In his speech to the Americans (in the early hours of this morning Greek time), the US president, Joe Bidenemphasized that the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and the president of Russia Vladimir Putin they have in common that they want to “annihilate” democracies. He announced that he would today ask Congress to “urgently” approve US aid funding to Israel and Ukraine.
The US will guarantee its security “for generations” by helping the two warring countries, the US president insisted in a rare speech from the White House.
“THE Hamas and Putin represent different threats, but they have this in common: They both want to completely wipe out a neighboring democracy,” the octogenarian Democrat said some 20 hours after returning from Tel Aviv, where he assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington he stands by his country.
For this will ask Congress, as early as today, to approve “urgently” funding to provide financial assistance to Israel and Ukraine, “our important partners”he emphasized.
With this message, just the second he addressed to the Americans from the so-called “Resolute Desk”, Joe Biden, a candidate for his re-election, he wanted to convince his opponents on the American right and voters, who seem tired of the war in Ukraine, that there is a need to approve a huge aid package to the Israeli and Ukrainian governments.
Linking the defense of Israel with that of Ukraine, he hopes he can build the consensus so far lacking in Congress to secure further military aid to Kievaccording to international agencies and the Athens News Agency.
A Reuters news agency source in his administration said the request to Congress would include $60 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel.
Also, $10 billion will be requested for humanitarian aid, $14 billion for border security with Mexico and $7 billion for the Indo-Pacific region, especially for Taiwan, according to the same source.
About half of the amount for Ukraine will go to replacing and restocking the US military, according to the Reuters source.
Paralysis
The speech also gave the Democrat an opportunity to project opposition to the Republican party, which remains mired in infighting led by supporters of Donald Trump — who he may well face in the 2024 presidential election.
The Democrats control the Senate, the Republicans since the beginning of the year the House of Representatives, marginally.
In that body, the hard-right faction of the GOP not only ousted its leader, Kevin McCarthy, at the beginning of the month, but so far the effort to appoint a new “speaker” is deadlocked. The Parliament, immersed in this crisis, is currently unable to adopt the slightest measure or bill.
The US president spoke a few hours before the speech with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, who thanked him for the “vital support” of the US.
Although some Republicans appear to oppose continued military aid to Ukraine, they were among the first to call for aid to be sent to Israelto strengthen security measures on the southern border to stem immigration and toughen China.
Joe Biden, whose country has spent tens of billions of dollars to support Ukraine’s military, wants to overcome hesitation and opposition from Republicans and the American public over the conflict, which looks set to last.
“History has taught us that when terrorists don’t pay the price” and “when dictators don’t pay the price,” they cause “more chaos and death and destruction” and “the costs and threats to America and the world increase ».
If Russian President Putin is not stopped, Mr. Biden argued, he can threaten Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and if he “attacks a NATO ally we will defend every inch of it.” If the US does not act, he insisted, “the risks of conflict and chaos could spread,” he insisted.
The American president knows well that time is counting down. If Congress does not pass a new budget, the US will find itself in the infamous shutdown, the suspension of part of the services of the federal state and the fiscal paralysis, from November 17.
“America is a beacon to the world,” “even today”he said, warning against the consequences of “petty” political disputes on the country’s role at the international level.
“We cannot allow petty, partisan, angry politics to prevent us from fulfilling our responsibilities as a great nation,” he said. “I refuse to allow it.”
“American leadership is what keeps the world in its place” and “our alliances are what keep us safe,” he argued.
Source: News Beast
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