Outrage Doesn’t Change the Outcomes of War

Talk about outrage, I am outraged at the U.S. insistence on labelling the recent bombing that killed humanitarian workers an outrage, not a tragedy, but an outrage. In fact, I am disgusted that the US thinks it needs to condemn Israel for the unintentional killing of humanitarian workers, for other actions that Israel is not even taking (such as slowing humanitarian aid), and for raiding hospitals where Hamas is stationed. The U.S. seems to think that berating Israel will get them to behave themselves or be more careful, as if they were misbehaving children.

In case you haven’t noticed, John Kirby, there’s a war going on.

War is ugly. Bad things happen. Mistakes are committed. But the US has repeatedly spoken out as if Israel is irresponsible, as if Israel is not doing its best to get humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, as if Israel is not trying to avoid killing civilians whenever possible.

There’s a war going on.

Hamas is using its own people as human shields. It is occupying hospitals as military locations. It is holding hostages, most who may be dead. It has no intention of engaging in reasonable negotiations to release those hostages and stop the fighting. And when do you hear the protests of the US against Hamas?

Crickets.

It’s been obvious for a while that the US thinks Israel is not interested in doing anything except wiping out Hamas. The US believes that Israel does not care about civilians dying. Hamas must hope that the Palestinians will starve, because Israel will be blamed and held responsible.

The only reason that the Palestinians are starving is because Hamas will not negotiate a practical peace, and they steal supplies from civilians whenever they can. It wants to keep fighting, even if it means killing the last Palestinian in Gaza.

Where is the outrage for Hamas, President Biden?