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    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Blinken really thinks a far right religious genocidal maniac is going to regret committing a genocide…

      Bibi will never forget all the death he’s caused, because he’s too proud of it to forget.

      They don’t understand trump, they don’t understand putin, we need actually competent people in these positions I wouldn’t trust Blinken to sell my house under market value with these negotiating skills.

    • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Probably more apt to say he can’t do very much

      The Biden team has pretty clearly demonstrated that they see being able to influence Israel from their side as more valuable in terms of what they can do to limit Israel’s destruction of Gaza than what they can do by joining the international condemnations.

      And to a certain extent they might be right? So far Biden’s been able to negotiate hostage swaps and autonomy for a hypothetical post war Gaza, and sanctioning settlers is definitely a step in the right direction compared to past presidents, although I’d have gone as far as dragging American participants back to be prosecuted and imprisoned for that shit but whatcha gonna do?

      But the long and short remains, Blinken may be hand tied on what he’s allowed to press Israel on, and on how much he can question the official strategy from the whitehouse.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        The Biden team has pretty clearly demonstrated that they see being able to influence Israel from their side as more valuable in terms of what they can do to limit Israel’s destruction of Gaza than what they can do by joining the international condemnations.

        this has basically been the american position since, basically… always.

        it doesn’t work. No president has ever had enough of a spine to actually pull that trigger.

        • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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          9 months ago

          It sure stopped the Suez Crisis, last I checked Egypt still controls both sides of the canal, and that was this policy put into direct action.

          Believe it or not choosing to not blow up a decades long alliance and show the world that your reliability as a diplomatic partner sways election to election does actually work sometimes.

  • alvvayson@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I presume Blinken means Netanyahu with “he”? Or does he mean himself, Blinken?

    Because Netanyahu is a genocidal psychopath who doesn’t feel any remorse for any of the victims of Oct 7th, the hostages or the civilians in Gaza. He just wants ethnically cleansed land.

    Blinken, I do believe, will feel guilty for supporting these atrocities.

    Heck, one of our longest serving Christian democratic prime Ministers was an ardent supporter of Israel during his time in power, but really felt guilty afterwards.

    I, too, feel guilty for having ever been supportive of Israel. It’s just not right.