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The Afghanistan pullout was planned during the Trump admin, mind you, Biden basically just didn't back out of it. Not saying it wasn't a good thing, but using it as a comparison against the administration that planned it is a bit disingenuous.
And the comparison of drone strikes under Obama is as much a Trumpism as "Genocide Joe", so using it as a defense against using Trumpisms is also disingenuous.
Not saying Biden isn't a far sight better than Trump or anything else coming from the conservative camps, but he's no less of a warhawk at this point.
I'm glad the US lost in Afghanistan and I'm hopeful it loses in Palestine/Middle East too.
Bet you love that the US wasted 2.4 trillion dollars and 20 years with nothing to show for it. If the US wanted to help Afghan women, why was it bombing them? There are other, more productive ways to help.
I agree that Biden isn't really much less of a warhawk, but the point I'm making is that there's probably been if anything slightly less genocide by the US under Biden than other presidents, which just makes the nickname more ridiculous.
It's not that he's much less of a warhawk, he's no less of a warhawk.
Yes, the nickname is dumb, but that's mostly because it's a Trumpism, not that it doesn't have a tinge of accuracy to it.
I dunno, I still think there's a valid point to it. Previous presidents increased the amount of genocide, they continued and added to previous actions, Biden has done things to decrease it.
Like, if you were to plot genocide on a logarithmic scale, the slope would be lesser under Biden.
Like, if inflation has been really high, but then becomes a bit less high.
It's objectively better. Still definitely not good, but not as bad as before, but also still not getting better quickly enough.
It is not a Trumpism. I'm from Saudi Arabia, it is an apt description for the most genocidal maniac leader of the 21st century. Trump possibly being worse is just a condemnation of the USA.
Also, past US president were war criminals who should have faced trial for their war crimes, but Joe is escalating it to an unprecedented genocide.
Yemen, RSF, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, Darfur, etc.
Netanyahu is less genocidal than Biden?
Meanwhile:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effacer_le_tableau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_genocide
I am aligned with the Axis of Resistance. Saudi Arabia is only my country of citizenship. But don’t misunderstand this to be an invitation for a colour revolution in my country.
Biden is supporting Netanyahu unconditionally. Biden could at least vote for a ceasefire instead of vetoing it. Instead he is sending Netanyahu more weapons to enable the genocide. This is Biden’s genocide as much as Netanyahu’s.