• SamiA
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    1 month ago

    A lot of Dearborn’s Arab population is Palestinian and Lebanese and had/have family at risk of being killed. You know when those 2,000 pound bombs get shipped to Israel they actually get dropped on people and kill them, right?

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          You know when those 2,000 pound bombs get shipped to Israel they actually get dropped on people and kill them, right? … It was happening whether they voted for it or against it.

          No it wasn’t. Biden had put a stop to sending those bombs to Israel (in May 2024), and trump immediately resumed sending them as soon as he took office.

          https://www.ocregister.com/2025/01/25/trump-ends-bidens-hold-on-2000-pound-bombs-for-israel/

          Trump Lifts Biden’s Ban on Weapon Shipment, Makes 2,000-Pound ‘Bunker Buster’ Bombs Available to Israel

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            Yup, he just sent them at least 14,000 of them before doing that. More than all other bombs combined according to leaks. 2000 pounds bombs were in use in September in Lebanon.

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              Well obviously the US was sending them before that or it wouldn’t be called a pause/hold.

              The point is Biden put the hold on and trump resumed sending them, as opposed to the poster’s claim.

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                And they clearly never ran out of 2,000lb bombs to use. They just happened to need some more now.

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                    Biden sent $8 billion in weapons immediately before he left office and Trump reversed the pause on 2,000lb bombs and sent $1 billion immediately after taking office

                    You clearly don’t care about whether or not 2,000lb bombs were available and in use. You just care about whether a performative gesture was made.