WSJ: Biden pressured Netanyahu to abandon plans for preemptive strike on Hezbollah
(www.ynetnews.com)
from Stamau123@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 24 Dec 2023 19:00
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from Stamau123@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 24 Dec 2023 19:00
https://lemmy.world/post/9936961
Israel planned to launch a preemptive strike against Hezbollah on October 11 which was narrowly averted due to intervention from U.S. President Joe Biden, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
The assault plan came on the heels of Hamas’ invasion of southern Israel and, according to the report, was based on intelligence Israel had that Hezbollah attackers were preparing to cross the border as part of a multi-pronged attack. The U.S. reportedly deemed the information unreliable.
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Biden reminding Bibi to keep his eyes on the prize. You can’t properly focus on genociding Gaza if you have to fight Hezbollah as well.
Im all for hating Biden, but this is ultimately a good thing?
Or do people want the war to expand to the whole region so more civilians get affected?
Israel is arrogant enough to think they can fight multiple wars at the same time. Biden and others have made the best effort to warn them against it, but if Netanyahu wants to risk the entire country just to grab more land then what can we do to stop him?
What can we do?idk have our president tell their leader that they’re dumb and not to do it. Basically exactly what occurred. Less people dying is good.
We can do MUCH more than that. Currently Biden is giving $8 Billion a year to Israel and is Congress for an additional $14 Billion, and is vetoing UN Security Council resolutions that criticize Israel and quietly blocking their investigations into war crimes. Biden could add conditions to the aid (he already blocked shipments of rifles because they were going to arm settlers who were committing attacks on unarmed Palestinians), he could block the additional aid or heavy weapons shipments or he could abstain and let the UN Security Council actually order Israel to stop violating the Geneva Conventions.
There are “people” here who go out of their way to frame everything good Biden does as something bad.
They can’t even just pick something bad. They have to attack the good thing specifically.
Sure, it’s good. But it shows that the Americans have the influence to tell Israel which targets to attack, and they’re not using it to tell them to avoid attacking hospitals, schools, their own hostages, etc.
As with everything, it’s wholly inadequate.
Or they don’t?
“Be more selective with targets”
“No”
“Well at least don’t fuckin launch a cross-border attack”
“Maybe”
See how that can work? The American response HAS been inadequate, but it’s because they continue to supply the genocide in Gaza, not because they’re trying to reign in the extremists
Frankly maybe the US should stop protecting Israel and let them do whatever they want. Clearly they don’t appreciate Biden trying to save them from themselves, and opening a second front of the war is what they want even though it will badly harm Israel. Attacking more Arab countries will drag the rest of the region into the fight and Israel will have nobody to blame but themselves.
Israel has nukes and is run by nutjobs. They won’t use nukes in Gaza, it’s too close to Israeli cities. But there’s no telling what they’ll do the further away a conflict gets.
Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to let those genocidal zealots have nukes? For fuck’s sake…
Israel developed their nukes with Apartheid South Africa and Taiwan:
en.wikipedia.org/…/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_ma…
Also the crazed religious zealots weren’t in control of Israel back then, the survivors of the Holocaust were, and they planned to keep surviving.
Israel has been attacked by the rest of the region before.
Israel has also committed aggression against most of its neighbors and tried to claim their lands as well.
They’ve also unilaterally ceded land to Gaza, no?
No. They pulled out their illegal settlements but then blockaded the land and even blocked the importation of Covid vaccines (until international pressure made them relent). The government is even openly talking about putting new settlements back.
Gotcha. Just checking.
“preemptive strike” is funny wording for “attack” .
I guess Hamas killing IDF reservists on October 7 was just a preemptive strike too. Lower the civilian death count boys.