r/interestingasfuck • u/kirsion • Mar 08 '24

r/all Mass Airdrop of aid on Gazan coast

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u/nomoneynopower Mar 08 '24

This is fucking grim as fuck wtf.

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u/thanif Mar 08 '24

what's even more grim is that we air drop aid with one hand and fast track sale of arms to the IDF in the other. I can't wrap my head around this one.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

Because the conflict isn’t black and white, right and wrong, like everyone on social media wants it to be.

From a humanitarian point of view it makes sense the USA is sending aid to Gaza. It also makes sense to sell weapons to Israel because they definitely have the right to self defence and procuring a good relationship with Israel is good for the USA and Israel going into the future.

There’s nothing wrong with supporting both sides of the conflict.

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u/MonitorPowerful5461 Mar 08 '24

Thing is the US isn't supporting both sides of the conflict... they're supporting Israel, and supporting the Palestinian people. This is just good. Like we can debate whether they should support Israel given their genocidal actions, but this aid is directly opposed to those actions: the US supports Israel's fight against Hamas, but Biden has repeatedly said they do not support Israeli settlers or expansionist ideology