• leadore@lemmy.world
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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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        1 month ago

        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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            1 month ago

            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.