I'm not falling for that one. If you think otherwise it's up to you to prove it or, at the very least, come up with some credible evidence to the contrary. He's shown those qualities amply in his long service. I don't know his record before Obama but I'm sure he's made mistakes like everyone. The Democrats are held to a standard that's not just higher than the one Republicans are held to, the distance between the difference is interstellar. One point of concede that has damaged his and the Democrats' reputations is their handling of the war in the Palestinian territories. I'll even do what I said I wasn't going to and tell you why I don't think that's made Biden any less honourable, decent or honest. Apart from the cliché and platitude that these things are much more complicated than they appear to us, which is nevertheless true (my uncle once said “‘IT’ may be a cliché but the cliché's a reality”) he's facing a disgraced and disgraceful head of state. Netanyahu will do absolutely anything to continue this ‘war’ for as long as possible, if possible until he dies and at any cost. He's every bit the weasely maggot/maggoty weasel that Trump is only he has a veneer of respectability. He's facing corruption charges and very likely gaol time and that's why he'll do anything to stay in power. If the coalition with right-wing extreme Zionists isn't enough to convince you then lol at the record. Every time there's been a deal on the table for a ceasefire and hostage exchange he's made some lame excuse to back out, changed Israel's conditions for accepting it or attacked and killed Hamas's chief negotiator. Basically he's found a way to prevent a ceasefire. If that doesn't convince you either, there's the Hannibal Protocol. It was invoked on the 7ᵗʰ October 2023 and it states, basically that it's better that an IDF soldier does than that they're taken hostage. Some, myself included, believe that it extends to Israeli citizens too. It would be in keeping with Netanyahu. There are reports and rumours that the deaths in that dreadful attack by Hamas weren't all down to Hamas. I don't know how you'd go about substantiating such a story. Some of the sources are credible. What I do know is that the stories about babies decapitated, put in ovens and cut out of their mothers' wombs were despicable Israeli lies. Netanyahu is using the same language Trump and MAGA use, telling lies to stoke up fear and anger. An increasing number of Israeli citizens are getting worse to it. They've been demonstrating against Netanyahu, Irving a ceasefire and hostage deal. Netanyahu isn't interested in the hostage further than he can use them as an excuse to continue the war. What's also true is that the last group of hostage that tragically died although shot by Hamas fighters it's also true that they wouldn't have been killed if the IDF hadn't carried out a surprise attack. It meant that the Hamas fighters didn't have time to take the hostages with them on their escape. They could have just left the hostages to be picked up by the IDF forces but they didn't. Probably because the hostages had too much knowledge of the escape route.
I'm certain that Biden is exasperated and totally sick of Netanyahu's behaviour. He helped negotiate a ceasefire and exchange deal a day or two before Israel attacked only for Netanyahu to order the attack on Tehran. That's very disrespectful and downright two-faced and cocky of Netanyahu. If I were Biden I'd halt all weapons exports to Israel but I don't think it would make any difference. Russia would step in although they have their own problems. If not Russia then China, North Korea, someone would and that would further destabilize not only the middle east but the global situation.
Anyway, they're hammering on my door (I am, of course, anti-Semitic despite having the right to Israeli citizenship (by dint of my paternal grandmother who fled the Nazis in 1938) but I have the audacity to criticize Israel & Netanyahu. That's enough. They're knocking on my door…
If you think that's a joke, Maya Khamis was recently arrested under the terrorism act for posting tweets that were sympathetic to Palestinians! Her treatment by the police was appalling. They took her passport and when she was released in bail was told to present her passport within three days. If she didn't she'd be rearrested and held indefinitely on remand. They eventually admitted that they had it but that's just one example of the nasty, bullying tactics they used. Last month another journalist, Richard Medhurst, was arrested at Heathrow under the terrorism act for “supporting terrorism/Hamas”. If you think Biden's bad, that's Starmer, our Labour Prime Ministera party that grew out of the Labour movement.
You need to do some honest investigating if you value truth at all
I'm not falling for that one. If you think otherwise it's up to you to prove it or, at the very least, come up with some credible evidence to the contrary. He's shown those qualities amply in his long service. I don't know his record before Obama but I'm sure he's made mistakes like everyone. The Democrats are held to a standard that's not just higher than the one Republicans are held to, the distance between the difference is interstellar. One point of concede that has damaged his and the Democrats' reputations is their handling of the war in the Palestinian territories. I'll even do what I said I wasn't going to and tell you why I don't think that's made Biden any less honourable, decent or honest. Apart from the cliché and platitude that these things are much more complicated than they appear to us, which is nevertheless true (my uncle once said “‘IT’ may be a cliché but the cliché's a reality”) he's facing a disgraced and disgraceful head of state. Netanyahu will do absolutely anything to continue this ‘war’ for as long as possible, if possible until he dies and at any cost. He's every bit the weasely maggot/maggoty weasel that Trump is only he has a veneer of respectability. He's facing corruption charges and very likely gaol time and that's why he'll do anything to stay in power. If the coalition with right-wing extreme Zionists isn't enough to convince you then lol at the record. Every time there's been a deal on the table for a ceasefire and hostage exchange he's made some lame excuse to back out, changed Israel's conditions for accepting it or attacked and killed Hamas's chief negotiator. Basically he's found a way to prevent a ceasefire. If that doesn't convince you either, there's the Hannibal Protocol. It was invoked on the 7ᵗʰ October 2023 and it states, basically that it's better that an IDF soldier does than that they're taken hostage. Some, myself included, believe that it extends to Israeli citizens too. It would be in keeping with Netanyahu. There are reports and rumours that the deaths in that dreadful attack by Hamas weren't all down to Hamas. I don't know how you'd go about substantiating such a story. Some of the sources are credible. What I do know is that the stories about babies decapitated, put in ovens and cut out of their mothers' wombs were despicable Israeli lies. Netanyahu is using the same language Trump and MAGA use, telling lies to stoke up fear and anger. An increasing number of Israeli citizens are getting worse to it. They've been demonstrating against Netanyahu, Irving a ceasefire and hostage deal. Netanyahu isn't interested in the hostage further than he can use them as an excuse to continue the war. What's also true is that the last group of hostage that tragically died although shot by Hamas fighters it's also true that they wouldn't have been killed if the IDF hadn't carried out a surprise attack. It meant that the Hamas fighters didn't have time to take the hostages with them on their escape. They could have just left the hostages to be picked up by the IDF forces but they didn't. Probably because the hostages had too much knowledge of the escape route.
I'm certain that Biden is exasperated and totally sick of Netanyahu's behaviour. He helped negotiate a ceasefire and exchange deal a day or two before Israel attacked only for Netanyahu to order the attack on Tehran. That's very disrespectful and downright two-faced and cocky of Netanyahu. If I were Biden I'd halt all weapons exports to Israel but I don't think it would make any difference. Russia would step in although they have their own problems. If not Russia then China, North Korea, someone would and that would further destabilize not only the middle east but the global situation.
Anyway, they're hammering on my door (I am, of course, anti-Semitic despite having the right to Israeli citizenship (by dint of my paternal grandmother who fled the Nazis in 1938) but I have the audacity to criticize Israel & Netanyahu. That's enough. They're knocking on my door…
If you think that's a joke, Maya Khamis was recently arrested under the terrorism act for posting tweets that were sympathetic to Palestinians! Her treatment by the police was appalling. They took her passport and when she was released in bail was told to present her passport within three days. If she didn't she'd be rearrested and held indefinitely on remand. They eventually admitted that they had it but that's just one example of the nasty, bullying tactics they used. Last month another journalist, Richard Medhurst, was arrested at Heathrow under the terrorism act for “supporting terrorism/Hamas”. If you think Biden's bad, that's Starmer, our Labour Prime Ministera party that grew out of the Labour movement.