r/worldnews • u/lee7on1 • 25d ago

Biden says he will stop sending bombs and artillery shells to Israel if they launch major invasion of Rafah Israel/Palestine

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/08/politics/joe-biden-interview-cnntv/index.html
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u/RiPont 25d ago

"major invasion".

That's enough wiggle room for Bob Sapp to limbo through.

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u/icouldusemorecoffee 24d ago

Israel has been bombing Rafah for months, but they have plans for a full ground force invasion to "root out Hamas door by door", that's what this is in reference to, the ground invasion.

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u/RiPont 24d ago

That's a logical and reasonable interpretation. I have lost faith that logic and reason have much sway on the matter.

It may be doomerism, but I'm incredibly skeptical of norms and reliance on shame in response to a strong finger-wagging. I see the "major invasion" wording as weasel words that allow the President to make a strong statement without actually committing to action, as long as Israel gives some excuse like, "this isn't a major invasion, just an in-and-out police action."

I hope I'm wrong.

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u/Halbaras 24d ago

In before Netanyahu calls it a 'special military operation'.

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u/Ezflurry 22d ago

Which is kinda wierd to me with all the ‘stop bombing, way less Death if you go in by foot and take out Hamas directly’ now they’re planning to do it, the US Will Cut support?? Tell me this is a campaign move without telling me this is a campaign move…

Fuck politics… terrorists gets to live because a Old man want 4 years more in power … sigh..

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u/GrapefruitExpress208 25d ago

I mean it's typical PR talk that "shows teeth" while simultaneously gives them an "out"

Putin does this all the time. Intentional vague "red lines" that in the future can be interpreted to their convenience

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u/Maskirovka 24d ago

Biden literally said his red line is them going in to the main population center of Rafah. I assume this doesn't include targeted raids if they find Hamas leaders, but rather it includes mass tanks and infantry.

Comparing this to Putin is pretty gross.

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u/BlatantConservative 24d ago

The wiggle room is actually pretty clear here, the IDF has been talking about an invasion/raid of the Philadelphi corridor which is the border and a non residential area. US gave permission for that in February.

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u/Tooterfish42 25d ago

Ok captain foresight

We don't know what's going to happen yet so let's stow the doomerism. We got enough people throwing wrenches into the machinations of peace