Hardly a surprise that Netanyahu was playing Biden.
The part that deserves scrutiny (but will likely never get it) is how neither the White House nor the State Department grasped that or, if they did, why they played along anyway.
The part that deserves scrutiny (but will likely never get it) is how neither the White House nor the State Department grasped that or, if they did, why they played along anyway.
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George Pearkes
*ISRAEL PREPARES LEBANON CEASE-FIRE PLAN AS ‘GIFT’ TO TRUMP:WAPO
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Halt weapons, lose Jewish vote,
Send weapons, lose Muslim vote.
Netanyahu is a war criminal and played his political cards to win.
Netanyahu is the villain here. Biden was ratfucked.
Handcuffing Ukraine?
How is Ukraine a foreign policy mess?
Biden has a stutter. Why do you think Biden can't read?
Brandon agreed with him.
If he had a crystal ball that showed Harris or himself winning as long as they opposed Israel he wouldn't change a thing.
As long as Trump won, this was always going to be the outcome. There's no sense whining about it now.
This is the elephant in the room that guys like this won't acknowledge. Cutting all aid is the only real leverage and it would have been political suicide for Biden/Harris. It's not popular.
Biden, Garland, Mueller, Comey, and others have proven the most important thing to them is to prove they’re unbiased by turning the other cheek while they and the country get beaten on
Obama nominated comey who that knifed Hilary. Obama just as naïve and weak as Biden.
Never underestimate the influence petty spite can have on the actions of small people.
They no doubt want to cultivate goodwill with the new Administration, but this seems to be a routine matter in the works rather than a radical move that changes things.