• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Because Trump would have handled this better?

    Only reason we didn’t end up with a war in Iran in 2020 is pure fucking luck.

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      8 months ago

      No, Trump is clearly fucking worse… but I don’t want free Palestine folks to have a reason not to vote for Biden.

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        8 months ago

        I agree Biden is 100% fucking this up. I agree that I’m worried that the Democrats will somehow snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by losing to an opponent beaten once before because of how truly awful Trump is.

        But I’m absolutely amazed at the free Palestine folks who are threatening that they’re the vote between Biden, who’s wagging a finger at Israel going “don’t” and fuck all else… and the guy who calls Netanyahu by his first name, buddied up to Israel, moved the embassy to Jerusalem, wanted to ban Muslims from the US, and is cozied up to the evangelicals who want to support Israel starting a holy war just so they can have Revalations go off.

        Like both parties are bad, but there’s bad… and there’s “lets throw styrofoam containers of gasoline on the fire, that’ll surely put it out.”

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        8 months ago

        Trump had an Iranian general assassinated with a drone strike on an airport in Iraq in January 2020, killing 10 people. The fallout from that almost escalated into a war.

        Only reason everyone forgot it was because 2020 was a super shitty year.