• YeetPics
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    11 months ago

    Is Israel genociding Gazans by paper cuts from fiat currency or dumping tonnes of coins onto them?

    If I waste welfare money to buy alcohol is it my fault for buying alcohol or the governments fault for supplying me a means to feed myself?

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      The government would be to blame if they didn’t put controls on you using that money to buy weapons for shooting civilians.

      We pour so much money into Israel that goes straight to murdering civilians in an ethnic cleansing. The US is culpable and the president needs to be held accountable.

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        11 months ago

        So why are the houthis not attacking DC? Seems like a waste of their energy to go after Israel if it all falls into the desk of POTUS don’t you agree?

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      https://theconversation.com/where-do-israel-and-hamas-get-their-weapons-220762#:~:text=As of late December 2023,use by the U.S. military.

      Israel also imports weapons from other countries. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s arms transfers database, 68% of Israel’s weapons imports from 2013 to 2022 came from the U.S. Another 28% came from Germany. Imports are funded in part by $3.3 billion of military aid provided annually by the U.S., along with $500 million for missile defense cooperation.

      Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the U.S. has provided more than 5,000 MK-84 munitions, a type of 2,000-pound bomb. As of late December 2023, the U.S. had sent artillery shells, armored vehicles and basic combat tools to Israel, delivered in 230 cargo planes and 20 ships.

      U.S. military aid to Israel also includes stockpiled weapons. For years, the Pentagon has stored weapons in Israel, presumably for use by the U.S. military. But the U.S. has allowed Israel to draw down some of these supplies during the Gaza conflict.

      If the government keeps sending you beer, money marked “for buying beer only” and replacing any old beer you have with new, higher alcohol content beer, then yes, I’d say they are a little bit culpable for your drunkenness.

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        11 months ago

        Biden pulls every trigger and loads every magazine by hand. Duh.

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        No, I didn’t compare the two.

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      You can’t buy alcohol with welfare benefits because the government puts limits on it. They could do the same with the money going to Israel but they don’t because they want Israel to do what they’re doing.