The Pentagon has halted shipments of critical US Patriot air defence systems and other precision weapons to Ukraine after concern that US stockpiles are running too low, prompting alarm in Kyiv.

At the end of last week’s Nato summit, Donald Trump hinted that supplies of Patriot missile interceptors were running down because some had been supplied to Israel, though he suggested he would like to help Kyiv.

After a meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the US president acknowledged that Ukraine did “want to have the anti-missile systems, as they call the Patriots, and we’re going to see if we can make some available”.

But Trump added: “They’re very hard to get. We need them. We were supplying them to Israel,” implying that supporting Israel in its war with Iran – a priority for the Republican administration – had set back its willingness to help Kyiv.

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      Biden selling weapons to Israel

      *Giving

      Stop trying to white wash the old ghoul.

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          What’s more important than the nuances of appropriations is the fact that Biden could have stopped giving weapons to a state committing genocide, but didn’t.

          Everything else he did or didn’t do with respect to the situation is comparatively minor.

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      Joe Biden would have bombed Iran too. You think he’s fine partaking in a genocide but draws the line at bombing Iran?

      The MIC makes these decisions, the presidents role is to sell it to you.

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        Biden was VP for Obama when Iran signed the nuclear deal. He didn’t bomb Iran when he last president. He absolutely would not have bombed Iran.

        Just like Biden didn’t deploy ICE as Gestapo.

        GTFO with “both sides are the same.”

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          If israel attacked during biden he would definitely support israel attack and save them when they find that the air system munitions was going to be all used

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            Again the reason Israel attacked is because Trump ripped up the Obama non proliferation agreement.

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              The deal was between the united state and Iran. Tearing off the deal do not give the right for Israel to attack Iran . The USA showed again and again that they allow Israel to violate redlines. Israel impunity is the result of the west backing up Israel especially the USA unconditional support of decade and arab leaders traitors.

              Iran would never been attacked if israel was put in it’s place

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                Tearing off the deal do not give the right for Israel to attack Iran

                The only reason Israel attacked was because Iran started developing an atomic bomb after Trump tore up the agreement.

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                  This is literally just taking Israeli Justification at its word.

                  Iran specifically has a fatwah (Religious and political ruling) against developing Nuclear Weapons. They’ve been insistant that they don’t want nuclear weapons, the whole reason they were back at the table with Trump. The only reason they couldn’t agree is that the US was demanding “0 enrichment”, not that Iran was demanding nuclear bombs.

                  Funny enough, your “its Trumps fault for leaving the first deal” is the exact same justification Biden would have used if the bombing happened under him. Which it would have.

                  Your acceptance of both these narratives make it obvious you have internalized the Israeli/Western narratives on this issue. Almost like they had been setting the stage for this to happen for a while and even started developing the plan under biden…

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                    On 5 November 2019, Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi announced that Iran will enrich uranium to 5% at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, adding the country had the capability to enrich uranium to 20% if needed.

                    Isna announced it!!! You don’t believe what Iran itself publicly says?

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                  Lol you really believe israeli propaganda? Iran never had the plan to build nukes. Netenyahu been claiming that for 30 years, khamnei has a fatwa prohibiting them. American inteligence denied that iran was building them. Iran after trump tear down the deal was keeping the enrichement to 60% for 4 years What other proof do you want?

                  The real reason israel attacked was after the succeed against hizbollah , israel wanted to continue it’s winning streak and attack the country who provide weapons to armed groups so israel can continue genocide without any resistance

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          You said in another comment.

          You mean she could have been an entirely different person? She supported Israel.

          How both sides are not the same if both sides are pro genocide?

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      Biden sending weapons to an outpost full of mass murderers who want to kill all nonwhites = biden is their boss and at fault for all their murders