. If I give politicians the benefit of the doubt and assume they are acting in good faith I still believe having a nuanced approach is often necessary if not the best option.
I am OK with someone walking the Grey area of issues… things are complex and don’t always have a quick and easy answer. He supports Israel’s sovereignty and right to protect itself, he doesn’t support indiscriminate bombing in the exercise of those rights… seems reasonable to me.
Except in the current discourse, those are mutually exclusive ideas. Not supporting every measure Israel has taken is automatically branded as antisemitic. Watch literally anyone being interviewed on the news. No nuance. Asked over and over again if they condemn hamas. That’s it.
I get what youre saying and in most circumstances nuance is absolutely required. But this just comes off like he wants to push for the ceasefire since thats what the base wants but the donors dont want that. So hes doing these things like puffing his chest out and sending stern letters while giving them lots of funding.
With a topic as divisive as this I feel hes gonna lose the support of one of those groups and might as well just take the plunge and lose it.
If I view it through the lense of politics and reelection I couldn’t agree with you more. If I give politicians the benefit of the doubt and assume they are acting in good faith I still believe having a nuanced approach is often necessary if not the best option.