People who avoid Biden because of Gaza are also condemning the Ukrainians to lose their war with dictator Putin. His ambitions are to restore the cold war status of Europe, thus putting Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and many other Russian-border countries at risk. Trump has shown that he cares more about lining his own pockets than he does about European democracy. Trump has shown that he would rob Ukraine of our support if it is in Trump’s personal interests to do so. Trump has shown that he will undermine NATO if given the chance, because he has proven personal interests in Russia (and I personally believe he has large debts to Putin). If Ukraine fall to Russian aggression under a Trump regime, millions of Europeans will die and the rest fall subject to domination and exploitation.
It is the worst form of delusion to imagine that for Israel to cease fire will lead to peace in Gaza and the wider middle east. The area WAS at peace until Hamas attacked on October 7th. All the information that is coming out about how complicit the right wing Israeli administration has been in building up and sustaining Hamas does not change Hamas’ nature as a radical, terrorist organization. What it does is show how the United States needs to engage with Israel to bring about a change in their government policies, bring about a two-state solution, and use our other influence to reduce state-sponsorship of Hamas and other terrorist groups. For the US to disengage from the terrible and complex issues in the middle east is essentially conceding the whole area to greater influence by those who want to first wipe Jews from the face of the earth, and second to impose their culture and religion on the whole world. It’s delusional to try to save lives by disengagement. In the very short term some people might be saved, but Hamas will ultimately kill more Palestinians than even this aggressive radical Israeli administration.
Voters in the US will not be reducing war and death by voting against Biden; they will be condemning Gaza to be run by Hamas for the foreseeable future and condemning Europe to permanent war and eventual subjugation by Russia. And don’t get me started on what China might do if the US takes up an isolationist, capitalist, selfish stance towards world affairs…