In messages circulated on Friday, State Department staff wrote that high-level officials do not want press materials to include three specific phrases: “de-escalation/ceasefire,” “end to violence/bloodshed” and “restoring calm.”
The revelation provides a stunning signal about the Biden administration’s reluctance to push for Israeli restraint as the close U.S. partner expands the offensive it launched after Hamas ― which rules Gaza ― attacked Israeli communities on Oct. 7.
The emails were sent hours after Israel told more than 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza that they should leave their homes and shelters ahead of an expected ground invasion of the region. On Thursday, the United Nations said Israel had given Gazans a 24-hour deadline to move to the south of the strip, adding it would be “impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences.”
Asked about Israel’s evacuation order on Friday, U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby declined to reject or endorse it, calling it “a tall order.”
“We’re going to be careful not to get into armchair quarterbacking the tactics on the ground by the [Israel Defense Forces],” he added. “What I can tell you is we understand what they’re trying to do. They’re trying to move civilians out of harm’s way and giving them fair warning.”
IMO - The Biden Administration is tacitly endorsing what seems to me to be a coming genocide, and it's kind of freaking me out. I don't know if this is about domestic politics or if the Biden administration is actually low key cheering the slaughter on. Hamas is evil and should be destroyed, no argument here. But in the same way Hamas doesn't believe Israel should exist, a good chunk of Isreal, particularly their current far right government, feels the same way about Palestinians, all of them. It seems Israel is not going to let a good crisis go to waste. Israeli military leaders have been using dehumanizing language, which is a tell tale sign of a coming genocide, they have suspended rules of engagement, my non expert opinion is the current blockade of food, water, and electricity, while inhumane on its face, is also in part to limit the ability of the world to learn about the war crimes about to be committed. The 24 hour order to move out of northern Gaza is impossible, Israel knows that, the Biden administration knows that, it's clearly an effort to give Israel political cover for the mass amounts of civilians about to be slaughtered - if they stayed, they were part of or supportive of Hamas and so were legitimate targets, and even if not we gave them a warning to move and they failed to do so, so not our fault. I'd except this from a government who before all of this happened openly believed apartied was the ideal solution to the Palestinian conflict. I'm legitimately surprised the Biden administration is straight up cool with this going down, to the point that "end the violence/bloodshed" is by written policy a verboten phrase. It seems like some sick shit is about to go down, and the Biden Administrations hands are going to be dirty.
Joe Biden is worried about turning out the youth vote for he's relection. He's decided to be a passive accomplice to genocide. It's a bold strategy Cotton let's see how it plays out.
We could have had Bernie...
https://www.businessinsider.com/sanders-gaza-is-open-air-prison-israel-violating-international-law-2023-10?op=1
I still wonder where we'd be today if we had Bernie instead. Much better off I bet.
"But we need someone more moderate" ugh I hate this so much
"Affordable, accessible healthcare? No! We need someone more moderate."
Elects a president that wanted to nuke hurricanes, buy Greenland, and incited an insurrection
Ah now THAT'S moderation!
I guess it's fun that sometimes reality is more bizarre than fantasy?
But it had been too much bizarre in the last few years. It's been a bizarre global shitfest, with no time to breathe in between.
Also, nothing gets resolved.
Putin's assault on Ukraine is going on for how long now? Climate change is shaping up to bring us godzilla level weather extremes in the near future. Everyone knows that and prefers to hate Greta, instead of hating the ones that could make a change.
Since i read the first headlines about Hamas at the Music Festival, i'm feeling extreme dread all the time. As if this started something awful that we all have yet to witness.
Each new headline seems to confirm my most hidden assumptions of what is coming next.
That's how i feel anyway and i hate it.
Hey, shit might be fucked up but take it easy on the extreme dread unless one of these issues begins to threaten you personally. It just really doesn't serve any good and you energy is better used elsewhere.
Remember what Mr Rogers mom always said, "Look for the helpers." Remember the hole in the ozone we fixed? A lot of modern problems have some ingenious solutions in the works.
I know it's not helpful for some but I really find comfort in the phrase: “It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.”
I am not American but if I was I would have voted for this guy. This guy is a legend, such a great human being.
I wish there were more people like him in politics, as we really need people like him who protect people and not multi billion (trillion) dollar organisations.
It is a real pity he is so old now and won't be a president. Humanity needs more people like him!
Meh.
Bernie always said he never thought he'd be president.
He was running to drag the Overton window back towards the left, and encourage the next generation to vote and run for office.
And he's been wildly successful at that. Which unfortunately means he probably won't run for re-election again.
I did vote for him. I knew he wouldnt win. But I'd rather vote for who I want rather than against who I don't want.
One of the things I appreciate about the RNC is that they don't keep a thumb on the scales in their primary the way the democrats do. It bites them in the ass when the radicals win all the primaries and underperform in the general, but I do appreciate that they don't have the paternalistic attitude towards their voters that the DNC seems to have with their bullshit superdelegate system.
Only because those radicals have thus far been useful idiots. Trump certainly bit them in the ass and turned the party on its head, but the party is still supporting capital. Had he come out the gate with a crusade on corporate America his campaign would have faltered very quickly.