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In It to Win It

(10,010 posts)
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 01:10 PM Jan 26

Trump makes 2,000-pound bombs available to Israel, undoing Biden pause

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President Donald Trump said on Saturday he has instructed the U.S. military to release a hold imposed by Democratic former President Joe Biden on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.

The move was widely expected.

"We released them. We released them today. And they'll have them. They paid for them and they've been waiting for them for a long time. They've been in storage," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

Biden put the hold on the delivery of those bombs due to concern over the impact they could have on the civilian population, particularly in Gaza's Rafah, during Israel's war in the Palestinian enclave.

One 2,000-pound bomb can rip through thick concrete and metal, creating a wide blast radius. Reuters reported last year that the Biden administration had sent thousands of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Palestinian Hamas militants from Gaza but had put a hold on one shipment.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-makes-2-000-192133411.html
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Trump makes 2,000-pound bombs available to Israel, undoing Biden pause (Original Post) In It to Win It Jan 26 OP
Sure, bomb the piss out of the region. What could possibly go wrong. chicoescuela Jan 26 #1
Wonder how the "3rd party because Gaza" folks RandomNumbers Jan 26 #2
We the dispensable people malaise Jan 26 #3
Remember when they called him "Genocide Joe" BannonsLiver Jan 26 #4
i hope the pro-palestinian voters who supported trump enjoy this. samsingh Jan 26 #5

RandomNumbers

(18,396 posts)
2. Wonder how the "3rd party because Gaza" folks
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 01:23 PM
Jan 26

are feeling about this?

Oh that's right, they have no idea how US elections work, so they probably won't get how their own actions helped get us here.

BannonsLiver

(18,648 posts)
4. Remember when they called him "Genocide Joe"
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 01:29 PM
Jan 26

Seems almost quaint now. Bet there’s a lot of regret from the clowns who stayed home on Nov 5. Too bad, I suppose.

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