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Biden Moves to Lift Restrictions on ALL U.S. Weapons to Israel (www.kenklippenstein.com)
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Biden seeks to "allow for the transfer of all categories of defense articles," his request states

The White House has formally requested the removal of restrictions on all categories of weapons Israel is allowed to access from U.S. weapons stockpiles in the country, as I reported in detail for The Intercept today. So you know I’m not exaggerating, here’s a screenshot of the request:

The request would also remove nearly all other limits on Israel’s ability to access the U.S. weapons stockpiles — permanently —by doing the following:

read more: https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/biden-moves-to-lift-restrictions?publication_id=7677&post_id=139155763

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The fuck is wrong with people. They're over there committing what amounts to genocide, and we just shrug and selling them more weapons?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's called capitalism, look it up

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Oh heavens thank you, I couldn't possibly have known that if you didn't respond with a snarky comment.

[–] TheaoneAndOnly27@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think they may have been referencing this meme, but it didn't land and wasn't a great joke tbh.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-called-fashion-look-it-up

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Ah, yeah, that makes more sense.

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