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Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel (www.commondreams.org)

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[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 71 points 14 hours ago

US President Joe Biden has said he is "absolutely, positively" urging Israel to stop firing at UN peacekeepers during its conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon, following two incidents in 48 hours. Source

Some hours later: Biden absolutely, positively sends troops to help Israel out. WTF...

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 7 points 9 hours ago

Wtf is going on in this comments section? They are sending an anti air battery to protect them against rocket fire, but the bulk of the comments are acting like they are sending in troops to go in on the ground into Gaza/Lebanon.

Does really noone even bother to read the article?

[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

I am not a US citizen. My point is not that US troops are being deployed, but that this is a war of aggression that contradicts international law. The US should not support this - not in any way.

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[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 13 hours ago

To support UN peacekeepers, right?

... right?

[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 18 points 12 hours ago

"absolutely, positively"

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 89 points 16 hours ago

I hate how I can't even comfort myself by knowing this idiocy will cost them the election because these fucks are the less horrible option.

[-] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 51 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Yep, this is coming from the most 'leftist' candidates we are allowed to vote for. Pretty fucked up options we get to choose from. I hate it here.

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[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 47 points 15 hours ago

It isn't bad enough that we're arming the genocide and the unchecked aggression against Israel's neighbors? Now we've got to fucking participate in it?

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago

It's been more than 75 years of participation.

[-] anas@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago

You’ve already been participating: The failed aid pier had one use, and it was a military one.

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[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 23 points 14 hours ago

Oh shit. Either he’s trolling Harris’s campaign or they really are a cult. Very popular decision joe, sure people will forget till november.

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[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 183 points 19 hours ago

There is a lot about this that is nuts, but one thing that really jumps out at me.

It seems like Netanyahu is planning an October surprise to shank Harris. And it seems like he is doing it in broad daylight. It certainly seems like a massive offensive strike on Iran one or two weeks before the election is a straightforward way to throw a close election to Trump.

But with this I have to ask: are Biden and Harris assisting with a plan that is clearly intended to cost Harris the election?

I want to say that they surely must've told Israel not to launch anything before election day. But based in their actions so far, it doesn't seem like they're imposing a "no election interference against us personally" requirement as a condition of their assistance.

I guess we'll see.

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 13 points 12 hours ago

Nobody snatches defeat from the jaws of victory like a Democrat.

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