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You’re wrong. He’s been providing weapons and funding used to commit the genocide, sometimes even doing so without Congress.

To claim that providing such invaluable resources via his own decisions isn’t participation is naive at best, disingenously excusing the crucial US role as inconsequential at worst.

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No, he’s providing weapons and funding for the defense of Israel.

Israel is misappropriating that support for the Genocide.

Biden is not directly doing anything related to the Genocide, that’s all on Bibi.

If I give someone $20 for lunch and they blow it on drugs instead, I’m not actively supporting their drug habit.

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No, he’s providing weapons and funding for the defense of Israel.

Israel is misappropriating that support for the Genocide.

Disingenuous it is.

At this point, he can’t have a shadow of a doubt what they’re using it for.

If you’re giving some $20 knowing full well that they’re going to use them for drugs, you’re not giving them lunch money. You’re giving them drug money.

Biden is providing weapons that he KNOWS are going to be used to commit genocide (which is in itself illegal according to US and international law btw), including weapons with no defensive purposes such as bombs.

Your “he’s just innocently providing for their self defense” excuse is absolutely ridiculous and I very much doubt that you even believe it yourself.

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It’s not being disingenuous.

Biden has repeatedly stated, correctly, that Israel has the right to defend itself, as any other nation does:

https://youtu.be/Oz1BAOjaTqs

The funding is intended for that defense.

Now, what Israel does with that support after we give it to them? That’s on them. We made the good faith donation, they’re the one abusing it.

That does not make Biden complicit in Israel’s crimes.

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And this should be the point to end the argument. Well said.

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Wrong on both accounts, since the entire world including Biden KNOWS what those weapons are going to be used for beforehand.

He’s not sending bombs and missile guiding systems for self defense. He’s sending them to be used to commit genocide and he knows it.

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