An increasing number of Americans want Joe Biden to encourage Israel to stop military actions in Gaza; and Mr. Biden’s handling of the situation is now down to its lowest levels yet.

In the poll, conducted before Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel, there wasn’t much clamor among the U.S. public for U.S. military action against Iran, were Iran to strike Israel. More would instead have the U.S. support Israel’s next actions.

  • @soratoyuki
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    198 months ago

    Biden is going to further jeopardize his reelection chances just so arms manufacturers can profit more off genocide.

    Say what you want about the capitalist class, but they certainly have class solidarity.

    • @Maggoty
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      148 months ago

      I don’t get why he doesn’t do this for Ukraine instead.

      • Natanael
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        68 months ago

        There’s no equivalent existing funds or contracts and Republicans keep blocking it because Trump wants to help his buddy Putin in exchange for favors

        • @Maggoty
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          28 months ago

          Apparently Biden can just do it without Congress though.

            • @Maggoty
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              27 months ago

              They already added Ukraine to the lend lease list, Biden could let them use the credit card.

                • @Maggoty
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                  17 months ago

                  The entire point there is not having a limit.

                  • Natanael
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                    17 months ago

                    And then the legislation expired because Republicans wouldn’t approve an extension

      • @T00l_shed
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        58 months ago

        I agree with you, but likely because it could escalate with russia and russia has nukes and aren’t poor brown people who “don’t matter”.

      • @disguy_ovahea
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        58 months ago

        We don’t have a base full of munitions in Ukraine that we can just give Zelenskyy access to.

          • @disguy_ovahea
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            48 months ago

            Except every time Ukraine attempted to join NATO, Russia attacks them. A nation at war is ineligible for NATO admission. It’s no accident. Putin does not want to share a border with a NATO ally.

            • @Maggoty
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              68 months ago

              They don’t need to be in NATO for us to store weapons there. We have plenty of bases in non NATO countries. We’ve even had bases in countries the Russians invaded. (Georgia, 2008)

              But also, NATO doesn’t actually have that as a hard rule. There’s been debate about it and NATO Members are wary of such a member pulling everyone into a war right away, but there’s nothing stopping them from doing it.

        • @masquenox
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          17 months ago

          We don’t have a base full of munitions in Ukraine

          No, Ukraine just sits right next to the largest military logistics machine in human history on it’s western border.

    • @masquenox
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      17 months ago

      Biden is going to further jeopardize his reelection chances

      We’ve all seen this movie - this is the part where the big bad humiliates the (supposed) “good cop,” and now “good cop” is going to hand over to “bad cop.”