▲ 791 ▼ Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer (abcnews.go.com) submitted 1 year ago by 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 500 comments fedilink hide all child comments Biden's office announced his illness Sunday afternoon.
[–] andybytes@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Fuck these motherfuckers that are down-voting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Honytawk@feddit.nl -13 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Maybe it is downvoted because those weapons were funded long before Joe Biden was the leader? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] wpb@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 child) But that's factually incorrect. Billions of dollars of new US military aid to Israel, during the genocide, were okayed by the Biden admin. This is not controversial, this is not classified, this is public knowledge that made headlines in all major news outlets at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago It doesn't suit the present pro-netanyahu narrative, so it never happened. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) The Leahy law requires that those weapons be withheld. But the party of letting bullshit procedure get in the way of doing the right thing doesn't let actual law get in the way of doing the wrong thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Yeah but obeying laws is for the poor, not when you commit federal crimes. They let you get away with it as the president. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago Weapon shipments to Israel went up to unheard of levels under Biden's watch. Even Trump hasn't sent as much in either term. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Honytawk@feddit.nl -13 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Maybe it is downvoted because those weapons were funded long before Joe Biden was the leader? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] wpb@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 child) But that's factually incorrect. Billions of dollars of new US military aid to Israel, during the genocide, were okayed by the Biden admin. This is not controversial, this is not classified, this is public knowledge that made headlines in all major news outlets at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago It doesn't suit the present pro-netanyahu narrative, so it never happened. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) The Leahy law requires that those weapons be withheld. But the party of letting bullshit procedure get in the way of doing the right thing doesn't let actual law get in the way of doing the wrong thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Yeah but obeying laws is for the poor, not when you commit federal crimes. They let you get away with it as the president. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago Weapon shipments to Israel went up to unheard of levels under Biden's watch. Even Trump hasn't sent as much in either term. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wpb@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 child) But that's factually incorrect. Billions of dollars of new US military aid to Israel, during the genocide, were okayed by the Biden admin. This is not controversial, this is not classified, this is public knowledge that made headlines in all major news outlets at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago It doesn't suit the present pro-netanyahu narrative, so it never happened. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago It doesn't suit the present pro-netanyahu narrative, so it never happened. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) The Leahy law requires that those weapons be withheld. But the party of letting bullshit procedure get in the way of doing the right thing doesn't let actual law get in the way of doing the wrong thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Yeah but obeying laws is for the poor, not when you commit federal crimes. They let you get away with it as the president. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Yeah but obeying laws is for the poor, not when you commit federal crimes. They let you get away with it as the president. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago Weapon shipments to Israel went up to unheard of levels under Biden's watch. Even Trump hasn't sent as much in either term. permalink fedilink source parent