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AOC wrong: More civilians die when we send Israel 'defensive weapons'
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AOC is trying to whip up funds for when she runs next election. I'm not too thrilled that she voted against cutting funds for Israel weapons. What was she thinking. So dumb, and felt like a betrayal.
She voted against reduced funding for weapons for Israel because she would have been voting FOR funds for weapons for Israel. If she had the option to eliminate funding of weapons for Israel completely she would have supported that.
Years from now people could look back and say "AOC in 2025 voted to supply Israel with XXX million dollars of weapons while they were in the middle of destroying Gaza, and attacking Syria and Iran."
Would you really vote to supply weapons to Israel at this point in time?
the amendment is a separate vote from the main bill, she could have voted yes on the amendment and no on the bill. Imagine the allies sending ”defensive” weapons to WWII germany.
I see everyone's point but without the bill there is no military financing and no defensive weapons. The fact that it's MTGs amendment surely played a part in her decision.
Thats not what I read about what she claimed were her motivations. She said she voted against it because she was in favor of giving them defensive weapons, but not offensive ones. As if the money to buy weapons wasnt easily moved from one to the other. Weapons are weapons.
"Marjorie Taylor Greene’s amendment does nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza. Of course I voted against it"
Her distinction between offensive and defensive weapons is meaningless.
This is incorrect. The United States provides federal military funding to Israel and specifically and separately funds $500 million per year for their Iron Dome program. This is the $500 million of funding that MTG was seeing to eliminate.
"Israel is the leading global recipient of Title 22 U.S. security assistance under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program. This has been formalized by a 10-year (2019-2028) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Consistent with the MOU, the United States annually provides $3.3 billion in FMF and $500 million for cooperative programs for missile defense."
Source: https://www.state.gov/u-s-security-cooperation-with-israel#%3A%7E%3Atext=Consistent+with+the+MOU%2C+the%2Csupport+starting+in+FY+2011.
Does that mean she would vote for giving "densive weapons" to Russia? What about Iran? So-called defensive weapons just allow impunity to use offensive weapons. It's like giving a bulletproof vest to a school shooter.
Yeah... Now post the rest.
So what did it cut off?
And why did four "progressive Democrats" vote for it?
Americans democrats act toward democratic politicians like a domestic abuse victims acts toward his abuser.
Yes i know your ex is worse. Yes i know we don't know them like you do. I'm sure they cried after they gave you your third black eyes this month.
AOC's own statement expressed that she opposed eliminating funding of weapons to Israel.