Marjorie Taylor Greene’s amendment does nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza… What it does do is cut off defensive Iron Dome capacities while allowing the actual bombs killing Palestinians to continue. I have long stated that I do not believe that adding to the death count of innocent victims to this war is constructive to its end… I remain focused on cutting the flow of US munitions that are being used to perpetuate the genocide in Gaza.
The author says she wrong and we shouldn’t give them any arms… Which I agree with.
But MTG’s amendment apparently defunded Israel’s defense, but let them keep offense?
And yeah…
That sounds more in line with what MTG wants in this genocide: she wants both sides to suffer massive civilian casualties.
That’s obviously just going to make everything worse.
Quick edit:
Website is for a Koch funded think tank with the goal of America ignoring foreign conflicts…
The institute is funded through contributions from philanthropic donors; some well-known donors include the Open Society Foundations, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Stand Together Trust, which is associated with the libertarian-leaning Koch network.
Can we please stop listening to billionaires who say we should stop liking progressives?
Any lessening of military aid to Israel is a step in the right direction at this point. If they have less free defense then they have to move spending, potentially offense spending, to defense. If this is all we can do currently, I don’t know why people wouldn’t vote for it. We should still fight to cut off their offense aid, but at least there’s some movement. I don’t think we should be giving any military aid to a country committing a genocide. I think the “don’t let perfect be the enemy of good” applies here.
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The author says she wrong and we shouldn’t give them any arms… Which I agree with.
But MTG’s amendment apparently defunded Israel’s defense, but let them keep offense?
And yeah…
That sounds more in line with what MTG wants in this genocide: she wants both sides to suffer massive civilian casualties.
That’s obviously just going to make everything worse.
Quick edit:
Website is for a Koch funded think tank with the goal of America ignoring foreign conflicts…
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/quincy-institute-for-responsible-statecraft-bias-and-credibility/
Can we please stop listening to billionaires who say we should stop liking progressives?
Any lessening of military aid to Israel is a step in the right direction at this point. If they have less free defense then they have to move spending, potentially offense spending, to defense. If this is all we can do currently, I don’t know why people wouldn’t vote for it. We should still fight to cut off their offense aid, but at least there’s some movement. I don’t think we should be giving any military aid to a country committing a genocide. I think the “don’t let perfect be the enemy of good” applies here.
Right…
Like I said, stopping all weapons is the right answer.
But if you’re going to defend bombs or missile defense…
It makes zero sense to only remove defense unless your goal is more death on both sides rather than lessening the current amount of deaths.