Nigeria has gotten billions of dollars in U.S. security assistance, even as its counterterrorism campaign has a massive civilian death toll.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/axqD7
Almost like for the last 6 months Biden has been showing the world that he’s a fucking doormat when it comes to genocide.
trump and Biden both make our country a joke, just in different ways.
This is pretty interesting. Americans seem to be convinced that their president is the king of earth and they can, with a wave of their finger change anything. This is total bullshit
Presidential power inside the country is extremely limited by the constitution and they rarely have an opportunity to “just do what they said they were going to do”.
Outside our borders… it’s so fucking complicated that no one person really understands the global web of power and influence. At the bottom of the pyramid though, always force of arms. If America is willing to fight you, then you do what they say.
So… should we start a war in every place on earth that genocide is occurring? Really channel our inner dick Cheney and waste life and treasure in regime changes? Should we really cede all power in the Middle East to Iran so that we can stop our (fucking asshole of an) ally Israel from using those weapons on a highly immoral war? Should we start WWIII with china to save the Uighurs? How many African nations should we currently be bombing?
Which of those wars do you want to fight? Have you enlisted yet? What are you waiting for?
We just want the US to stop giving Israel money and weapons. How is that so fucking hard to understand?
Me too. Shame is that doing that would empower Iran, which isn’t great. It’s all tough choices and I’m pretty tired of listening to idiots pretend they have all the answers.
No one is saying Iran needs zero foils to counter and control them, you assuming dingdong.
We just want the US funded foil to not also be committing a genocide. The fact you conflate, “no genocide” with “eliminate Israel” shows that you are not capable of honestly engaging on this topic.
Americans seem to be convinced that their president is the king of earth and they can, with a wave of their finger change anything.
We can just stop giving Israel money and weapons…
Ronald Reagan did it when Israel wouldn’t stop seizing their neighbors land, what’s changed?
Like, you’re acting like the only recourse is fighting a war with Israel.
We can just stop funding their genocide, or Israel will drag us into a war anyways
How fucked are we that we can point to Reagan and say “do what this guy did”
It’s the natural result of decades of the only standard being “I like the letter by their name”.
Shitty people will always win in a race where cheating is legal. And as the DNC loves to point out: primaries aren’t real elections and they can just ignore results if they want, so cheating is fine.
They stopped short of saying “only an idiot would think primaries matter” but unfortunately I don’t think we’re that far away from it.
Why does that bullshit about Reagan keep popping up?
That occurred prior to the start of the Israel-Iran proxy conflict in 1985, when Reagan set the precedent of support in the same conflict that you’re protesting right now.
When he cut back foreign aid to Israel, prior to the conflict, Reagan then provided military aid under the express agreement that they use it to attack Lebanon.
He wasn’t “being tough” on Israel. He was telling them where to point their weapons.
Found the genocide supporter
Found the Trump supporter.
It’s not Americans. It’s just the far left brats that in one breath suggest the president have less authority, and then in the next- assume he has the authority to end wars in foreign countries.
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Yes. People ARE asking that. Because you’re not seeing it, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. I see it a lot where people actually suggest that Biden can stop the genocide. More than I’d like to admit.
So how about you grow up and stop with the schoolyard insults and learn how to talk like an adult or this will be the last time I treat you like one.
Genocide stops the minute US stops sending weapons to Israel. And the US president has the power to stop them. There is literally nothing to debate here, it’s a simple fact.
No, it doesn’t. I suggest you look into it a bit more.
We’re all doormats unless we actually want to get involved militarily. No country wants to put its military on the ground in any of these places. Nobody gives enough of a shit to help the Armenians. Nobody gave enough of a shit to help the people of Hong Kong. Nobody gives enough of the shit to help the Kurds. Nobody gives enough of a shit to help basically anyone. There’s frankly not enough money in it for corporations and not enough public support of it for politicians. So it ain’t going to happen.
US typical please kill nicer, since you are making us look bad response.
Only if you believe a POS like the Intercept.
I don’t need to believe The Intercept, that was literally US direct response to the genocide in Gaza. Here is a direct quote: Mr Blinken’s public comments that “we provided Israel advice that only the best of friends can offer on how to minimise civilian deaths” <…>
Because everything has to do with Gaza. I see
No, but it shows a pattern. There are plenty of sources in the linked article of the same happening in Nigeria, you just refuse to climb out of your utopia bubble and read those sources that are independent of The Intercept. It’s easier to say the source is “POS” and continue living in denial.
Utopian bubble is good. Think I heard it back in the 60s. Goes to prove nothing is new.
Where was the Intercept when Sudan first happened? Where were they when Assad was shooting anti aircraft guns through people’s houses? Where were they when Iran poisoned women for religion? No where to be found, because those headlines didn’t sell.
Only if you believe a POS like the Intercept.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-intercept/
Seems fine…
Is your issue that they lean left?
Probably that they’re good at calling out those supporting genocide (and Biden flaws)
Man the comments here don’t give a shit about dead civilians in Nigeria do they? The minute black people are dying and they immediately want to change the subject to Gaza. That’s just fascinating.
