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Eugene

(62,627 posts)
Wed Nov 8, 2023, 09:08 PM Nov 2023

Emotions are running high at the White House as some aides' frustration with Israel is growing

Source: CNN

Emotions are running high at the White House as some aides’ frustration with Israel is growing

By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Alex Marquardt and Jennifer Hansler, CNN
9 minute read
Updated 6:18 PM EST, Wed November 8, 2023

Washington and Tokyo (CNN) — Angst, unease and outrage are spreading through corners of the Biden administration as Israeli forces show no signs of letting up their relentless attacks inside Gaza and the civilian death toll in the besieged enclave – already in the thousands – continues to climb.

One month into the Israel-Hamas war, some senior officials privately say there are aspects of Israel’s military operations they simply cannot stomach defending; calls for the US to back a ceasefire are growing among government employees; and others are distraught by the incessant images of Palestinian civilians being killed by Israeli airstrikes, multiple sources told CNN.

“It has created great moral anxiety,” said one senior administration official. “But no one can say it because we all work at the pleasure of the president and he’s all in.”

This week, a divide emerged between the US and Israel over the future of Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested in an interview Israel would have responsibility for security in Gaza for an “indefinite period.” On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated US opposition to any “reoccupation” of the Gaza Strip but did allow that “there may be a need for some transition period at the end of the conflict.”

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/08/politics/biden-administration-israel-hamas-war/index.html

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Emotions are running high at the White House as some aides' frustration with Israel is growing (Original Post) Eugene Nov 2023 OP
And this too - utterly and 100% predictable stopdiggin Nov 2023 #1
Get rid of them. The Mouth Nov 2023 #2
Hidden agenda comes into full view. AloeVera Nov 2023 #3
Has anyone ever thought it was really something else? The Mouth Nov 2023 #4

stopdiggin

(12,752 posts)
1. And this too - utterly and 100% predictable
Wed Nov 8, 2023, 09:25 PM
Nov 2023

Nobody has any real stomach for the carnage of war - and that totally includes those that wade through it - and those that see it as necessary.

The Mouth

(3,281 posts)
2. Get rid of them.
Thu Nov 9, 2023, 11:22 AM
Nov 2023

Get rid of anyone in this government who doesn't support Israel, for my money.

Treat anyone with a good word to say for Hamas or who doubts that Israel is fighting a just battle for its very existence as a potential terrorist as far as I am concerned.

Hamas fucked with the bull, and is getting the horns; any collateral damage is entirely the responsibility of Hamas and the countries in that area that won't accept the Palestinians when that entire area becomes part of Israel.


AloeVera

(1,840 posts)
3. Hidden agenda comes into full view.
Fri Nov 10, 2023, 08:33 AM
Nov 2023

Ah so the hidden agenda is not even hidden anymore.

"When that entire area becomes part of Israel".

Wonder if Nuttyyahoo neglected to mention that wee detail to President Biden a month ago?

Talk about fucking with a bull, wait till the U.S. can no longer deny it was duped by this lying asshole and his gang of extreme Zionist liars.
Peace.

The Mouth

(3,281 posts)
4. Has anyone ever thought it was really something else?
Fri Nov 10, 2023, 08:21 PM
Nov 2023

It's a fucking zero-sum game.

Israel will no more every stop until every last bit of 'ancient Israel' is under their control than some elements of their enemies will ever stop until there is no Jewish control of any of the land in the area. Neither side will stop until they 'win' any more than the United States would have stopped before we had control from one coast to another.

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