Biden voted against the 1991 Gulf War, then quickly said he was mistaken. He transformed into a top Iraq war hawk. During nearly 50 years in public office, Biden has seldom seen a U.S. war he didn't support or help facilitate. theintercept.com/empire-politic…
@jeremyscahill I suppose there would be no way to predict that Biden would get the US into a war in the Middle East... unless someone had looked at the past
Joe Biden was sworn in as a US Senator Jan 5 1973, having reached the required age of 30 only after election day. On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. military unit left Vietnam. Now 81, Biden has spent a 50 year career in Washington promoting wars. As a Senator, Vice President and President, Joe Biden has spearheaded support for wars averaging 99,500 deaths for each of his 50 years in Washington. Joe Biden enabled Israeli bombing of Gaza which has resulted in 109,286 casualties. IDF murdered 38,066 Palestinians, including 14,350 children, 8,620 women, injured 71,220, many with severe burns and amputations. Israel’s actions followed Biden’s greenlight "Israel has the right to defend itself and its people. Full stop." The Biden Administration shipped “Israel” "more than 5,000 Mk82 unguided or “dumb” bombs, more than 5,400 Mk84 2,000 pound warhead bombs, around 1,000 GBU-39 small diameter bombs, and approximately 3,000 JDAMs." US Ambassadors Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Robert A Wood vetoed 4 UN Security Council ceasefires. Biden fueled the Ukraine Russia war causing more than 500,000 casualties, 200,000 deaths and 300,000 injuries. Biden spearheaded Congressional support for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which led to 940,000 direct deaths, 432,000 civilian deaths, 3,800,000 indirect deaths and 38 million refugees in those countries, Libya and Pakistan. He championed the NATO bombing of Serbia leading to 2,500 civilian deaths. Biden pushed for the Gulf War with 175,000 to 300,000 casualties.
@jeremyscahill Yeah but he got us out of Afghanistan it wasn’t Trump or Obama
@jeremyscahill He got out of Afghanistan good for him.
@jeremyscahill 🛑EVERY EMPIRE FALLS —and the fantasy of American exceptionalism doesn’t exempt the U.S. —Yet the failing hegemon behaves as though it still controls events, but instead creates worldwide danger. #AmericanImperialism #Hegemony #Colonialism consortiumnews.com/2023/08/18/eve…