Sen. Bernie Sanders To Vote Against Military Aid To Israel – An additional $10.1 billion in “unconditional military aid” to Israel would be “irresponsible,” the Vermont senator said.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders To Vote Against Military Aid To Israel – An additional $10.1 billion in “unconditional military aid” to Israel would be “irresponsible,” the Vermont senator said.
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Good !
He’s 100% right. Hamas needs to release all hostages, so Netanyahu can be stripped from his power. This can’t continue.
at least I know where all the money for nationalized health care goes.
The only problem with this is that Republicans could use this as ammo to deny assistance to Ukraine
The key word here is “unconditional”. It’s downright jarring that the far right (including Netanyahu) will try to paint even the smallest condition (like “don’t use this money to simply kill innocent people” or “this money isn’t to be used to create a more concrete apartheid state”) as somehow “anti-Semitic”. If this were literally any foreign country other than Israel, we’d have conditions in place for war funding.
Bravo to Senator Sanders. He’s one of the very few people who could get away with speaking up and he’s doing it.
He is trash
We need to stop all foreign aid so we can vet it & add conditions.
It should then be minimized as much as possible.
Israel – ok, they are a major ally in the Middle East.
Ukraine – ok, it is probably the unfortunate barrier protection for NATO.
Everything else – nip it until we fix everything in America.
I just don’t see why Israel needs more money or equipment. We already give them ongoing money and support on a yearly basis.
Their military far outmatches Hamas, they have zero issues steamrolling Gaza. It’s like the US in Afghanistan. There’s zero indication that Iran or other serious threats are planning to get involved.
So why do they need 10 billion from us again?
I still do not understand why we are sending aid to Israel. They are more than capable of funding their own war.
Our aid isn’t “unconditional”
If only Biden would say this. This is literally how easy it would be to get the votes back lol
I honestly don’t understand why we don’t already have conditions on this aid in the first place. Like you would think limit civilian casualties and prioritize their safety would had been a given
Good for him. He’s been very responsible on this entire war and he’s doing what he thinks is right. There’s a reaon people trust him.
I don’t normally agree with Bernie, but his point here is spot on. The GOP will be the same people to come to the table claiming the left spends too much money. What a double standard. Good on you Mr. Sanders!
Why are we even giving them that much to begin with. They are not struggling at all in this conflict. We already give them 3 billion ish a year, and we find there iron dome defense system. So why in the world so they need an addition 10.1 billion in funding!?
If it gets the fundies “raptured” I’d say go for it.
A quick google. There are 582,000 homeless Americans.
$10bn = $20k per homeless America.
I’m sure we can get them off the street right away. But of course, Biden and republicans both would rather help someone murder innocent lives and children half a planet away.
That’s why smart people like me stay away from politics, because it’s a waste of time. No one does it to help people.
Keep voting these guys in and deal with homelessness, resulting crime and violence on your own streets. As I always say, in democratic countries, you get what you vote for
He wants to pander to his base in his old age, it’s sad really. Guess he wants to live the rest of his days in peace at 1 of his 3 mansions he owns…