In meetings in Israel, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conveyed to Israeli leaders that it’s important to observe international rules of warfare.

In meetings in Israel, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conveyed to Israeli leaders that it’s important to observe international rules of warfare.

As Israel girds for a fearsome ground assault into Gaza, senior Biden administration officials are warning their Israeli counterparts to show restraint and avoid mass civilian casualties and a humanitarian disaster that could turn world opinion against the Jewish state, according to two current and one former U.S. official.

    • dependencyInjectionEnglish
      181·
      1 year ago

      What exactly is a Biden defender?

      Do you believe people deserve carte Blanche defence at all times.

      Or can people do some things you agree with and other things you don’t?

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
      122·
      1 year ago

      As a wise man/woman once said around here:

      The US has two parties: One believes the US should keep supporting Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, another believes the US should support Israel’s genocide of Palestinians harder.

      There are no liberals when it comes to Israel in most of the world (props for Ireland for being the exception).

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Which part of “show restraint and don’t kill civilians when taking out the terrorists” strikes you as not “liberal”?

      You haven’t made it clear at all what you take issue with of telling someone to show restraint. Do you find the very act of retaliation against Hamas for their attack to be unacceptable or something?

    • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      1 year ago

      According to the article, Biden said:

      “This was act of pure evil… Terrorists purposefully target civilians, kill them. We uphold the laws of war — the law of war. It matters. There’s a difference."

      All of these statements are very easy to defend.