Hundreds of federal employees signed an open letter calling on the president to "urgently demand a ceasefire" and the de-escalation of the conflict through the release of hostages and provision of humanitarian aid.
    • Jaytreeman@kbin.social
      147·
      1 year ago

      Israel is a proxy state. A ridiculous amount of Israeli GDP is actually American aid.
      If Biden wanted the bombing the to stop, it would stop.

      • SeedyOne@lemm.eeEnglish
        63·
        1 year ago

        I’m curious, why do you think he actually wants it to continue? Geopolitical strategy is an ugly and complicated beast but most people seem to think it’s as simple as “old man wants genocide”.

        • brightpants@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
          74·
          1 year ago

          His argument is a simplification, yes, of course it’s not as simple as “old man wants genocide”. It’s more like “old man doenst really mind genocide thst much as long as he gets to keep the influence over a proxy state and also his own home state”

          • SeedyOne@lemm.eeEnglish
            22·
            1 year ago

            That’s fair, thanks for expanding. Now I ask, do you think any other US president would do the same in his shoes? Why or why not?

        • Jaytreeman@kbin.social
          22·
          1 year ago

          I’ve heard about oil off the coast of Gaza. I’ve heard some stories about a canal.
          My personal theory:

          Saudi Arabia and Israel were just about to normalize relations. Iran didn’t like that, and pushed Hamas to attack in Oct. Meanwhile, there’s some oil depletion stuff happening worldwide except USA and Canada. If the middle east got itself together it could be a global power to rival the US or China. This kind of destabilizing war does a lot to stop that from happening.

          I don’t think it’s any one thing though.

          • SeedyOne@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Interesting thought, though wasn’t it revealed the plan for the attack started a few years ago? That might weaken the normalized relations aspect but it still could be something they saw coming maybe.

            • Jaytreeman@kbin.social
              1·
              1 year ago

              I wasn’t aware, but I don’t think that changes anything.
              The US has plans for an invasion of Canada. Doesn’t mean that it’s going to happen anytime soon

      • Rapidcreek@reddthat.comEnglish
        32·
        1 year ago

        That makes no sense. Congress legislates and the executive executes that legislation. The President can’t put further requirements on aid.

  • LesserAbe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    1 year ago

    I get people fear endangering their jobs, but isn’t it kind of toothless to say “we’re Biden staffers signing this letter” followed immediately by “anonymously”?