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A career State Department official resigned from her post on Tuesday, saying she could no longer work for the Biden administration after it released a report concluding that Israel was not preventing the flow of aid to Gaza.

Stacy Gilbert, who served as a senior civilian-military advisor to the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM), sent an email to staff saying she was resigning because she felt the State Department had made the wrong assessment, The Washington Post reported, citing officials who read the note.

The report was filed in response to President Joe Biden issuing a national security memorandum (NSM-20) in early February on whether the administration finds credible Israel's assurances that its use of US weapons do not violate either American or international law.

The report said there were reasonable grounds to believe Israel on several occasions had used American-supplied weapons "inconsistent" with international humanitarian law, but said it could not make a definitive assessment - enough to prevent the suspension of arms transfers.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

See… this is the problem with discussing these things with people like you. You were asked a simple question as a rebuttal to your suggestion that people not vote for Biden, and you have no answer.

I’ve asked this same question to nearly every one of you that I’ve spoke with on the subject.

None of you can answer it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Yep. Predictably unbelievable. They think we don’t know what they’re up to and keep sticking to the bit. They’re like… bad telemarketers.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

She’s not running. Try again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That you can’t understand implied meaning isn’t my fault. You came in here with the intent to disrupt by answering a question unrealistically.

You’re proving my point for me.

None of you have anything to offer yet want even to not vote for Biden.

No one is wondering why anymore.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’m voting for Biden, but I’d rather vote for Gretchen Whitmer.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I don’t like him either. But I know what needs to be done.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel this same way. But I understand people that don’t want to vote for Biden because of the genocide. Their anger is justified. Maybe they’ll feel differently in 6 months, but if they don’t, I respect their decision. It’s their vote, not mine. All I can do is plead my case that Trump and Project 2025 is an existential threat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

On that we can agree.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (46 children)

Making a criticism doesn't require that I have a solution to the problem that's been set up by the insistence that Biden be the nominee. If that leaves you feeling incomplete, that's your issue.

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