• AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    New legislation is not needed. The president can halt arms exports. Congress has oversight but little decision-making power

    So, while Congress provides funding and oversight of executive branch decisions, by its own hand it usually has very little power over what military aid recipients actually get.

    https://thedispatch.com/article/the-president-congress-and-arms-transfers-explained/

    And guess what? The Jewish Institute for National Security of America says that US arms transfers have been “critical” to the genocide of Gazans:

    https://jinsa.org/jinsa_report/infographic-u-s-arms-transfers-to-israel-since-october-7/

    Look, it’s OK if you have a different opinion than me. Just admit that you are totally fine with killing kids in Gaza and this conversation can be over. We both know that’s how you actually feel about it: Team Blue needs a win and so Gazan children and human rights are totally acceptable until November.

    Then, after November, it will be unacceptable to criticize the new Team Blue administration because “they inherited this mess”

    That’s always how this goes: You’ll vote for baby killers every time they wear the Blue jersey

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      3 months ago

      You must not be aware of how things work in this country, so you must not be from here.

      Unilateral Powers are not granted to the president here. Must different where you’re from.

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        3 months ago

        OK I posted links with actual quotes and evidence. Your response is directly contradictory but with no evidence. Indeed, there apparently was a pause in arms exports, initiated by Biden, so he certainly has the power.

        Again, you are so eager to wave away child killing but you will say anything to move the conversation away from it.

        Just admit that you think dead Gazan children are acceptable collateral damage for a Team Blue victory.