Officials said President Biden was expected to announce in his State of the Union on Thursday that the U.S. military will construct a floating pier off the Gaza Strip to let ships deliver tons of food and other aid.
The US military will build a floating pier off Gaza to evade Israel's obstructionism and deliver food.
It is unclear whether Israel will be involved in constructing the pier.
Aid will flow from Cyprus to this new facility which will take several weeks to complete. Highlights extraordinary situation where US is having to bypass its closest ally in the region and either airdrop aid or bring it in direct by ship.
@DingoJackPeace and Freedom3mos3MO
Anything that brings food and medicine in is good but look at this as a big picture: Biden is both supporting the siege of Gaza (with $$, weapons & diplomatic protection) and also trying to break the siege of Gaza. This makes no sense.
@RelievedPlatypusDemocrat3mos3MO
He is trying to help Israel defeat Hamas, which is good, and is trying to limit the amount of suffering the Gazan population has to go through in the process, which is also good. What doesn't make sense?
@TwoPartyBillTranshumanist3mos3MO
By "defeat Hamas" do you mean "ethnically cleanse the Gaza strip, killing doctors, journalists, and children"? Look at it that way and you might understand what Jeet is getting at.
The Biden Administration is between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the Israel/Palestinian conflict. Helping the Palestinian civilians while pressuring Israel to a cease fire is making the best of a bad situation.
In other words, Biden is launching some sort of US naval intervention into the Israel-controlled territory of Gaza?
@WingedParrotDemocrat3mos3MO
He's not trying to break it. He is trying to extend it by supporting the civilian population with necessary aid.
@CharismaticMackerelGreen3mos3MO
Building a port instead of clearing out the bouncy-castle rave blockade of aid makes no sense
Seems like they are purposefully embracing a solution that will take a lot of time, so they can claim to be doing something while aid continues to not get in
@BasmatiSidConstitution3mos3MO
What happens when supply raiders go after the pier? Are we prepared to start shooting?
@LivelyOctopusTranshumanist3mos3MO
I dont think Isreal is dumb enough to shoot US personnel, but they could surprise us
@Centr1stMonkeyGreen3mos3MO
1. It’s a humiliating/outrageous admission: US simply can’t get Israel to open land routes
2. It’s going to take 30-60 days to build — but people are already starving
3. Israel will still inspect goods — a key holdup for trucks
@ThrillingSquirrelDemocrat3mos3MO
It's not a humiliating outrageous admission. The issue is not the land routes being open. The issue is that the US has ships in the Mediterranean sea, but they do not have fleets of trucks in Egypt or in Israel. The logistics of trucking aid into Gaza are complicated because Hamas and other gangs are looting the trucks before they can distribute the aid to people, so the trucks have to move under armed guard.
@Centr1stMonkeyGreen3mos3MO
lol bring Hamas back into it . Like Hamas would really make their people starve . That’s the narrative you bought into . The real people of this world don’t buy that bs
@ThrillingSquirrelDemocrat3mos3MO
When has Hamas ever given a **** about the well-being of civilians? There is no individual in Gaza who is worth more alive than as a martyr. It’s a death cult.
@Centr1stMonkeyGreen3mos3MO
If anyone is running a death cult it’s the zio nist demons . The facts speak for them selves. You occupy someone land you gonna face the consequences. It’s only a matter of time and the I s real project will be disbanded
@TautUnityGreen3mos3MO
The Palestinians dont need a floating pier.
They need Biden to end the war.
@CockyTheRightRepublican3mos3MO
How would Joe Biden end the war?
@TautUnityGreen3mos3MO
He could threaten to take away all funding and aid and even threaten to impose sanctions on the country as a whole. He could instruct the state department to vote for a UNSC ceasefire instead of against and then use the military to enforce it with China + Europe.
@LobbyistEvaSocialist3mos3MO
the most powerful man head of the most powerful nation on the planet is unable to end a genocide started by one of its vassal states.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution3mos3MO
I dare any leftist on here to show me where in the Constitution this is authorised.
@IntrepidRhinoLibertarian3mos3MO
Will he deduct the cost from Washington's $3.8 billion in military aid to Israel?
@HushedP0pulistGreen3mos3MO
What do we want?
A floating pier!
When do we want it?
In 30 to 60 days
@ISIDEWITH3mos3MO
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