President Biden holds country supplying weapons responsible for casualties inflicted by those weapons
President Biden holds country supplying weapons responsible for casualties inflicted by those weapons
South Lawn 10:34 A.M. EST Q Mr. President, what — do you hold Iran responsible for the death of the three Americans? Q Have you made a decision how you’ll respond to the attacks? THE PRESIDENT: Yes. Q And — Q Mr. President, do you hold Iran responsible for the death of those three Americans?…
Lmaooo what a stupid thing for an American president to say
154So...
Since Biden went around Congress to supply weapons to Israel they're using to genocide the people of Gaza...
Biden is now claiming personal responsibility for the genocide in Gaza?
Like, has anybody honestly checked on Biden lately? Does he not understand what he's saying or is he really leaning into "what are you gonna do, vote trump?" Strategy this hard already?
Because the danger is depressing turnout enough trump may win, not Dem voters voting trump.
And this shit show of a comment is going to depress turnout for Biden...
104I really think Trump will win again. Regardless of my opinion, I see that Republicans are focusing mainly on "look how good our guy is" and Democrats are only saying "look how bad that guy is" . The Democrats don't seem enthusiastic about their candidate.
18The thing is they're half assing it.
They want voter to believe at the same time:
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If trump is president he can do anything he wants.
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If Biden is president, the president has no power.
Only Republicans and neoliberals are used to dealing with that level of cognitive dissonance.
It's why 1/3 of eligible voters don't vote.
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Not only supplying Israel is the direct reason why US soldiers are being targeting but also it bace the way to radicalized the new bin laden and the new ISIS. Who would target US individuals and interests every where.
While in the past the attacks are mostly is happening in middle east, there are no guarantees to fight will affect civilians in the US.
No one talk why bin laden became anti-usa eventhough he studied in western university and from a wealthy family. It is the US foreign affairs in supporting Israel that resulted in 9/11 directly or indirectly.
9He’s really leaning in already, and the damn fool is going to lose the election because of it. Absolutely disgraceful.
6It's not going around congress when you literally don't have to
1If he literally didn't have to go around congress, why did he?
Just for a laugh?
Just to show he could if he wanted to?
Did he fucking forget that he could.
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So he's taking responsibility for Gaza?
74Not just Gaza, USA is the biggest arms dealer in the world.
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I think that's a good, fair way of treating arms dealers. Let's apply that to everyone then yeah?
Lets apply that to everyone.
58Q Mr. President, do you hold Iran responsible for the death of those three Americans?
THE PRESIDENT: I do hold respon- — them responsible in the sense that they’re supplying the weapons to the people who did it.
Cool. Now do Israel.
49So they'll sue gun shops owners when there's a mass-killing going on, right?
47i'm going to refer to gun shops as weapons dealers or weapons suppliers from now on
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Hello pot, meet kettle.
45Now do Israel
21Israel: Now do Hamas.
Whataboutism is stupid. Two wrongs don't make a right.
-5Hamas: Israel funded us. Now do israel.
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Pot, kettle, eejit !! 🤡
19Pot screams out that the kettle is black.
17Funny how that works.
15This is going to be the reason we get fascism.
15US already has fascism
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misleading headlines are misleading:
Q But directly responsible?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we’ll have that discussion.
12This is from the same President that slurred "womenofamerica" at a rally, so I guess it's understandable he would confuse being responsible for being responsible.
1that last statement you made sounds wierd. He said what has been the status quo. Those selling are somewhat responsible but not directly responsible. Thats why the us gets so much flak (well and the actual do things we do)
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That means Canada’s done some bad shot too. We actually sell a shit-tonne of weapons.
11Why did no one ask a follow-up question about that remark?
10I have a feeling Russia will use this... Expect them quoting Biden any time soon.
0So he has the same logical pattern as .ml right?
You all agree with Biden lmao
Edit: downvote here if you agree with POTUS Biden
-6Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in "what about…?") is a pejorative for the strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of a defense of the original accusation. ... Leonid Bershidsky called whataboutism a "Russian tradition", while The New Yorker described the technique as "a strategy of false moral equivalences". Julia Ioffe called whataboutism a "sacred Russian tactic", and compared it to accusing the pot of calling the kettle black. ...
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30Citations Needed podcast: Whataboutism - The Media's Favorite Rhetorical Shield Against Criticism of US Policy
Since the beginning of what’s generally called ‘RussiaGate’ three years ago, pundits, media outlets, even comedians have all become insta-experts on supposed Russian propaganda techniques. The most cunning of these tricks, we are told, is that of “whataboutism” – a devious Soviet tactic of deflecting criticism by pointing out the accusers’ hypocrisy and inconsistencies. The tu quoque - or, “you, also” - fallacy, but with a unique Slavic flavor of nihilism, used by Trump and leftists alike in an effort to change the subject and focus on the faults of the United States rather than the crimes of Official State Enemies.
But what if "whataboutism" isn’t describing a propaganda technique, but in fact is one itself: a zombie phrase that’s seeped into everyday liberal discourse that – while perhaps useful in the abstract - has manifestly turned any appeal to moral consistency into a cunning Russian psyop. From its origins in the Cold War as a means of deflecting and apologizing for Jim Crow to its braindead contemporary usage as a way of not engaging any criticism of the United States as the supposed arbiter of human rights, the term "whataboutism" has become a term that - 100 percent of the time - is simply used to defend and legitimizing American empire’s moral narratives.
Ben Burgis @ Current Affairs: Is “Whataboutism” Always a Bad Thing?
Discussing the crimes of our own country as well as the crimes of others is not always an effort to downplay other countries’ crimes—it can be a test of whether we are serious about our principles.
17Is whataboutism acceptable, when Israel defends its actions in Gaza by saying "What about Hamas crimes?" Is saying 'what about Hamas' a valid defense against allegations of war crimes in Gaza? Should Israel be allowed to commit war crimes in Gaza because Russia is committing or facilitating war crimes in Sudan and Ukraine? "We bombed a hospital, but what about Russia! What about Assad?"
Personally, I think what Israel is doing in Gaza is no less bad, because the Russians are doing similar things in Ukraine, or because Assad bombed hospitals.
You see, the worst thing about what's happening in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, Syria, Yemen, Xinjiang, wherever... it's not the hypocrisy. It's the war crimes.
Whataboutism isn't cunning. It's stupid and only useful idiots and morons think otherwise.
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