This description of US engagement with the crisis in Palestine is incredibly one sided. It’s either disingenuous or just curiously ignorant of US efforts to curtail the violence. Don’t get me wrong, the US has been putting it’s own interests first and Biden has said some pretty fucked up things, including reaffirming that he considers himself a Zionist. I’m just saying that you are not getting the full picture from that comment.
The current genocide (and I do think that is the right word) is sadly very popular in Israel, and Netanyaho has wanted to do it for years. They wanted this, as did Hesbola when they instigated it. Realistically, none of the actions a lot of people are proposing would make a difference. The US could stop selling weapons and giving aid to Israel, and Israel would simply realign themselves to Russia or China. Short of sending troops in, the US isn’t stopping it.
What the US has managed to do so far is contain the conflict, which has been the top priority. Israel would almost certainly be at war with Lebanon without US restraint, and that could easily bring Iran into the conflict.
The title of this article is technically correct, but the wording frames the issue poorly and makes it sound like the US is attacking these countries. The Iraqi and Syrian governments don’t have control of all the military groups in their borders, and they absolutely recognize the difference between the US attacking these groups and attacking the country itself. Here is a better and less slanted article.
This description of US engagement with the crisis in Palestine is incredibly one sided. It’s either disingenuous or just curiously ignorant of US efforts to curtail the violence. Don’t get me wrong, the US has been putting it’s own interests first and Biden has said some pretty fucked up things, including reaffirming that he considers himself a Zionist. I’m just saying that you are not getting the full picture from that comment.
The current genocide (and I do think that is the right word) is sadly very popular in Israel, and Netanyaho has wanted to do it for years. They wanted this, as did Hesbola when they instigated it. Realistically, none of the actions a lot of people are proposing would make a difference. The US could stop selling weapons and giving aid to Israel, and Israel would simply realign themselves to Russia or China. Short of sending troops in, the US isn’t stopping it.
What the US has managed to do so far is contain the conflict, which has been the top priority. Israel would almost certainly be at war with Lebanon without US restraint, and that could easily bring Iran into the conflict.
The title of this article is technically correct, but the wording frames the issue poorly and makes it sound like the US is attacking these countries. The Iraqi and Syrian governments don’t have control of all the military groups in their borders, and they absolutely recognize the difference between the US attacking these groups and attacking the country itself. Here is a better and less slanted article.
https://apnews.com/article/attack-military-iran-iraq-houthis-229a735edbb7759ba9ade543013917df