• givesomefucks@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 months ago

    Instead, they said Biden has noted, Obama publicly admonished Israel’s actions and voiced concern for Palestinian civilian deaths early into the 2014 conflict. As a result, Biden has argued, Obama squandered any ability to influence the Israeli government as it invaded Gaza, said the people familiar with his comments.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-obama-divide-closely-support-israel-rcna127107

    Now, I don’t want to find something for every president, and I already explained why trump is uniquely unreliable in pretty much every possible way.

    But if you wanted to name any other single president, I can put the legwork in for another.

    I do want to point I said “pretty sure” meaning I wasn’t completely sure, so not sure why you came back with

    Explain why you’re sure of this

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      Instead, they said Biden has noted, Obama publicly admonished Israel’s actions and voiced concern for Palestinian civilian deaths early into the 2014 conflict. As a result, Biden has argued, Obama squandered any ability to influence the Israeli government as it invaded Gaza, said the people familiar with his comments.

      https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-obama-divide-closely-support-israel-rcna127107

      And actual material support was affected how?

      Now, I don’t want to find something for every president, and I already explained why trump is uniquely unreliable in pretty much every possible way.

      You definitely didn’t. American support for Israel is so well entrenched that is has actual strategic depth. That includes ensuring that the political path of least resistance is to support Israel absolutely, so Trump does. It’s just easiest. All you’ve done is look at words with no actual action behind them . All material support has remained completely stable.