UN Security Council passes resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, as US shifts position by abstaining from vote

  • Blackbeard@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    This is a pretty big shift for the US, and it means the pressure is finally starting to really register with Biden. If the “uncommited” results in the Michigan primary were enough to get his attention, recent polling that puts him 8 points behind Trump likely changed the debate for the foreseeable future.

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      8 months ago

      Biden is playing diplomatic chess. Netanyahu warned the US before the vote that Israel would not participate in a meeting if the US didn’t use its veto. So, now the US didn’t. BTW, Hamas launched rockets at Ashdod right before the Security Council voted confirming its status as an equal fighting party in the war before a ceasefire.

      • gmtom@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        What you mean to tell me geopolitical diplomacy is more complicated and delicate than the people screaming “genocide Joe” think it is??? Shocking.

        • soratoyuki@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          No. It means enough people screaming genocide Joe loudly enough had a small but tangible impact on American foreign policy.

          • gmtom@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            No

            So you’re unironically arguing that geopolitical diplomacy IS actually simple? Really?

              • gmtom@lemmy.world
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                8 months ago

                That sentence isn’t relevant though is it?

                Do you think geopolitics is that simple or nah?

                • soratoyuki@lemmy.world
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                  8 months ago

                  Of course the sentence is relevant. I’m not sure why I should bother writing a reply to you when you apparently stop reading them after the first word. Have a good day.

                  • gmtom@lemmy.world
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                    8 months ago

                    JFC you aren’t even denying it. you guys actually unironically believe it’s that simple.

        • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          Do you suppose that Bibi believes there are ramifications for going into Rafah now?

      • mkwt@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        So you’re saying that Biden had another motivation here: telling Netanyahu, “the US ain’t nobody’s bitch, and you don’t tell me what to do.”

    • Maeve@kbin.social
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      8 months ago

      I said elsewhere, “just in time for November.” Didn’t be fooled.