Biden Expresses Doubts That Enough Palestinians Have Died - eviltoast
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        1 year ago

        Ok, fine, after a quick look at news, these are the two main things said.

        In regard to the 7000+ dead reported by the hamas run health department:

        I have no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using.

        Also:

        I’m sure innocents have been killed, and it’s the price of waging a war.

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          He’s still calling it a war, I see. What an odd way to describe the indiscriminate bombing of innocent men women and children.

        • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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          Well, I don’t really believe anyone’s numbers. BOTH sides of the Gazrael coin are fundi assholes, and will say anything to get international support (good luck).

          As far as waging war. I mean, I know it’s a lot more complicated than “religion” but it’s basically a religious war… and I just have no sympathy for that. People die when you fight. Don’t fucking fight.

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          I dont care. Trump was bad, but Biden is also bad.

          I voted for Biden because I got swept up in “lesser evil” rhetoric.

          I wish I didn’t cast a vote, and next time I won’t.

          It simply does not matter.

          The Party is going to do what what The Party does.

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          I’m sure innocent brown people have been killed, and it’s the price of waging a war.

          Is how I read this statement. I am pretty certain he hasn’t taken this stance on Ukrainian innocents being killed…

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            Ukraine isn’t the one who wagered for war. Biden is saying this is the price of instigating the fight, ignoring the very complicated and nuanced history. I don’t agree with him at all but he’ssaying Palestinians punched first and that’s what they get, which yeah doesn’t apply to Ukraine at all.

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              1 year ago

              Palestine wasn’t the one who wagered for war. It was Hamas. Unless Hamas is now Palestine, and nobody told me?

              So…Yea. Awkward.

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                Do I look like Biden lol, go argue with him. He’s the one who says Hamas and Palestine are the same. I also am not aware if he told you or not.

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                  I’m not arguing my dude. It’s called responding ;)

                  I see what I see from his comments, which is ; Innocent Muslim/brown people being killed is the price of war meanwhile innocent Ukrainian/white people being killed is a tragedy and international war crime that must be answered for.

                  I really don’t expect anything else from a US president on this issue. This is coming from a white westerner, as well. I just hate the hypocrisy of it all.

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    1 year ago

    When people try to tell me the democrats are too Liberal/left wing/progressive…yeah no, I wish they were.

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    “Obviously, statistics from Gaza are subject to bias, so we can’t use them to determine when the number of dead Palestinians has reached a sufficient level. Perhaps when the fog of war has cleared, we’ll realize Israel has killed more Gazans than was necessary, but now is not the time to ease up.”