On some level nobody but the Israelis can stop this. I’m sure there could be big talk from their allies, but in truth I don’t think that Netanyahu thinks he has to listen. He doesn’t need more arms investment or aid from the west to continue this butchery. All he needs is for the Israeli people to allow him to continue, they seem game for now.
I disagree. All he can do is talk and he has done some of that. Netanyahu’s whole political life is on the line and he doesn’t need to curry favor with Washington. A right wing US gov is a huge win for him and he can damage Biden by ignoring him and making him look weak. Gaza will burn until November.
Now if you wanted to blame say, every US president since Truman for this mess, I am right there with you. We made this monster. But at this point, it is beyond our control.
That’s pretty much my point. What can he do? Talk big and watch isreal flip him the bird? He has zero leverage with the Likud government. They know it, he knows it.
The political tactics of the 10/7 attack should be studied for centuries. Iran and Russia have so thoroughly played the west and left leaning western governments, it’s astonishing. Sacrifice Hamas and millions of innocent people in Gaza and completely emasculate the only people in the world that are standing up to your tyranny.
He’s done more than talk, he’s been circumventing congress to sell weapons to Israel. He’s using the power afforded by his elected office to materially support a genocide because he’s a massive Zionist and always has been.
Israel is currently blockading Gaza, starving the civilians and denying them medical care. So the US could send them some aid - just food, medicines, water purifiers and so on, nothing that could even be misinterpreted as a weapon - on an aircraft carrier. Distribute it directly to civilians. Oh, and while they’re there, arrest any Hamas fighter who tries to interfere, and turn them over to the Israeli courts. Help the people, humiliate the extremist leaders on both sides, and show voters in both countries that a peaceful solution is possible and desirable.
On some level nobody but the Israelis can stop this. I’m sure there could be big talk from their allies, but in truth I don’t think that Netanyahu thinks he has to listen. He doesn’t need more arms investment or aid from the west to continue this butchery. All he needs is for the Israeli people to allow him to continue, they seem game for now.
Propaganda is powerful.
At the very least, the US has a very good chance of stopping it. Biden is almost as much to blame as Netanyahu for this.
I disagree. All he can do is talk and he has done some of that. Netanyahu’s whole political life is on the line and he doesn’t need to curry favor with Washington. A right wing US gov is a huge win for him and he can damage Biden by ignoring him and making him look weak. Gaza will burn until November.
Now if you wanted to blame say, every US president since Truman for this mess, I am right there with you. We made this monster. But at this point, it is beyond our control.
He hasnt talked much, hes just finger wagged
That’s pretty much my point. What can he do? Talk big and watch isreal flip him the bird? He has zero leverage with the Likud government. They know it, he knows it.
The political tactics of the 10/7 attack should be studied for centuries. Iran and Russia have so thoroughly played the west and left leaning western governments, it’s astonishing. Sacrifice Hamas and millions of innocent people in Gaza and completely emasculate the only people in the world that are standing up to your tyranny.
He could just stop selling them weapons to start
He’s done more than talk, he’s been circumventing congress to sell weapons to Israel. He’s using the power afforded by his elected office to materially support a genocide because he’s a massive Zionist and always has been.
Israel is currently blockading Gaza, starving the civilians and denying them medical care. So the US could send them some aid - just food, medicines, water purifiers and so on, nothing that could even be misinterpreted as a weapon - on an aircraft carrier. Distribute it directly to civilians. Oh, and while they’re there, arrest any Hamas fighter who tries to interfere, and turn them over to the Israeli courts. Help the people, humiliate the extremist leaders on both sides, and show voters in both countries that a peaceful solution is possible and desirable.