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BringMeTheDiscoKing to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Biden administration uses emergency authority to sell tank shells to Israel

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Biden administration uses emergency authority to sell tank shells to Israel

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BringMeTheDiscoKing to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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Biden administration uses emergency authority to sell tank shells to Israel | Biden administration | The Guardian
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The state department used an emergency declaration to sell $106.5m worth of ammo for Israel’s Merkava tanks
  • @SCB@lemmy.world
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    8•1 year ago

    Israel is currently at war.

    • @bamboo@lemm.ee
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      61•1 year ago

      “War” isn’t really a fitting word for committing genocide against unarmed civilians for being the wrong ethno-religious group on land you intend to steal.

      • @SCB@lemmy.world
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        10•1 year ago

        Regardless of your feelings, they literally declared war, so yes it is the correct word.

        • @bamboo@lemm.ee
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          32•1 year ago

          I mean I’ve declared war on a plate of lasagna before but nobody should sell me tank shells because of it.

          • @Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world
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            5•1 year ago

            Did the lasagna surrender?

          • @SCB@lemmy.world
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            4•1 year ago

            I don’t believe you have the international authority to have your declaration recognized as a formal act of war, though.

        • @Doorbook@lemmy.world
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          17•1 year ago

          Do you work for the IDF?

          • @SCB@lemmy.world
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            6•1 year ago

            No I just know how words work

            • ShroOmeric
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              8•1 year ago

              And still look stupid. An achievement.

            • @hglman@lemmy.ml
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              8•1 year ago

              Clearly, you don’t.

              • @SCB@lemmy.world
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                5•1 year ago

                What’s ironic about this is that I’m making factual statements (using words correctly) and you are arguing that your figurative use of language, applied because you have strong feelings about the conflict, is somehow more correct.

                Consider how silly that makes you look.

                • @nyctre@lemmy.world
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                  4•1 year ago

                  Congratulations, you’re technically correct. Still only a technicality.

                  • @SCB@lemmy.world
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                    2•1 year ago

                    Apology accepted.

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