And don’t forget that we’re in the middle of getting a new Cold War going, what with Russia and China’s strategic plans for the near to mid-term future conflicting with what pretty much everyone else in the world is planning.

[-] BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That gave me minor heart palpitations…

Because I don’t have it in me (literally) to give more… 😟

Fucking hate some board games… 🙂‍↕️

[-] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

"May you live in interesting times."

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

In the DNC boardroom: "What can we possibly do to help Trump so we can go on vacation again? Ooohh! I know! Let's go in halvsies on a genocide!"

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

As Gaza’s death toll climbs and famine looms, criticism of Israel’s conduct of the war has been growing from the left and even the centre, with some calling for an end to US arms supplies.

This pressure, and the recent deaths of World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, seemed to finally prompt a shift in Biden’s tone.

The Democratic senator John Fetterman, no friend of pro-Palestinian protesters, told CNN’s State of the Union: “It really demonstrates how it’s astonishing that we are not standing firmly with Israel and there should never be any kinds of conditions on all of that.

Amid the drumbeat for rallying against a common foe, Democrats who call for military aid to be conditioned will be accused of tone deaf appeasement.

On Sunday, the Washington news agenda was dominated by speculation over Biden can dissuade Netanyahu from striking back – “Take the win,” he reportedly said – and prevent a wider regional war, and whether Congress might now pass military aid for both Israel and Ukraine.

Gaza – where Israel’s offensive has killed at least 33,729 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry – was no longer uppermost in the thoughts of politicians or the journalists who interview them.

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[-] Nobody@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

If Biden starts a war with Iran, he needs to drop out of the race. He won’t possibly be able to win.

The options for Dems will be to find another candidate or throw their support behind Bobby Kennedy. Otherwise, it’s Trump.

[-] WamGams@lemmy.ca 29 points 5 months ago

Nahh, I would say 90% of us here will be voting for Biden.

Will some be stupid enough to vote for a Bobby Kennedy? Maybe? But I suspect a vast minority.

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[-] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 14 points 5 months ago

Why can’t we replace Biden with Bernie instead? Kennedy is a nut job.

[-] APassenger@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

I'd like to vote Bernie in the general. I'd like it better about 8 years ago.

He's 8 years older than he was then. I think that's part of why he doesn't run. He wants the younger generation to take it up.

I really hope they do. The current set of democrats risk allowing the Republicans to get a solid foothold across demos that, normally, wouldn't be as split.

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