'It is time for this war to end,' Harris tells Netanyahu; 'I will not be silent' on Palestinian suffering
Harris' remarks followed a meeting she held with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington Thursday.
I think this is as strong as could reasonably be expected from Harris. It’s also brilliant politically. People who wouldn’t have voted for Biden because of Palestine may be willing to go with Harris.
In addition to age, this makes two of Biden’s biggest drawbacks crushed in one week. I like it.
Dems actually executed a plan shockingly well. Get the Republican anti-Biden propaganda machine to load up on specific issues, then swap Biden with someone that doesn’t have those issues. Now that the populace has been agitated on those issues, point out that Trump is the candidate who is old and fucks with Palestine. Classic bait and switch. Trump fell for the trap.
Kamala isn’t perfect, but she seems to be running on prosecuting and cleaning up the Trump crime spree. I can get behind that. A relief to see the dems pull something like this off. Acting like they were completely blowing it was just so believable. Biden’s debate performance really sold it.
I am at least 90% sure it wasn't an act. They actually were just blowing it. You have to recognize Biden is the head of the party currently, even still as Harris is taking over. He spent his entire life gaining power. He didn't want to give it up. He just had enough people around him tell him he wasn't going to keep power no matter what and was just going to fuck over the party that he eventually listened. This wasn't some genius play by the Democrats, rather just the Republicans fucking up in their strategy assuming Biden was the only possible opponent.
BlueAnon conspiracy theory.
Yooooooooo I am just so wrong this year and I'm all about it! Her AIPAC overseers won't be happy about that
Here's a clip of her speech...
VP: "What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating. The images of dead children and desperate hungry people fleeing for safety sometimes displaced for the second, third, or fourth time. We cannot look away in the face of these tragedies"
That passive voice is doing some heavy lifting.
This will greatly confuse the tankies.
The ebil tankie wankies of course...
Sorry if my meany-bo-beany comment made you retort and reply
How? First off, Harris isn't Biden. No one is confused by this, but maybe you are because you think Harris must have the exact same stances and opinions as Biden. Second, it wasn't just "tankies" who were upset at Biden's enthusiastic support for genocide. Anyone with any shred of decency is against genocide. Finally, people like you claimed that Biden was our best chance to beat Trump and insisted that we all had to throw our support behind him because Trump is worse and that anyone criticizing Biden for supporting genocide is a tankie. Turns out that him dropping out to make way for a better candidate actually works and many Americans are excited that we don't have to support such a garbage candidate just because the other side has a worse candidate. The positive reaction to Biden dropping out was immediate and clear.
And if it weren’t for those ‘tankies’, you’d still have your genocidal baby murdering loser on the ticket.
Well its about fucking time. Reuters/ Ipsos results will be in next week.
Lets see if MI/ WI get back on the table and if MN is still a toss up. Its good strong rhetoric but the US has been on the wrong side of this issue for 9 months. One speech doesn't change that and there is damage to be fixed, but its always a first step. We froze Russian assets to fund the rebuilding of Ukraine. Should we freeze Israelli assets to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza? Lets hear some policy proposals.
Lets hear some policy proposals.
Here’s one simple trick that Harris can do on Day 1: Support the full inclusion of Palestine as a member at the United Nations.
(It’s possible that the UK or France might veto, but the US has generally been the obstacle to full recognition of Palestine at the UN.)
Once Palestine has international recognition as a state, it can start to benefit from international law, like the Geneva Convention.
Man if we could close the gap in Georgia or North Carolina that would be great. We'd have a much higher chance then.
I'm way, way, way less worried about those states than I am MI, and WI.
MI and WI should lnt even be competitive for Trump. The speech was a good start, we're gonna need actual action to bring Muslim voters back into the fold.
The black community has rallied around Harris in a way not seen since 2008. I've got too much day job work rn, but my first pass on some data says "fuck it, shoot for Florida too". Obama won Florida twice and Trump really only won it in the margins.
But without WI and MI, it's all for naught.
Good to see. Maybe we can all regroup and get behind her now so that we can keep America from becoming a fascist nightmare.
Yep. I said my main objection was the genocide, and - shockingly - I'm actually not a Russian bot and my vote can be won by better policy positions.
If she supports ranked choice voting, I'll go door to door for her.
I listened to it. It was an OK speech, but it willfully ignored the agency of Israel in the destruction of the Palestinian people. She called Hamas terrorists, but what about Israel? What do you call an administration and a nation's army that's committing genocide? She gave no scoldings to Israel, which to me is weak sauce.
It would be electoral suicide if she did go all out.
I think this was pretty much the best that could be expected from an american presidential candidate. Israel's position in the geopolitical balance of power makes it impossible for her to just outright denounce them. She's signalling that she's (hopefully) going to be less limp-wristed than Biden was on the issue, but the US's hands are largely tied when it comes to Israel - at least for as long as the forward outpost in the Middle East is as desirable as it still is to US interests.
Not just the strategic value, but also the fact that the Netanyahu camp and allies will cry "antisemitism" in the face of any significant criticism, which could be disastrous for an election campaign.
All she had to do was say "Two wrongs don't make a right. End the genocide." Netanyahu has a warrant for arrest by the international criminal court. Israel's only remaining ally is the US at this point.
Says ghoul who just sent out official public announcement denouncing pro Palestinian demonstrators.
She should step up the finger wagging. Maybe try this:
February 12, 2024: Biden Calls Benjamin Netanyahu an ‘Asshole’ in Private: Report
President Joe Biden has taken to privately disparaging his Israeli counterpart, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after months of not listening to his pleas for a cease-fire halting the country’s brutal assault on the Gaza Strip
Off topic but Linkerbaan is such a strange name. It translates to “left lane” which could either identify you as somebody who is a lefty, or as somebody who likes speeding on the highway. Which one is it?
The first but the reference to speed is also intentional as implied by my bio.
Weren't they specifically pro Hamas?
That 5 million dollars in terrorist Aipac money tells me she's a lying piece of crap. That and her history of being a liar while actually having no principles. Classic establishment politician tbf
She can't even say more than 3 words without looking down at her teleprompter. It's quite astonishing watching it.
What is the purpose of this comment?
Are you saying that because she uses a teleprompter too much she isn't going to be a good president?
Are you saying this because you are equating her use of a teleprompter to her intelligence?
Are you saying this with the intention of getting people to not vote for her because she isn't perfect ?
Or are you just making a random statement about her?
I'm saying she didn't write that speech nor even partake in it's writing nor did she read over the damn thing once or twice. And it's obvious she did not.
I'm saying how was that performance any better than Biden and him say accidently calling someone the wrong name and immediately correcting himself. At least the guy can get out complete sentences before pausing to read.
Any other candidate beside trump will dog walk her if she continues to read from that thing like that. That's what I'm saying here.
Man, your entire post history is just hot garbage opinions.
Not true. I've some takes that people have agreed with. You may not agree with things I say and that's fine. I'll keep continuing though.
