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[–] 2xar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She most certainly isn't OK with it. She said she wants to end the war and have peace several times. She is not a sociopath, unlike Trump, so if she had the means, she would gladly stop supporting Israel with guns. Unfortunately, she does not - at the moment. Why does she not?

Because Israel and Bibi is supporting both Democrats and Republicans in the US elections, and has been for decades (although Bibi naturally leans towards Trump recently, as a fellow autocrat and dictator-wannabe). But Israel is actually lobbying for both sides and partially financing them, as well as having a lot of media under their control that can campaign for or attack any or both of them. They arguably can influence 1-2-3% of voters to swing one way or the other. And that is enough to keep both D and R parties/candidates on their sides, as the gap between the two parties are so small, that those few percents could easily decide the election.

So what would be a solution? If both D and R are dependent on Israel to win elections, what could be done? Well, if one side would win by a huge margin, bigger than those few percents, than they would no longer need the political support from Israel. Of, course, if this was Trump, he would still support them, because he likes other dictators and wannabe dictators, like Bibi, Putin, Orbán or Kim. They all help each other out against democratic countries.

But if Kamala would have a commanding win, that would actually enable her to not care about Israel's political support anymore and do the right thing: end military support for Israel and thus stop the genocide. Let's hope that she will have this power.

[–] Sinatra@lemmings.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

She most certainly isn’t OK with it.

Yet she has re-iterated her continuing support for Israel time and time again. She will do exactly as Biden is doing here, it doesn't matter if she 'feels bad' about it doing it while she does it. There is no magical world where if she wins hard enough she will stop the guns, bombs, and funding genocide.

Do not delude yourself, Trump will be worse, but Kamala is shit as well.

[–] 2xar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don't know which TV have you been watching, but you seriously have zero fucking clue about who Kamala Harris is. She specifically just vowed to do everything to reach piece in Gaza: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-election-2024-donald-trump-rhetoric-darkens-kamala-harris-vows-gaza-peace-in-final-hours-6938437

It's enough to whatch a few interviews with both Trump and Kamala to know about their character and where their heart is. None of them are particularly good liars, actually their both pretty bad at it. The difference is: Trump voters don't care at all how many lies he's telling them, so he does it constantly. Kamala's voters immediately start turning away from her when she's caught/seems to be lying, so she can't really afford to do it. It's the classic double standard between D and R candidates on all levels.^___^

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Ending the war in Gaza is not enough. The genocide started before october 7th. When asked if she would stop sending weapons, she said no: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/politics/harris-israel-arms-embargo.html

What does it mean when you keep sending weapons to a country that uses them to commit genocide? It means that you support a genocide. Why was my comment then erased for misinformation?