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Yesterday, 08:23 PM | #10002 | |
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He didn't formally propose it. He didn't declare it as emergency spending. He didn't spend months promoting it to the media and taking an hour in prime time to sell it to the publc. He didn't offer up Trump's immigration bill in return for its passage. He did do that with the foreign aid bill. It's not all his fault but he did choose which spending was more important. It's fair to question why he cared more about bombing an orphanage halfway around the globe as opposed to making sure there was enough disaster relief and kids could eat in this country. |
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Yesterday, 08:39 PM | #10003 |
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How exactly does that all work during the summer? Biden is willing to shut down the government over FEMA funds when there aren't any major disasters? He calls a prime time address to discuss FEMA funding when maybe 1% of the country gives a shit about it?
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Yesterday, 08:56 PM | #10004 |
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If no one cares about FEMA funds, there is nothing to be upset about. I'm just saying that when you prioritize spending for foreign countries over your own, don't be upset if people get mad about it.
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Yesterday, 09:00 PM | #10005 |
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There was some other stuff in the plan like money for child care, substance abuse programs, and access to the internet for low income families. Sure it's not as important as drone striking the World Central Kitchen, but I think would have been worth putting some effort into.
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Yesterday, 09:37 PM | #10006 | |
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It's always the same disingenuous nonsense. If only something had happened between summer and now that would make FEMA funds more important and more politically expedient.
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Yesterday, 09:43 PM | #10007 |
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Blinken announces USA will send $156 million to Lebanon for their disaster of a state that allows Hezbollah to shoot thousands of rockets at Israeli farmers, women and kids because Hezbollah’s allies down south started a war by targeting, raping and killing thousands of Jewish kids.
Meanwhile, OUR allies literally wouldn’t mind if we transferred that money to FEMA instead since Mayokras said his agency is broke. I know what you’re going to say already. Let me give it a go. ABC News will report that this money will save many lives in Beirut and they will gush over Blinken for looking out for Lebanese families in need. CBS News will say the move is ‘heroic’ though they will acknowledged they’re not sure why, exactly, NBC News will blast Trump for not sending that money 6 years ago, and MSNBC will say something about how helping people in North Carolina is a threat to democracy. |
Yesterday, 09:50 PM | #10008 |
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Yesterday, 09:54 PM | #10009 |
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Well, that’s it then I guess. No money for anything until every last house is rebuilt!
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Yesterday, 09:58 PM | #10010 | |
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The people targeting, raping, and killing kids aren't Hezbollah. And by farmers, you mean illegal settlers (which is where they are lobbing missiles at). I wonder why Lebanon is such a disaster. It's almost like an ethnostate to the South keeps invading them every decade. Should really look into that. |
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Yesterday, 10:00 PM | #10011 |
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Can you please give a short biased report on that? I'm sure we're all looking forward to that.
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Yesterday, 10:09 PM | #10012 |
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It’s an oversimplification, but there were about thirty years where Syria occupied half the country, and 20 years where Israel occupied another half of the country. So yeah, Lebanon hasn’t exactly had an easy time of things.
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Yesterday, 10:11 PM | #10013 | |
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Israel has invaded Lebanon like 4 or 5 times in the past 50 years. It even occupied a chunk of its land for like 20 years. They created a doctrine where they intentionally target civilians (Dahiya doctrine, look it up). Even Reagan thought what they were doing was too fucked up to support. All stuff you can look up to confirm. |
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Specific to Dahiya, see below wiki In other words, it intentionally targets civilian infrastructure and not civilians. And it does that because Israel believes the baddies are hiding themselves/weapons in/under/near the civilian infrastructures. If Hamas/Hezbollah is so worried about it, the answer is for them stop using civilian infrastructures to hide, keep hostages, launch attacks etc. Dahiya doctrine - Wikipedia Quote:
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