Speaking from the Oval Office starting at 8 p.m. ET, Biden made the case to Americans that it’s vital to both global and U.S. national security to assist Israel as it responds to terror attacks by Hamas as well as to continue help for Ukraine as it fends off Russian invaders.
“Hamas and Putin represent different threads but they share this in common: They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy,” Biden said, referring to the extremists and Russia’s president.
Biden said he knows the conflicts can seem distant and Americans might be asking why it’s vital to U.S. security interests that Israel and Ukraine succeed.
“History has taught us that when terrorists don’t pay a price for their terror, when dictators don’t pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and debt and more destruction,” Biden said. “They keep going – and the cost and the threats to America and the world keep rising.”
I wasn’t aware the presence of ranked-choice voting somehow gated the presence of other parties or candidates on a given ballot, let alone one’s ability to simply choose to abstain. You’ll have to explain that one for me as it seems indistinguishable from magic.
It’s interesting that you highlight two other potential options immediately after asserting these options simply don’t exist.
It’s similarly interesting you seem to equate choosing to not vote with actively indicating which candidate best represents your interests; you seem to pretend there is in every scenario an establishment candidate one would prefer. Have you considered the entire reason for the existence of parties outside the establishment duo is a stark departure from the values of those parties?