(September 6, 2024 at 2:30 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(September 6, 2024 at 2:46 am)Belacqua Wrote: Years ago when Israel was bombing Gaza, Ronald Reagan saw a photo of a little boy with both arms blown off. He called Menachem Begin on the telephone and told him it was a bad look, and he should cut it out. Begin declared a ceasefire. Granted, we know it didn't last long, but any ceasefire at all saves lives.
It's sad that our current leadership lacks the will or the power that Reagan apparently had.
If the US cut off funding for Israel everything would change.
Sorry, I don't read Russian. Most days I only speak Japanese. So you could call me 政治家の言葉を信じないヤツ。
Or the current leadership of Israel is much more resistant to advice from American presidents than the Israeli leadership during the Reagan administration.
That's likely. Israel seems to have reached some kind of tipping point, where they know that absolutely anything they do will be downplayed and justified by the US.
I wonder if this is the increased reach of AIPAC. Or maybe Netanyahu took advantage of the fact that Biden is senile. Whatever it is, Israel is going strong for its Final Solution, and so far the US is right behind them.