(May 2, 2024 at 8:50 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Earlier I said that Biden has the ability to stop the genocide in Gaza, if anyone does. You disagreed, and said that he doesn't; only Netanyahu does.
We agree that America gives lots and lots of support to Israel, and ought to stop.
I believe that without America's support -- financial, military, and diplomatic -- Netanyahu could not continue what he's doing. That if Biden were to shut it all off, Netanyahu would have to stop murdering people. Israel would have to radically change its policies towards its neighbors and accept a two-state solution. Therefore Biden, in theory, has the ability to stop genocide.
Now whether Biden could actually take such a step is another question. Politically, it would be suicide for him. But I think that if I were 81 years old, and had the ability to stop a genocide by taking morally good steps that would end my career, I would consider it.
Don't mistake leverage for power. The world's not as simple as you'd like it to be.
