• PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social
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      8 hours ago

      Surprisingly enough, a one-sentence Twitter link has led you astray!

      https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-force-vote-israel-weapons-sales

      https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/34/text

      The bill blocks a particular sale by Trump of weapons to Israel. It’s not just offensive weapons, it’s a specific list of weapons (everything in Trump’s attempt) plus some US military support services “and other related elements of logistics and program support.” What’s carved out of it? It looks to me like it’s blocking literally the entire sale.

      I am done with this exchange, it is abundantly clear that you’re happy to continue talking bollocks for as long as I’m willing to respond to you. It’s been educational though! Like I say, I’m a little bit surprised that people popped up to do exactly what I described in the original comment, and also in a particularly ham-handed manner that makes it pretty obvious that they’re just casting around for reasons to shit on Sanders.

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        8 hours ago

        Surprisingly enough, a one-sentence Twitter link has led you astray!

        Bernie’s communication director lied? That sounds like a bad thing to do given they could be complicit in genocide.

        The bill blocks a particular sale by Trump of weapons to Israel.

        So only offensive weapons then…

        What’s carved out of it?

        Carved out is the absence of Bernie blocking the iron dome missiles that israel uses to act with impunity… Bernie would never touch them since the existence of the occupation is necessary in his mind.