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Democrats: our hands are tied. Unless it’s something we want to do.
Republicans: oh, you want to do something? Fuck you. I can do it though, that’s different.
Not that I support sending arms to Israel (I don’t), it’s a sale approval not aid, so since they don’t need money from congress (Israel is paying), they can make the sale. If they want to give aid, like Ukraine (where we are paying), they need a new law by congress allocating that money. Congress controls the purse strings is like constitution 101. If Ukraine had the money to buy weapons they could theoretically do this too. It looks like according to the article they have for Ukraine already when Ukraine was able to purchase. But Ukraine is out of money now. This provision can’t help them.
It’s something Democrats want to do, so they found a way. Instead of finding a way to stop themselves.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The State Department has also used the emergency provision at least two times since 2022 to rush arms to Ukraine for its defense against Russia’s invasion.
The United Nations Security Council this month adopted a resolution that called for more aid to reach civilians in Gaza but, to gain support from Washington, stopped short of imposing a cease-fire.
The State Department’s move is certain to anger some Democratic lawmakers, who have criticized the Biden administration for unconditionally supporting a war in which Israel has killed a large number of Palestinian civilians, following terrorist attacks by Hamas.
Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, asked on social media early Saturday why the administration would bypass congressional authority on weapons sales to any nation.
The Department of Defense said in a statement on Friday that Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had “provided detailed justification to Congress that an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale” to Israel.
The war started on Oct. 7 when Hamas launched cross-border attacks in Israel, killing at least 1,200 people, according to the Israeli authorities.
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