{"id":47656,"date":"2024-05-15T13:35:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T21:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=47656"},"modified":"2024-05-15T13:35:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T21:35:27","slug":"biden-discards-temporary-spine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/15\/biden-discards-temporary-spine\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Discards Temporary Spine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reprinted from Bracing Views<\/a> with the author\u2019s permission.<\/i><\/p>\n

Last week, President Biden appeared to have strapped on a temporary spine<\/a> in delaying shipments of \u201coffensive\u201d weaponry to Israel for its murderous invasion of Rafah in Gaza.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

That spine had a short duration as Biden announced yesterday renewed shipments of tank and mortar rounds to Israel. Here\u2019s the Washington<\/em> Post<\/em> article<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Biden administration informally notified congressional committees Tuesday that it planned to move forward with more than $1 billion in weapons deals for Israel, said U.S. officials familiar with the matter, a major transfer of lethal aid that comes a week after the White House paused a single shipment of bombs because of concerns that a planned assault in southern Gaza could cause immense civilian casualties.<\/em><\/p>\n

The arms deals allow for the potential transfer of $700 million in tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.<\/em><\/p>\n

The decision underscores the administration\u2019s reluctance to defy pro-Israel donors<\/a> in the Democratic Party who criticized Biden\u2019s decision last week to withhold the shipment<\/a>, which included controversial 2,000-pound bombs that have been involved in mass casualty events in Gaza.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMass casualty events\u201d: you mean the murder and wounding of more than 120,000 Palestinians in Israel\u2019s genocidal war in Gaza?<\/p>\n

It looks like \u201cpro-Israel donors in the Democratic Party\u201d are the real rulers here, not President Biden. They are the ones making the decisions for the country. I\u2019m not saying that: The Washington Post<\/em> is. Kudos to them for telling us who really rules America.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Israel continues to level neighborhoods in Gaza while starving the people there. As near as I can tell, the Biden administration heartily approves of this. The only thing Biden is against is dropping 2000-pound bombs in Rafah, mainly because it looks bad and can\u2019t be sold as \u201cprecise\u201d by idiot U.S. media spin-masters.<\/p>\n

Of course, most Republicans are even more fervid in their bloodthirsty support of Israel. Both parties are so thoroughly corrupted, so morally compromised, that Americans should and must find a way to elect new people.<\/p>\n

Together, America\u2019s uniparty has a clear message to Israel: Go ahead and ethnically cleanse Gaza, just don\u2019t do it<\/a> too fast.<\/p>\n

(My thanks to Ray for sending the link to the WP<\/em> article.)<\/p>\n

William J. Astore is a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF). He taught history for fifteen years at military and civilian schools. He writes at Bracing Views<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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