• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Source? I recall him remaining largely ambiguous on Israel, at least during the campaign. I don’t know what he said before.

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        3 days ago

        He said none of those things, only the tired old “Israel has a right to defend itself.” He also supported the Iran nuclear deal and has been generally supportive of the Democrat party dialing back support.

        I’m sticking with ambiguous.

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          3 days ago

          The question was if he would support a preemptive strike from Israel on Iran and he answered emphatically yes. He then rambled about how important “our allies” are for 2 minutes.

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            3 days ago

            He didn’t emphatically say yes to anything. He deflected, like a typical Democrat. If his public position on Israel clears the bar for “pro-genocide”, then I guess we’re fucked, because then there’s hardly a single politician in America that’s not pro-genocide.

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              3 days ago

              There are roughly 18 in the senate, as of the most recent vote. It’s definitely far from the public, or at least I would have liked to think that before Donald fucking Trump got reelected.