US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced another $135 million in US aid for the Palestinians as he called again for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Contrast that to hand wringing about “now that Haniyeh /Nasrallah /Sinwar/ ??? is dead, we need a ceasefire”, the refusal to demand more aid trucks daily and prevent famine, or hollow commitments to a two-state solution, without any action - of course it’s optics.
Why call for a ceasefire and simultaneously provide the weapons to continue murdering civilians?
I assume it’s to be able to say there’s a large difference between voting Harris and Trump for voters who care about Palestine. Which I imagine is at least part of what you mean by ‘optics’.
However, if my family were dying in Palestine, I still would not be happy. “We’ll kill them BUT send aid” is not enough of a difference from “We’ll kill them but NOT send aid”.
Why call for a ceasefire and simultaneously provide the weapons to continue murdering civilians? Oh because it’s all just for optics.
You can’t help yourself, can you?
Just shy of $18 billion for Israel. Nearly unlimited diplomatic cover and significant patron:client posturing that has Ukraine and Taiwan jealous. US troops, deployed using US weapons, to defend Israel.
Contrast that to hand wringing about “now that Haniyeh /Nasrallah /Sinwar/ ??? is dead, we need a ceasefire”, the refusal to demand more aid trucks daily and prevent famine, or hollow commitments to a two-state solution, without any action - of course it’s optics.
I’m not sure what this comment means. It’s pretty cryptic.
I assume it’s to be able to say there’s a large difference between voting Harris and Trump for voters who care about Palestine. Which I imagine is at least part of what you mean by ‘optics’.
However, if my family were dying in Palestine, I still would not be happy. “We’ll kill them BUT send aid” is not enough of a difference from “We’ll kill them but NOT send aid”.
Here are thoughts from a Palestinian American: https://alx.lemmy.blahaj.zone/lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/17849964
Hey, that’s a highly reductionist take. When did super charging the military industrial complex become “just for optics”?
Without funneling billions of dollars to corporations like RTX, this would be a very wildly unamerican conflict.