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No Surprise: Biden Is Caving to the Left on Israel — Because That’s What He Does
New York Post ^ | May 10, 2024 | Social Links forRich Lowry

Posted on 05/10/2024 4:22:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Is anyone surprised that Joe Biden is caving? It’s what he does. In a disgracefully craven move, President Biden has paused weapons shipments to Israel to try to prevent the Jewish state from launching a full-scale offensive against the remaining Hamas military stronghold in Rafah.

It’s a policy shift sheathed in high-minded concern about the safety of civilians in Gaza but happens to be a change in direction that is welcome to a political left that has whipped itself into an anti-Israel frenzy in the months since the Oct. 7 attack.

Not too long ago, Biden was averring that Hamas had to be destroyed and that our commitment to Israel was “ironclad.” That was before the war — waged in a high-density urban environment against an adversary that hides among civilians — created an international backlash and a political revolt among progressives braying “Genocide.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; donatefreerepu8blic; israel; progressive
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To: EEGator

21 posted on 05/10/2024 4:54:03 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: nickcarraway

Imagine Joe caving to the Fascists....Wait, he is! Joe is doing everything he can to secure the support and votes of the LW Fascists.


22 posted on 05/10/2024 4:55:34 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Hello, Leo Frank…


23 posted on 05/10/2024 4:56:04 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EinNYC
You have just exposed yourself. Welcome to the scum club.

Proud to come aboard! My Hugo Boss uniform is in the dry cleaners, or else I'll accept the award.

24 posted on 05/10/2024 4:56:15 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: EEGator

ROFL. Good to see you back EE.


25 posted on 05/10/2024 4:57:38 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: nickcarraway

The Left has known throughout Biden’s career how to easily push him their way.


26 posted on 05/10/2024 4:58:58 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

IMHO, nations like Israel depend on the US war industrial base.

Unfortunately for them, that makes US politicians have influence over them.

Some of these weapon systems are complex and a small nation of 9,000,000 people can’t realistically afford or have the broad tech and industrial capabilities to build all of these things.

Think of it like this, Israel is like the state of New Jersey, that’s it. Would that state if it’s own nation really have the ability to build all these different and complex weapons systems, in mass?

Israel does well, and they have a big domestic military industrial base given their size, but they are largely dependent on us.

FYI- By withholding weapons from Israel we are violating an agreement with them. Once again we just do whatever we want because there is no one to hold us accountable, no real near peer competitor. And because the MSM is pro-Democrat, they don’t roast him in this issue.

https://www.state.gov/u-s-security-cooperation-with-israel/


27 posted on 05/10/2024 4:59:10 PM PDT by Red6
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I took a “vacation”…
You too.


28 posted on 05/10/2024 5:02:19 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: central_va
The question is if they expend too much in Gaza will there be any to fight off a potential Hezbollah attack?

A big question about our capabilities has arisen, especially if Iran gets involved in the conflict at that point. As predicted, our aircraft carriers are floating coffins. We may be feeling checkmated.

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29 posted on 05/10/2024 5:05:07 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Red6
IMHO, nations like Israel depend on the US war industrial base.

Maybe they should depend on themselves.
I'm sick of the U.S. baby-sitting them.
We have homeless veterans with missing limbs living on the streets who have fought these forever wars.
Enough!

Unfortunately for them, that makes US politicians have influence over them.

Ya think?

Some of these weapon systems are complex and a small nation of 9,000,000 people can’t realistically afford or have the broad tech and industrial capabilities to build all of these things.

Israel has the most advanced defensive apparatus security system in the world. How goat-humping Muslims managed to invade the country on 10/07 on cheap paragliders, I don't know, but I have my thoughts.

Think of it like this, Israel is like the state of New Jersey, that’s it. Would that state if it’s own nation really have the ability to build all these different and complex weapons systems, in mass?

What the Hell are you drinking and smoking? Israel is arguably the world's leader in water desalinization and on the cutting edge of healthcare procedures and emergency trauma. If they can do these things, surrounded by Muslims and confined to a state the size of NJ, they can build their own weaponry.

Israel does well, and they have a big domestic military industrial base given their size, but they are largely dependent on us.

Good for them. I'm all for Israel defending itself, usually against those mean-old innocent Palestinian women and children that they gun down randomly and then blame on Hamas, but they have a right to defend themselves nevertheless.

FYI- By withholding weapons from Israel we are violating an agreement with them. Once again we just do whatever we want because there is no one to hold us accountable, no real near peer competitor. And because the MSM is pro-Democrat, they don’t roast him in this issue.

Make it treaty-based then. Stop with this nonsense that we have to protect them at all costs to the detriment of our taxpayers and military.

30 posted on 05/10/2024 5:10:15 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: nickcarraway

Biden is not “caving”. He is obeying his boss.


31 posted on 05/10/2024 5:16:20 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: EEGator
I took a “vacation”…

Yeah I was in FR purgatory.

32 posted on 05/10/2024 5:19:28 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Must be the initials…


33 posted on 05/10/2024 5:21:35 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: nickcarraway

This is the same leftists that call conservatives Nazis.


34 posted on 05/10/2024 5:22:22 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. - M. Thatcher)
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To: Karliner
Whatever Ukraine has on Biden’s( and Nuland and others) has got to be so bad even the democrats might be appalled?

Ukraine is small potatoes compared to China.

Who gaines the most from the Russo-Ukrainian war? China.

35 posted on 05/10/2024 5:23:30 PM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: nickcarraway

Caving?

BiXiden is an anti-American commie.


36 posted on 05/10/2024 5:34:08 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: EEGator

We’re still posting...JimRob must be in a good mood tonight...


37 posted on 05/10/2024 5:38:55 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: nickcarraway

Biden isn’t caving, he just not pretending.


38 posted on 05/10/2024 5:48:01 PM PDT by fso301
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Lol.
It’s Friday and nothing was mean or incorrect.


39 posted on 05/10/2024 5:50:59 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: marktwain

China has been playing the long game and they love it when America makes dumb moves that benefit them.

Anyone who has read The Art of War should understand much of the philosophy of China. Should America keep making dumb decisions China will be content. As it is I consider us the economic vassal state of China.


40 posted on 05/10/2024 6:10:14 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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