Statement by Vice President Harris on the Death of Hassan Nasrallah | The White House
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Hassan Nasrallah was a terrorist with American blood on his hands. Across decades, his leadership of Hezbollah destabilized the Middle East and led to the
  • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    231·
    2 hours ago

    President Biden and I do not want to see conflict in the Middle East escalate into a broader regional war. We have been working on a diplomatic solution along the Israel-Lebanon border so that people can safely return home on both sides of that border. Diplomacy remains the best path forward to protect civilians and achieve lasting stability in the region.

    …and that is why we’ve handed billions upon billions of dollars worth of military equipment to the side actively committing a genocide, and why I’m putting out a statement condoning the political assassination of one of the people who we would theoretically be working with to create peace in the first place.

    Death, and I cannot emphasize this enough, to America.

    • SoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      11·
      2 hours ago

      In the mouths of western politicians, the word “diplomacy” is synonymous with unconditional surrender. They would rather burn the world to the ground than accept that they can’t get all of their maximalist demands and engage in actual good faith negotiations with their adversaries, trying to work out a compromise.

    • JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee
      136·
      3 hours ago

      My downvote wasn’t in anger. It’s more about the fact that this isn’t a news article which makes it questionably breaking the rules of this /c/. Combined with the headline being serious editorializing via broad generalization of what the statement is. Not saying it’s not true, just that it’s a unnecessarily sensational.

      • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.netEnglish
        241·
        2 hours ago

        i-spil-my-jice MODS MODS an official statement from a politician isn’t news 3 tiny paragraphs have to be filtered through a journalist or i can’t read it

        the headline being serious editorializing

        what do journalists do i wonder blob-no-thoughts

      • TheOubliette@lemmy.ml
        183·
        2 hours ago

        It’s a press release from the White House. Why would you need a journalist to stenograph it for it to become news?

        And OP’s description is good, it helps cut through the typical liberal mealy-mouthed framings that are, otherwise, the only ones you would ever hear.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
          131·
          1 hour ago

          But who will chew up this statement and feed it to me like a baby bird. How am I supposed to form an opinion without a media propagandist telling me what to think!