Communists don’t just have the burden of being right too early, they also have the burden of never getting recognition once they’ve been proven to be right.
A friend is now getting really pissed off about the annexation of Gaza. And I’m like, yep, I’ve been mad about this for a year. And he responds with something along the lines of
“Oh yeah, the Biden administration wasn’t doing great, but it was only the public facing stuff. He was doing all of his negotiation behind doors. It may not have been good, but at least I understood why he was trying to do things quietly. It might have been ineffective, but he was trying”.
Sure, right, Cool cool cool, won’t even admit that this is what we’ve been fighting the dems about… ugh.
And follows it up with
“There’s not much we can do to affect foreign policy because of how we’re set up”
Like… What? Hey thanks for finally getting on board about Gaza. Please stop making excuses for Biden. And finally, WHAT THE FUCK? Nothing we can do? So I guess what Trump is saying is all bullshit then, right? Because, you know, “There’s not much we can do to affect foreign policy” right???
I think I’m giving up. I can’t help these people anymore. I just need to avoid politics with anyone. Their brain worms are too deep and I’m not good at propaganda AGHHH.
I bet he’s getting the “negotiation from behind closed doors” talking point from some article or news show. I’ve heard similar from someone else before too (actually maybe two different people who don’t know each other at all, now I think about it) and it’s one of those things that sounds sensible on the surface until you stop and examine it for a moment and realize that the president can just refuse funding and doesn’t need to “negotiate behind closed doors.” Other conclusions don’t make sense. For example, believing that the president can’t put their foot down about it because israel controls the US would imply negotiations are useless anyway. And believing that the president can’t put their foot down about it because the US doesn’t control israel wouldn’t fit with the continuous funding the US gives them.
The simple fact is the US keeps giving israel military aid, which is a major leverage point if they cared to set boundaries on what israel can do if they want to keep getting aid. But neither Biden nor Trump are doing that; at least, not in a capacity that reduces suffering. If they are setting boundaries at all “behind closed doors”, it is more likely they are saying “you better destroy Gaza or we pull funding.”