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[firebush03]

sundin13 said:

firebush03 said:

Tell that to them. Don't kill the messenger lol. If you don't believe these individuals should be protesting a cause which they care deeply about (which has likely killed many who they have known and loved), then you are free to think this. I personally disagree...I'm hoping their message can be heard. Biden has the power to stop sending military aid to the madman Israel, but he chooses not to, effectively saying to these ppl "if you wanna protest, then fine. We'll just shoot ourselves in the foot and ruin our election."

You do realize that if Biden were to cut funding for Israel, he would lose pro-Israel votes, right? Making any major moves against Israel would likely be political suicide at this point.

According to this poll from GlobalAffairs.org (conducted through late-June) (non-politically partisan Western organization), a heavy plurality of (non-Republican) Americans believe the USA "is providing too much aid to Israel" and "support putting restrictions on US military aid to Israel". This would be one of the most popular moves that the DNC could dream of! Furthermore, you are forgetting the USA has leverage with its weapons: Ronald Reagan with a swift and stern threat utilizing legitimate leveraging powers was able to stop the madman Israel during its bombings in 1982. If Biden wanted, he could have Netanyahu agreeing to a ceasefire by the end of this week. It is solely with the weapons which Biden had given Israel which these bombings occur. So, in other words, by stripping aid to Israel, I'm suggesting that a ceasefire would likely follow shortly thereafter, further making popular the move.