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Zelenskyy straight-up said Ukraine is going to lose if Congress doesn't send more aid (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] tal@lemmy.today -5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Biden's aimed to send aid to both.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Only bypassed Congress and did secret deals for israel.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Bollocks. Congress was totally on board, supporting Israel far past the point they deserve is one of the few mostly bipartisan issues in the US

[–] Arcturus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

This framing makes it seem like Biden is going against the majority congressional sentiment, but he is not. The US congress, overall, is supportive of sending military support to Israel, as evidenced by their passing bills other aid bills, which is a slower process.