In his last speech to the UN General Assembly as president, Biden laid the groundwork for more Israeli massacres.
In his final address to the UN General Assembly as the U.S. president on Tuesday, Biden boasted about working for peace and deescalation through his administration, walking through historic conflicts that he claimed he opposed.
He struck an almost anti-war tone as he bragged about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and, ironically, opposing South African apartheid in his younger years. He also spoke extensively about the U.S.’s use of the UN charter to support Ukraine and the need for global powers to end Russia’s invasion. He then called for world order, saying that “the center has held” and that global chaos has been averted, referencing a famous William Butler Yeats poem.
But Biden suspended his dovish talk when he spoke about the Middle East and Israel’s massacres — for which the U.S. has undermined humanitarian standards at every turn. While Biden dubiously claimed that his administration is working steadfastly to achieve peace in the Middle East, he invoked the October 7 attack led by Hamas forces — which officials have raised repeatedly in the past year to provide justification for Israel’s genocide.
He then called for world order, saying that “the center has held” and that global chaos has been averted, referencing a famous William Butler Yeats poem.
"Global chaos has been averted"
The war in Ukraine is ongoing.
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and revving up the West Bank.
Israel is about to invade a neighboring sovereign state.
Taiwan is threatened by the PRC.
Fucking nothing has been averted. I understand politicians seek to spin events in favor of their policies, but fuck's sake. This is, to be very generous on the Israel front, like a flood busting a dam down, and then driving to the remains of the crushed city downstream and praising the preventative powers of the dam.
Biden is literally being taken advantage of by Israel at this point due to his age, or he's flat out lying to everyone about what he thinks is happening.
Like, his continually denial of reality at this point doesn't have any other explanation
He believes it and age isn't just why he couldn't be the candidate, it's why he shouldn't be president right now.
Or he knows that when people criticize him, people and the media will label them trump supporters for having standards higher than "not trump". Which I'll never understand but still happens online often.
He is and he's been saying it for half a century...
But to truly believe Israel is the good guys working towards peace in 2024 is completely illogical and in direct opposition to every piece of intelligence that isn't coming from Israel.
And he does seem to truly believe it, I don't think he's just lying to everyone. It's no different than an elderly relative going hard trump, he's being taken advantage of by a foreign government.
It's not an excuse, and it's definitely not a reason to let him keep doing this shit, but it's important to understand why people do horrible shit like support a genocide.
Just write him off as a horrible monster and it's hard to prevent it from happening again. That's a big part of why we're still fighting fascists all over the planet. It's not enough to say they're monsters, we need to understand the why so we can stop it from happening again
Do you have a date or news article for the initial border attack by Israel in Metula? I thought that the initial attack was Hezbollah firing rockets on Oct 8th.