Statement by Vice President Harris on the Death of Hassan Nasrallah | The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
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
    62·
    2 months 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
      32·
      2 months 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.

  • sweatersocialist [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    39·
    2 months ago

    hezbollah never killed an american who wasn’t where they weren’t supposed to be

    the idf has killed multiple americans in the west bank where they had a visa and permission from the country to be in

    • JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee
      36·
      2 months 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
        51·
        2 months 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
        45·
        2 months 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
          39·
          2 months 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!

        • frauddogg [they/them, null/void]@hexbear.netEnglish
          7·
          2 months ago

          Why would you need a journalist to stenograph it for it to become news?

          Because like Yogthos said, the only consumption liberals do comes pre-digested by the Jake Tappers, Rachel Maddows, and Wolf Blitzers of the world. It’d be funny in a disgusting way if these milquetoast know-nothing partisans didn’t have hands on the levers of the world.

      • IWantToMakeProgress [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        18·
        2 months ago

        To be honest i would trust Yogthos who has been posting news threads for years than some paid journalists that has an agenda to whatever news they report. It resembles the old forum era where if you hang around long enough, you can trust/trust a little some users.

    • Drusas@fedia.io
      23·
      2 months ago

      I downvoted and I’m not angry. I just recognize that this post is intentionally inflammatory and trolling. As is common from OP.

      • LemmeAtEm@lemmy.ml
        9·
        2 months ago

        Posting news in a news comm of a presidential speech that is literally a link to the official government website of that president is “intentionally inflammatory and trolling”? This is a joke, right? You’re doing a bit and playing a caricature of a typical lib clown?

        • Drusas@fedia.io
          3·
          2 months ago

          It’s the title that is inflammatory and trolling. Do you really not understand that editorializing is a thing?

          • LemmeAtEm@lemmy.ml
            1·
            2 months ago

            Do you really not understand that titling any fucking post ever is doing the same thing? Fucking clown.

            If the title was a NYT headline with two words changed: “Kamala Harris makes an official statement in condemnation of political terrorism” you wouldn’t be clutching your pearls, now would you? OP’s title is far more factual though, and that’s what you actually don’t like. You people are so transparent it’s laughable.

      • OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlM
        6·
        2 months ago

        Why is it inflammatory? As a mod I’m genuinely surprised people are upset by this, it is a white house press statement with an editorialized title that summarizes the event quickly and without any commentary on it.

        • Drusas@fedia.io
          3·
          2 months ago

          You said it in your reply. An editorialized title–an extremely editorialized title, which was clearly crafted specifically to garner outrage.