I’m a bit confused. Isn’t she saying the US shouldn’t be funding the iron dome?
It doesn’t matter what AOC says, there are always deranged people ready to make up whatever nonsense they feel like.
AOC was in support of the “Iron Dome”, the NYM is besmirching AOC saying that she doesn’t care for the lives of “innocent” people when she was among those who wanted to protect them when funding for the iron dome was previously debated. It’s good of you to ask.
Ohhh so she previously had voted to send Israel aid to operate the Iron Dome system, is that right?
You got it! I guess I could’ve been more explicit.
It’s kind of a quibbling distinction, but vocally supporting and voting to support are functionally different. The former wouldn’t make her statement about her consistent record confusing, but the latter would.
Again, I could have been more clear, unfortunately I wasn’t. It’s also a quick search anyhow, but I’m glad to have helped even if a little.
quibbling
She’s saying she wants Israel to have interceptors so it can commit genocide but it can pay for those interceptors for now because they have some money.
Is she saying she wants that? It doesn’t seem like she’s saying that or what the title of the post says she’s saying, although I do agree with the chipmunk commentor’s assessment of her reasoning.
Yes. In the past she also voted for it at the height of the genocide. Now public pressure is turning against her but instead of saying “Israel is a genocidal Apartheid that shouldn’t exist and certainly not be defended by the US” she says “Israel should be defended but they can pay themselves for now”.
Those interceptors are defensive weapons. They aren’t used to attack Gaza. They are only used to take out incoming missiles.
Used to defend the innocent F35 “civilian” jets which are bombing every country around them.
Dude, wut? That’s not how the Dome works. smh.
It doesn’t defend military bases?
Oh, I see what you’re saying. I thought you were talking about defending the F35s themselves.
But, seriously…if you really want to stretch the logic, then you eventually end up saying that anything that defends anything in Israel is contributing to genocide. Military bases. Hospitals. Schools. Power. Water. Civilians themselves.
At the end of the day, they’re all responsible. Right? That is the point of this post, isn’t it?
They do directly defend the F35’s.
The F35’s are parked in Israeli military bases which are defended by interceptors.
I mean just look at this short video from 6 months ago https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uIB28MBDujw
Can we stop pretending we actually believe this nonsense?
Yup. Not sure what else they’re expecting her to say, except maybe “There are no ‘innocent civilians’ in Israel”?
Cartoons are funny.
