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Joe Biden has done more than arm Israel. He’s complicit in Gaza’s devastating famine
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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The majority of Palestinian deaths came after the last ceasefire. The UN Security Council demanded another ceasefire exactly like the armchair diplomats demanded, and yet it made no difference at all. At what point do people realize that foreign policy is complex as fuck and that knee jerk solutions, however well intended, are not the real answer?
We don't need a ceasefire, we need a peace. That requires careful application of power and influence across multiple warring cultures with a crazy web of often contradictory alegences. That's the goal that the Biden administration has been working towards, and abandoning Israel would be a disaster for everyone.
With or without US support, Israel can destroy Gaza. Israel has twice the population of Palestine, is far better armed already, and their people are better educated and have access to food and medicine. Israel also has a right wing Prime Minister who's entire political image is based on anti-Palestinian racism. Throw in the fact that he might face trial as soon as he leaves office, and it becomes clear he is not backing down.
The new shipments recently announced are for some time in 2026 at the earliest. They are of no assistance to Israel until then and, until that time, they are leverage.
I make no defense for Israel's actions in this conflict, the illegal settlements, or the apartide system they benefit from. I also disagree with a whole lot about the Biden administration's response to this conflict, and to the protests within the US. However, it's a far more complicated situation than many understand. People should also keep in mind that foreign policy strategies often collapse if talked about publicly.
Yeah totally, the guy who has shipped 300,000 bombs to a genocidal warlord is actually working for peace! And anyone who disagrees just doesn't understand the complexity of the situation. /s
I don't know where you got that 300k number from, but I clearly said that I disagree with much of Biden's response.
Saving Palestinian lives is sadly not a strategic goal of US foreign policy. This is true for Biden, his election opponents, and every US President since WWII. However, general stability in the Middle East is very much a strategic goal, and that is not well served by Israel's recent actions. So yeah, the US is going to support it's ally Israel while working towards peace. This is not out of altruism, it's in service to it's own strategic interests. Everything in foreign policy eventually comes down to competing interests and power, and that's not just an American thing.