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The Biden administration has released about half of the shipment of heavy bombs it has withheld from Israel since May over concerns the IDF would use them in densely populated areas of Gaza, a US official tells The Times of Israel.

In May, the White House announced a decision to withhold a shipment of 1,800 2,000-lb bombs and 1,700 500-lb bombs, with US President Joe Biden threatening to freeze additional offensive weaponry if Israel launched a major military offensive in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah where over one million Palestinians were sheltering at the time.

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[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That you? (yes it's you.)

I never said otherwise. And I'll say it again there's very little he can do realistically Beyond delay. That you think that this is some big gotcha moment. Some big turnaround in the debate is pretty absurd. Hilarious even.

It's convenient for you that you went on about vetos and not enforcing actual laws. Which is entirely Biden's obligation. You know. The one that makes it illegal to sell or transfer US made weapons to, you know, people actively engaged in warcrimes...?

No. What's hilarious is how agitated you're acting. You and I might classify it as a war crime and genocide. That's right we agree. I just have a better grasp of what can and is being done and will be done.

The problem is, the groups and bodies in our government that are supposed to make that proclamation/decision aren't. And I would say they're wrong in not doing that. And until they do do that. He would first need to petition them to actually classify and treat it as such. Before he would have any right under law to do any of that. Which I would argue that he should do.

I'm not saying that it's right or just. I'm simply saying that there are requirements under law for these things aren't met. And you and I both having a conniption fit over the fact that it obviously is unfortunately doesn't change anything.

None of these laws and Powers are really available to him until that point. It's b*******. But then so as much of politics. Believe me if things were as easy as armchair quarterbacks think it is. The world would be a Utopia. A perfect place. Not everything is unfortunately as simple as it should be or As It Seems.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What’s hilarious is how agitated you’re acting.

Imagine being upset about genocide.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Imagine being so bad at trolling. That that was your best reply.