‘Extraordinary’: Biden administration staffers’ growing dissent against Gaza policy

3 years ago by Collision Resistance to c/politics

An education department official resigned this week, and 17 staffers sent an anonymous letter calling for a ceasefire
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conquer4 55 points 3 years ago

Here's the annoying thing about our system: so what? If you stop supporting Biden, and trump gets re-elected, congrats, you now have an extreme Isreal supporter in office who would give nukes to Isreal. By being fed up with the current administration, you would have shot your own cause by withdrawing.

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PugJesus 20 points 3 years ago

Deeper than the system, unfortunately. A supermajority of Americans are still extremely pro-Israel. Some for batshit insane religious reasons, others for reasons of ignorance. A few out of pure malice, one presumes.

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AnneBonny 19 points 3 years ago

Americans are pro-Israel because, for the past 75 years, we've been taught and told that all the Arabs and/or Muslims want to destroy Israel and we are the only country that can prevent that from happening.

For the majority of Americans, it is not religion or ignorance, it is simply political dogma.

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fidodo -1 points 3 years ago

That's what primaries are for. I agree the system isn't perfect but so many people ignore the primaries then wonder why their party never changes. Again. That's what primaries are for.

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Ensign_Crab 4 points 3 years ago

"Rely on the primaries" - people who love that the party opposes progressives in primaries harder than it opposes Republicans in any context.

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