• AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Our God here in the US is Mammon, even though he usually goes by other names; rational self-interest, the invisible hand, etc.

    Mammon would never let genocide get in the way of glorious profit.

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      6 months ago

      Why would they do that? Everyone is going to vote for him regardless of what he does (other then die of natural causes, but even then.) There is absolutely no downside for the people behind this decision, and they all stand to benefit either monetarily or for future career prospects.

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        6 months ago

        Except a majority in the US disapproves of Israels recent actions and they are risking their victory - which is likely gonna be a close one - for next to nothing. Even if they really don’t give a fuck, they could have just postponed the decision.

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          6 months ago

          So what? Do you think the dems care about what “blue no matter who” liberals approve of? What are they gonna do vote for trump?

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    6 months ago

    Be sure to get out and vote for a piece of shit in November everyone!

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    Here’s a fascinating piece of what appears to be censorship or extremely selective transcribing from transcripts of yesterday’s press briefings. You won’t find this in the transcript of C-SPAN, or the WhiteHouse.gov transcript.

    During the White House press briefing yesterday, White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby remarked the following — note that’s in brackets was cut from the transcript:

    REPORTER: THESE ARE VERBAL URGINGS, NOT COMMITMENTS.

    MR. KIRBY: [I KNOW, YOU WANT US TO HANG SOME SORT OF CONDITION OVER THEIR NECK] WHAT I AM TELLING YOU IS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE ISRAELIS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AS PRECISE AS THEY CAN BE AND MORE AID IS GETTING IN AND WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THAT APPROACH.

    Yes, verbal conditions would be excellent. He claims the weapons are for defense, but they are clearly being used for disastrous offensive effect to civilians.

    https://www.c-span.org/video/?534613-1/white-house-daily-briefing

    Starts around 15:15.