US President Joe Biden personally ended up and was able to deal with Israel. According to media reports, U.S. President Joe Biden announced on the 8th that the United States will suspend some arms deliveries to Israel if the Israeli Prime Minister orders a large-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza. The President acknowledged that U.S.-made weapons supplied to Israel were used to kill civilians in Gaza.
"Civilians in Gaza have been killed for using these bombs and other weapons to target populated areas." In an exclusive interview with CNN, President Biden said he was referring to the disruption of 2,000-pound bombs destined for Israel last week.
"If they invade Rafah, we will not provide them with weapons that have historically been used to deal with Rafah and urban areas," he added. "We will not give up on Israel's security guarantees. But we will not give up Israel's ability to wage war at will in these areas. ”
President Biden said Israel will continue to provide defensive weapons such as the Iron Dome air defense system, but other shipments will stop once a large-scale ground invasion of Rafah begins.
"We will continue to keep Israel safe and secure its ability to respond to the Iron Dome and other recent attacks in the Middle East, but we will not provide weapons or artillery shells," President Biden said. This is wrong. ”
Many may have thought it was an obvious but rather late decision, but a fierce backlash has already begun, mostly from Republicans, who ask, "Why are you firmly rooting for Israel?" House Speaker Johnson and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell are pressing for an explanation from the administration.
The influence of the U.S. military industry on the government is simply too great, and it is unlikely that the supply of arms to Israel, which brings huge profits, will stop. I think they just want to appeal to the world, though, because there is something seriously wrong with Israel's behavior from a humanitarian point of view.
Didn't Biden pass Israel's trillion-dollar arms budget last month? And since a large amount of ammunition has already been transported, it is just a pose. The United States is at the mercy of military companies such as Lockheed Martin, and some organizations buy weapons if the weapons they send are used, data is collected, and reliability can be demonstrated to customers.
If Biden continues to indulge Israel, he will not be able to win the next election. However, since his opponent Trump is extremely pro-Israel, Biden would do well to take tough measures against Israel and win liberal votes. If there is an immediate ceasefire and Palestine joins the UN, liberals will immediately support Biden.
In fact, it should be US President Biden who is now distressed, on the one hand, he is under pressure from domestic arms dealers and coercion and inducement from the Israeli lobby, and cannot give up Israel, and on the other hand, he is under pressure from the anti-Israel universities in China who support the ceasefire and the international community's humanitarian pressure on the United States.
I am in a dilemma, and I have to weigh the pros and cons, for fear that if I don't get it right, I will lose the presidential vote that will come soon. It is precisely because Israel sees Biden's two-faced dilemma that it dares not to take Biden's words to heart.