US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced another $135 million in US aid for the Palestinians as he called again for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Why call for a ceasefire and simultaneously provide the weapons to continue murdering civilians?
I assume it’s to be able to say there’s a large difference between voting Harris and Trump for voters who care about Palestine. Which I imagine is at least part of what you mean by ‘optics’.
However, if my family were dying in Palestine, I still would not be happy. “We’ll kill them BUT send aid” is not enough of a difference from “We’ll kill them but NOT send aid”.
He’s right. Anything short of an arms embargo is just optics. Or did we already forget about the peir and what an absolute performative shitshow that was?
Why call for a ceasefire and simultaneously provide the weapons to continue murdering civilians? Oh because it’s all just for optics.
I assume it’s to be able to say there’s a large difference between voting Harris and Trump for voters who care about Palestine. Which I imagine is at least part of what you mean by ‘optics’.
However, if my family were dying in Palestine, I still would not be happy. “We’ll kill them BUT send aid” is not enough of a difference from “We’ll kill them but NOT send aid”.
Here are thoughts from a Palestinian American: https://alx.lemmy.blahaj.zone/lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/17849964
Happy cake day my friend
You can’t help yourself, can you?
He’s right. Anything short of an arms embargo is just optics. Or did we already forget about the peir and what an absolute performative shitshow that was?
I’m not sure what this comment means. It’s pretty cryptic.