President Biden on Wednesday shielded thousands of Palestinians in the United States from deportation for the next 18 months, using an obscure immigration authority as he faces mounting criticism over U.S. support for Israel in the Gaza war.
About 6,000 Palestinians are eligible for the reprieve under a program called Deferred Enforced Departure, which allows immigrants whose homelands are in crisis to remain in the United States and work legally.
In a memo obtained by The New York Times, Mr. Biden said that “many civilians remain in danger” in Gaza after the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas.
“Therefore, I am directing the deferral of removal of certain Palestinians who are present in the United States,” he said.
So you admit that it’s a fucking holocaust that it would be unconscionable to send people into, but you STILL continue to support and pay for it.
Fuck you.
Look I know the whole situation sucks but Israel is currently our only ally in the middle east we can stage attacks from.
America, left and right, will do almost ANYTHING to keep that foothold.
I’m not saying its right, genocide is happening as we speak and the entire world should come down on Israel hard for this, I’m just saying what is real.
Full disclosure: I condemn every organization that targets civilians with violence, regardless of country allegiances.
How is that a justification?
I complain on moral grounds that the US is not only being evil by supporting genocide, but being smug-hypocritical-evil by offering a shrivelled scrap of token mitigation that’s offset a thousandfold by their continued funding and political cover.
In response, you point out that the US is only doing this so it can bomb other brown people… and that isn’t the slam dunk you seem to think it is.
That’s not a yes but kind of thing. That’s even worse. You do see how that’s even worse, right?
How, and on what fucking planet, does that invalidate a single goddamn thing I said, especially the fuck you?
Literally 2/3 of the same comment you’re replying to:
I don’t understand this obsession with ‘justification’.
I told you what was real, I told you why it is happening.
I don’t agree with it, I think it’s monstrous, but it IS the reason why.
You can complain on all the moral grounds you want, it will affect our government’s horrific actions absolutely zero.
Yes, our country is run by warmongering profiteers that pay our politicians. Like I never said this was good, simply that this is the way it is and will be.
I’m sorry you don’t like it, I don’t like it either
You see that word you used: “but”?
That’s literally what ‘but’ means; you’re saying that the benefit of using Israel as a staging area for attacks outweighs the genocide.
Try it out in literally any other context.
I know the traffic is awful, but the burgers at this place are amazing. [therefore, it’s worth the trip]
It is a nice day outside, but there’s a maniac with a machete on the loose. [therefore, we should stay inside]
Why - and how - would anyone read it any differently?
Ok let me rephrase without the but.
The United States government will never give up a military foothold in the middle east willingly.
That’s it.
No buts, no stupid opinions, no fuckdamn condescension.
Good job contributing zero to the discussion.
I don’t think that, but my government obviously does and nothing you or I can say about it will change it.
You are deliberately trying to monolith my personal positions with that of my government, this is a forum sliding tactic common with the alt-right trying to ‘concern troll’ a thread to death, and I really wish that there was a Lemmy version of RES so I could flag you as a likely forum disruptor.
With full sincerity I encourage you choose to make the decision to not reply to any of my posts again. Thanks.
We have umpteen bases in the middle east. The single base we have there is dwarfed by our bases in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and Turkey.
That dog don’t hunt.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP STAGING ATTACKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST TOO!
I AGREE, MY GOVERNMENT IS A WARMONGERING OLIGARCHY SO MY PERSONAL OPINION DOES NOT AFFECT THEIR MILITARY CHOICES AS I AM NOT RICH!
So time to start over, no?
Will you fire the first shot?
The police force responding to peaceful protest will undoubtedly fire the first shot. Its a tale as old as time.
And it took 4 months to stop sending people back into the carnage.
Only when they realized it could potentially cost them the election.
If this wasn’t an election year, this would 1000% not be a thing.
It’s going to be fun when the vote blue no matter who brigade starts accosting Muslim Americans for not voting for the ‘lesser evil’ who didn’t lift a finger to stop the slaughter of Palestinians.
There’s just not going to be a fix for this between now and the election, or even for generations.
Don’t worry, thanks to climate change accelerating, it won’t really matter.
Single issue voter here. Voting for whoever shows the most support for Israel’s right to defend itself from terrorism. Hopefully I don’t have to vote for the orange man, but I will if I have to.
FTFY. I kind of want Trump to win the election. Just to show everyone we’re right about him being a fascist. People just don’t get how dangerous he is.
Simplistic comment. Biden would drop them if he could, but it’s not a fucking dictatorship! Israeli supporters in government, on both sides of the isle, is very real and could easily roadblock any support for Ukraine. Do some math and stop acting like a child - and fuck you too. I hate having to play the grownup in these tiresome conversations.
He’s going around Congress to deliver weapons. What are you basing the claim that he would drop them if he could? He can and he doesn’t.
Yeah, that’s right. He’s backing up the truck and dropping them off himself.
Please - everything in Washington is a negotiation. Unless you’re a dictator doing thing unilaterally, you have to go through groups of other politicians with their own constituents.
He’s doing what he can. Simplistic arguments are just a distraction. Learn about politics and then comment.
What are you basing this notion on that Biden wants to stop sending weapons to Israel?
Go go gadget … away. Blocked.
Lol so pure speculation. Got it.
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Yes - thank you.