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U.S. Turns on Israel
Like me, you may have assumed from everything Joe Biden has said, that he has Israel’s back. I have news for you—he’s really working for Hamas. That sounds like a drastic comment, but in the video of this post, Caroline Glick lays out the hypocrisy of Biden, and how I believe it has not only crept up on Benjamin Netanyahu, but on the American public. And I’m alarmed and angry.
As I describe what has actually been going on, I think you’ll be able to see how the rules have changed (if you’ve at least partly followed the words and actions of the U.S.) Let me provide you with a summary of Glick’s observations.
- The terms for a “cease fire” and the release of hostages keep changing. Remember when Netanyahu refused to have a cease fire, but agreed to a “humanitarian pause,” when all the hostages were released? The latest terms are that fighting will be stopped in certain areas, so that people can be let through. But now, Qatar (you know, that other center of terrorism) is working on an agreement that says 10-15 hostages can be released for longer “pauses.” What happened to Netanyahu’s resolve? Has the U.S. been making unreasonable demands so that Netanyahu is capitulating? Why is Biden allowing Qatar to cater to Hamas?
- Maybe the answer is because U.S. generals are telling the Israelis that they should be using less powerful bombs; they think the 2,000-pound bombs might hurt too many people. So, the U.S. military is suggesting they will send 350-pound bombs to Israel. Of course, the smaller bombs will not penetrate the earth to reach the tunnels underneath. But fewer civilians might be killed.
- Finally, there was a 1km buffer zone between Gaza and Israel at one time. I don’t have the details of why it was removed, but there is no buffer between the kibbutzim and Gaza and hasn’t been for a while. Do you remember the fiery kites and other flaming objects that were pitched from Gaza into Israel, wounding Israelis and destroying Israeli crops? Glick says that not only should a buffer zone be restored, perhaps 2km, but Israel should also annex some land to do so. If the Gazans feel that they’ve lost very little as a result of the war (since people don’t count), they will attack Israel again. Of course, the U.S. disagrees.
Caroline Glick had several other points she made that support her contention that Biden is working for Hamas, and not for the benefit of Israel; I encourage you to watch the video. Many of us suspected that Biden would apply more pressure on Israel to make decisions counter to their interests. He is not a fan of Israel, but he is certainly a supporter of Iran, the country that supports and backs Hamas.
Where do you think his allegiances lie?
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Published in Foreign Policy
I never assumed he was pro Israel. They were walking back his support on day 1.
Yes he is pro Iran and thus pro Hamas.
I was doubtful, nohaaj, but I wanted to believe. Color me stupidl
Agreed. I was never fooled.
Alternate theory: Biden and Hamas are both working for Obama. Change my mind.
Not me! Sheesh…
FJB has been in thrall to the extreme Left wing of his party since the 2020 primaries. Recall, initially he campaigned as moderate Joe and garnered next to zero support. In New Hampshire he struggled to finish ahead of ‘Other’
Ahhh but then came South Carolina. SC Rep Clyburn saved the failing Biden campaign. His endorsement delivered SC for FJB and it was all downhill from there. What price was extracted? Who knows? But Biden’s policies changed. He virtually adopted Bernie Sanders entire vocabulary. He’s been a creature of the Left ever since. And the Left is no friend of Israel. Especially the Obama branch.
He initially mouthed the “support for Israel” words. Left to his own devices that might be his genuine position. But he’s not driving the ship of State. His handlers are pro-Iran / anti-Israel and so the talk of “proportionality” started the very next day. Now he’s firmly on the Leftist pro-Palestine script. The only real surprise was his initial reaction. You’d have thought he knew the drill by now.
Well, now . . . that’s an interesting idea.
It’s Obama. A few reminders of what side he takes:
Remember his slip of the tongue in an interview, talking about “my Muslim faith” before he corrected himself?
Then when he made his first major foreign trip and address, he went to Egypt (home of the Muslim Brotherhood) where he apologized for America.
Obama declared he was a citizen of the world (as opposed to a citizen of the US?).
He changed the NASA mission from space exploration to outreach to Muslims.
Obama believes that Iran should be encouraged, strengthened, and allowed to achieve hegemony in the Middle East. Remember the nuclear “deal” that was not a treaty so did not get to the Senate where it would have failed. Sen. Menendez (D-NJ) was vociferously opposed to this policy, whereupon he was indicted on federal charges (ultimately acquitted, but now recently indicted anew).
And these past three years, to the extent that Obama and his acolytes advise or are running the Biden administration, these views are reflected throughout.
I had forgotten some of those. Obama strikes again…and again…and again.
I am confident that Netanyahu has always seen this clearly. There’s wiggle room, and Bibi does what he can to get desired results as far as possible.
George Stephanopoulos dove right in there and corrected him.
George Stephanopoulos, Journalist Supreme!
One thing I learned about Joe in the ’70s; he is consistent only in that he always lies.
I won’t say it’s as clean-cut or simple as that, but there’s a definite nexus there, and it’s more than just common interest. Like the way we don’t tend to find “smoking gun” memos and emails and so forth, because for the most part, they all know the script — they were taught it in college and government/employment, and they communicate through the media and so forth.
People like the Clintons want to replace the Obama machinery with their own, which is why they are pressed to do things like use bathtub email. This is the famous (but largely forgotten) DNC/DLC split, and infighting between these groups is what I see as governing things like Comey’s otherwise incomprehensible responses. Comey needed to protect Obama, Lynch, Clinton (both), and himself. They couldn’t dump Clinton — she could hurt the Obamaites too much, and I guarantee that there was a damning evidence on that server that would have seen Obama behind bars. So Comey served as “Mr. Wolf” (Pulp Fiction).
I was 15% heartened by Biden sending an aircraft carrier group to the eastern Med, for whatever purpose it was to serve I suppose. I thought it was escorting delivery the THAADS system or something. But sending two carriers seemed strange to me. What exactly do two aircraft carriers bring to a land dispute involving hostages and tunnels?
Follow the money. 10% for the Big Guy.
Maybe the “Big Guy” has been Obama all along.
Well he did get very wealthy fairly quickly.
That was a fascinating video. But giving Israel 14 billion dollars, 350 ton bombs and veto cover at the Security Council doesn’t seem like working for Hamas.
Refusing to openly give Israel 2000 ton bombs and a greenlight for annexing part of Gaza could be because Israeli and US interests in the Middle East are not identical.
Also interesting: her anger at Egypt stopping Gazans from
being removedfleeing to the Sinai. She corrected herself.I never, for a moment, thought that Biden would do anything for Israel unless he needed to be seen as doing “something”. He resurrected the Obama playbook with Iran, which means Biden is an enemy of Israel.
I wish Yer title read :
Biden Turns On Israel
or
Democrats Turn On Israel
because I guarantee more Americans side with civilization than with savages (SanFrancisco withstanding).
If not, We’re cooked.
This is a rather dangerous thing to happen. God says that “I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
It seems that some cursing is due.
Ooo. Good one. But no, Barry is too much of a
lightbringerlightweight to actually run anything. He’s just a tool, always was.More now than ever, it seems.
One line of thought is the three carrier groups (one in the eastern Mediterranean, one in the Red Sea, and one in the Gulf of Arabia) are there to deter Iran (Hezbollah) from getting too frisky while IDF takes care of Hamas.
The other line of thought is that they are to deter Israel from too thoroughgoing a cleaning-house of the neighborhood (i.e., no bomb, bomb, bomb Iran).
There’re that Ike and the Ford. What’s the third?
The USS Bataan’s Amphibious Ready Group is in the Red Sea. The Ike is there or heading there, having transited the Suez Canal last Saturday.
Note to the air assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran: you can’t run and you can’t hide – stand by.
I have always assumed that Biden does not want to let Ukraine win or Russia lose. But he has sent 50 billion worth of weapons, as well as other aid to Ukraine. He needs to use both sides of his mouth to make this work. The situation in Israel may be even worse, because the left is even worse when it comes to Israel.
The US has a lot of balls in the air in the Middle East. With most Democrats voting to censure Tlaib I don’t think ‘the Left’ has any influence, really.