• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Isn’t that exactly what Biden is doing? Biden is shifting his stance inline with the polls and it’s working. While I do appreciate a leader who is willing to be bold and lead from the front regardless of public opinion because they can be very influential — I can see why they would be very nervous about getting ahead of the polls.

    For as I said: If he does something drastic like withdrawing aid to Israel and Israel gets hit with another October 7th-level attack — manufactured or legitimate — he’d be done for. There’s no suddenly stopping the inertia we’ve had for Israel as a foreign policy position for decades that has largely shared bipartisan support.

    And I mean come on, really? Do you really think you genuinely know better than his advisors and strategists and that they’re “shit at their jobs”? It’s a cute, confident thing to say… But if you’re really doubling down on that, perhaps you should contact them or look for a job opportunity. What’s more is that while your polling shows people disapprove of Israel’s actions, what we should do in response is the obvious follow-up, and withdrawing aid to them likely doesn’t share the same popularity. I wouldn’t want to be in Biden’s position or his strategists.

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      7 months ago

      Any advisor that would lie to the president is a bad advisor. That’s a ridiculous thing to argue over. That’s not my ego, or me thinking I’m better.

      And yes when Israel crosses the line the military aid becomes illegal. There’s no exception for “we’ve been doing it for so long”.

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          7 months ago

          It’s a response to what you said. Read the thread if you need context. I’m not going to restate it for you.

          • lennybird@lemmy.world
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            7 months ago

            Sorry I just don’t get what “lie” you’re referring to. Anyways, I’m getting nothing of value from this conversation.