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Mo's avatar

Question for Mehdi: Why should we believe she is going to change anything after the election if she isn’t able to change Biden’s mind now? Also, she doesn’t really speak like she is eager to stop, but sounds more like a talking piece to garner votes where possible, as every word of supposed sympathy sounds fake.

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Mo's avatar

I agree with all things Mehdi but your push for Dems/Harris makes no sense in the current climate. she takes the Muslim votes for granted.

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Mo's avatar

Okay, then how come Biden (also a democrat?) hasn’t picked up the phone and shut Netanyahu’s ethnic cleansing and genocidal operation?

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elizabeth harries's avatar

Because he is an old-fashioned, elderly pro Zionist For whom memories of the holocaust are not distant in the same way and help to motivate his decisions. I’m not saying that they are right I’m just saying that that’s why, and he hasn’t ever realized that the original Israelis are not the same people as these far right racists.

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elizabeth harries's avatar

I don’t think it’s so much that I think it’s that she’s frightened, and looking at it as an English person I can see why of the strength of AIPAC. if she can get into power, then she has more room to maneuver

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elizabeth harries's avatar

Because she will be the president, not the vice president. She is terrified of the Israeli lobby at the moment, but if she manages to get elected, then she will have beaten them and she will have more freedom to make her own decisions. She’s not going to suddenly be the greatest supporter of the Palestinians, but she’s definitely going to be better than Donald Trump.

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Judy Andler's avatar

related question... Will she reappoint Blinken, Miller and all the executive branch staff who staunch supporters and part of genocidial campaign [no matter what lies or propaganda they feed the public and journalists] and those who profit from it? That will be telling/ The executive branch and congress policy and budgets very much run by arms industry,

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Judy Graboyes's avatar

we'll never know who she would have appointed. we didn't give her the chance. we all knew trump will be far worse for everyone, but that wasn't the primary concern.

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