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Zelenskyy straight-up said Ukraine is going to lose if Congress doesn't send more aid (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Biden frantically sends more aid to israel

[–] index@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's not his money I don't he really care where they get wasted

[–] tal@lemmy.today -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Biden's aimed to send aid to both.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Only bypassed Congress and did secret deals for israel.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Bollocks. Congress was totally on board, supporting Israel far past the point they deserve is one of the few mostly bipartisan issues in the US

[–] Arcturus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

This framing makes it seem like Biden is going against the majority congressional sentiment, but he is not. The US congress, overall, is supportive of sending military support to Israel, as evidenced by their passing bills other aid bills, which is a slower process.