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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 1 year ago (2 children)

Biden frantically sends more aid to israel

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

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

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

Biden's aimed to send aid to both.

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

Only bypassed Congress and did secret deals for israel.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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.