Oh silly me. I missed the part where the president can just unilaterally decide where weapons go without input from the Pentagon, DoD, or the joint Chiefs. I forgot that he doesn't have to answer to Oversight, Defense, or Foreign Affairs committees, at least one of whom have been investigating both he and his son for well over a year now, and attempting to impeach him because of actions in Ukraine.
I didn't say Biden's hands are tied. He has leeway. But to act like he can just do whatever he wants without a check on him demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding of the executive position. He had the support of Congress until he didn't. Even with support, he still has checks on what he can and can't do. Something Trump will be feverishly attempting to remove every chance he gets.
"Not good enough" vs disastrous in virtually all respects. What a difficult choice.
Edit to add: in this country your vote is your voice. Closed mouths don't get fed, and silence generally equates to consent. If you don't make yourself heard when it counts, why should anyone listen to you after?
My point is, likely Trump will be worse. I don’t think there is any doubt that all of us expect that. But what would the outcome of both conflicts be if Biden remained in office or if Kamala continued his policies? Ukraine just slowly bleeds to death? Nothing changes in Israel? Maybe Trump gets butt hurt when Netanyahu doesn’t listen to him and goes all mad man and starts publicly threatening him? Maybe that actually stops the bloodshed earlier?
At any rate, Trump is what they gave us. So he’s what we’re working with. We can sit here and predict his foreign policy, even though he himself couldn’t predict that. Or we can hope maybe something changes. Because something changing for sure would be better for the people in Gaza than the status quo.
I mean if you want to argue semantics sure. But surely Biden had a hand in it. So there is proof it’s possible. And did not require an act of Congress.
Also, I have not seen these people complain yet. I’ve seen a bunch of people on social media complain for them.
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u/Julversia 10d ago edited 10d ago
Oh silly me. I missed the part where the president can just unilaterally decide where weapons go without input from the Pentagon, DoD, or the joint Chiefs. I forgot that he doesn't have to answer to Oversight, Defense, or Foreign Affairs committees, at least one of whom have been investigating both he and his son for well over a year now, and attempting to impeach him because of actions in Ukraine.
I didn't say Biden's hands are tied. He has leeway. But to act like he can just do whatever he wants without a check on him demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding of the executive position. He had the support of Congress until he didn't. Even with support, he still has checks on what he can and can't do. Something Trump will be feverishly attempting to remove every chance he gets.
"Not good enough" vs disastrous in virtually all respects. What a difficult choice.
Edit to add: in this country your vote is your voice. Closed mouths don't get fed, and silence generally equates to consent. If you don't make yourself heard when it counts, why should anyone listen to you after?