Sundial

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[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Can you source this please? I'm not able to find anything like that on my own.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (25 children)

What deal in specific are you talking about here?

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee -2 points 3 weeks ago (38 children)

The easy response is that they tied themselves to the tracks.

No they really didn't and you're intentionally deflecting the point. Relationships were being normalized. True, Trump walked them back. But Biden campaigned on bringing it back and not only did he fail on it, he made them worse. And people wonder why Democrats aren't getting as many latino voters. You're insistence on deflecting the blame is counter-productive to the kind of discussions needed for a healthy political climate in America.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee -1 points 3 weeks ago (43 children)

So can I tie someone down to a set of train tracks and absolve myself of any culpability when they eventually get run over by a train?

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 78 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

You guys just walk out of the shower soaking wet? You don't dry yourselves in the shower and then step out?

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee -1 points 3 weeks ago (45 children)

Cuba has been sanctioned for longer than any other country in modern history. But almost a decade ago the Obama administration softened sanctions on the island and restored diplomatic relations with Havana, admitting that over half a century of immiserating the island had failed to oust the communist government. The economic rebound was swift. But in the final weeks of the Trump administration, the White House put Cuba back on the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, alongside Iran, Syria and North Korea, for nakedly political reasons and without providing evidence.

Cuba watchers expected that Biden would restore Obama’s raft of achievements. After all, on the campaign trail in 2020 Biden promised that as president he would “reverse the failed Trump policies that inflicted harm on Cubans and their families.”

Instead, Biden has one-upped Trump by going further than the previous administration in attacking Cuba’s tourism industry – the main engine of the island’s economy. Two years ago, the Biden State Department barred foreigners who visit Cuba from visa-free travel to the U.S.

It kind of is America's fault.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago

Oh come on, this shit again? Get a life OP, and fuck off.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

True, but how long can Israel snipe kids down when they're engaged on multiple fronts from different countries and militia groups throughout the middle east? I can guarantee you if it wasn't for America's promise to join Israel in the war if it comes to that Israel would be facing a lot more than Hamas and Hezbollah.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 17 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

No they cannot continue it without America's help.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-09-02/ty-article-magazine/.premium/without-u-s-aid-israel-would-have-struggled-to-fight-in-gaza-beyond-a-few-months/00000191-aec2-d875-a3bb-aed7e2e30000

America is the only reason Iran and other countries have not yet attacked Israel themselves. And America is what's holding the Houthis at bay and not allowing them to be a larger threat to Israel.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Each of the examples provided is a generic call for a ceasefire with Harris being very careful so as not to be critical of Israel. This isn't anything new. It's simply a continuation of Bidens stance. And his stance is unequivocal support of Israel and then making generic calls for a ceasefire with nothing to show for it.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 26 points 3 weeks ago (20 children)

2/3 Americans support enforcing a ceasefire. 80% of Democrats support this. She wouldn't lose nearly the amount of votes people claim she would if she were to take a stance. She would just lose out on the lobbying money from AIPAC and other pro Israel lobbyists.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 93 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (25 children)

Majority of the people who are saying this are Arab-Americans. They know how bad Trump will be, they voted overwhelmingly in favor of Biden back in 2020. Unfortunately, after a year of witnessing their entire ethnicity being written off as an acceptable casualty in the name of international diplomacy and foreign lobbying, they've become numb and just stopped caring. There have been repeated instsnces of Democrats actually silencing them from speaking up as well. They've adopted a scorched earth mentality and are deciding to send a giant "fuck you" to Harris and the entire Democratic party.

And the Democrats are also allowing Israel to do whatever they want. There's not much of a difference between the two on this topic.

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