US President Joe Biden strongly defended Israel on Monday, saying Israeli forces are not committing genocide in their military campaign against Hamas militants in Gaza.
“What’s happening in Gaza is not genocide. We reject that,” Biden said at a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House.
I can’t tell if he’s pandering or trying to lose the election
How is a man made famine not calculated to destroy them at least in part? This isn’t a case of aid just having trouble. Israel refuses to let the vast majority of it into Gaza.
Okay? And that’s a bad thing? Again, the goal is to recognize it happening and stop it in time to save people. Not to sit back and declare it after it’s done.
No man, the goal was to comment on the factual veracity of the claim made, as a form of contributing to the discussion. I’ve been trying to tell you that’s all I’m doing.
It’s possible, and often desirable, to talk about a specific idea without immediately connecting it to anything else.
No. You said Biden was right because most of the population isn’t dead yet. That is categorically wrong. No part of the definition of Genocide requires waiting until some magic number of people have been killed.
How is a man made famine not calculated to destroy them at least in part? This isn’t a case of aid just having trouble. Israel refuses to let the vast majority of it into Gaza.
If they stopped now, no significant part would be destroyed. They won’t, but that’s a matter of prediction, not fact.
Okay? And that’s a bad thing? Again, the goal is to recognize it happening and stop it in time to save people. Not to sit back and declare it after it’s done.
No man, the goal was to comment on the factual veracity of the claim made, as a form of contributing to the discussion. I’ve been trying to tell you that’s all I’m doing.
It’s possible, and often desirable, to talk about a specific idea without immediately connecting it to anything else.
No. You said Biden was right because most of the population isn’t dead yet. That is categorically wrong. No part of the definition of Genocide requires waiting until some magic number of people have been killed.
Alright, well, I think I’ve said what I need to about that. I let the exchange as it stands speak for itself.