The Republicans criticizing the Biden decision to withhold arms are cynical slime. I'm pretty sure detonating a nuclear bomb over a city today would violate international laws that we have agreed to follow according to treaty. But I disagree with Biden's decision. I also disagree with the administration's opposition to evacuating Gazans from the war zone. I see no sign that Biden put pressure on Egypt and other countries to take refugees. All I hear is BS about how that would be "ethnic cleansing" and undermine the creation of a Palestinian state. The U.N. has opposed it as well. Never mind tens of thousands of lives could be saved.
I'm glad one service member was able to get his mother out of Gaza. I'm sorry about his dad. I cannot imagine losing a parent in a war. My dad served in WWII. I believe I wouldn't be here if the U.S. had not dropped the nuclear bombs. If the U.S. had needed to take Japan by invasion, there would be fewer Americans and Japanese alive today.
I'm certain there are instances where the IDF has violated international law either knowingly or accidentally. But I am unmoved.
In the long run, more Palestinian lives will be saved - and liberated - if Israel can defeat Hamas as quickly as possible. I'm not so pessimistic about the progress Israel is making toward that objective. I'm pessimistic about how the international community will keep trying to prevent Israel from reaching its objective.
The Republicans criticizing the Biden decision to withhold arms are cynical slime. I'm pretty sure detonating a nuclear bomb over a city today would violate international laws that we have agreed to follow according to treaty. But I disagree with Biden's decision. I also disagree with the administration's opposition to evacuating Gazans from the war zone. I see no sign that Biden put pressure on Egypt and other countries to take refugees. All I hear is BS about how that would be "ethnic cleansing" and undermine the creation of a Palestinian state. The U.N. has opposed it as well. Never mind tens of thousands of lives could be saved.
I'm glad one service member was able to get his mother out of Gaza. I'm sorry about his dad. I cannot imagine losing a parent in a war. My dad served in WWII. I believe I wouldn't be here if the U.S. had not dropped the nuclear bombs. If the U.S. had needed to take Japan by invasion, there would be fewer Americans and Japanese alive today.
I'm certain there are instances where the IDF has violated international law either knowingly or accidentally. But I am unmoved.
In the long run, more Palestinian lives will be saved - and liberated - if Israel can defeat Hamas as quickly as possible. I'm not so pessimistic about the progress Israel is making toward that objective. I'm pessimistic about how the international community will keep trying to prevent Israel from reaching its objective.