damn took the words out of my mouth. just said this.
I swore people said “well stop targeting civilians and do special operations raids"
These SPECIAL OPERATORS literally ran into a secure space and eliminated their targets
Again, if people just said: “Israel shouldn’t target their terrorist enemies” I’d rather people just say that…but they don’t say it. It’s this sliding scale of imperfection in a military conflict.
For a lot of these guys this is all they have left. Biden surpassed their expectations economically and socially and now they’re just harping on this because that’s what in their social sphere of influence.
This isn’t to disregard many of the grievances as not valid. But to push the narrative that this has had an impact on daily American life in any meaningful way would be gaslighting.
That said, it’s hard for some folks to either express to others why they should care at the level they do. We’ve seen this framed as an issues for Christians, and issue for black Americans, that America is running the proxy war and then that America is weak because this is Israel’s genocide and a not an American proxy war against Palestine just to get someone to agree.
It’s a whackamole that’s completely unnecessary. Most folks watching this unfold thinks Israel is doing too much and don’t support America sending them additional aid. Mostly all agree that both sides need to be serious about a ceasefire. And don’t want this to turn into a larger conflict where America is a direct actor tipping the scale militarily.
That said, I’m just laughing watching these guys become so self radicalized they’re supporting terrorists, praising the hostage takers, and completely unwilling to accept that we’re where we are right now because Hamas had an absolute op advised plan that did not gain the support they thought they’d receive from regional players thus leading to a complete dismantling of Gaza.
Don’t even get me started on the houthis
Gas down, stock market up, Trump catching Ls and folks just aren’t as invested as they once were.
At this point all you can hope for is a different attitude in the post war process