Chuck Schumer: Why aren’t You Blasting Biden Instead of Netanyahu?

Chuck Schumer has a lot of chutzpah, chastising Prime Minster Netanyahu, for multiple reasons. He thinks he has the right to tell Bibi how to run his country, how to run the Gaza war, and he is breaking the rules of how to treat an ally :

His speech is the latest in a series of high-level warnings and White House moves aimed at pressuring Israel and Netanyahu’s government to permit more humanitarian aid into Gaza and to rethink its war plans for Hamas, the U.S.-designated terror group whose bloody Oct. 7 attack on Israel sparked the war. The address also marked an unusually direct criticism of the democratically elected leader of a close ally, and sparked sharp pushback from congressional Republicans and from Israel’s ambassador to the U.S.

In the first place, Schumer is showing his ignorance of the barriers to get more aid into Gaza; he assumes the Israelis are intentionally starving the Palestinians.

Second, he thinks he has the right to judge Netanyahu’s government:

‘At this critical juncture, I believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel, at a time when so many Israelis have lost their confidence in the vision and direction of their government.’

Except that Israelis support the execution of the Gazan War.

Third, he assumes that he knows what the Israeli public wants:

In his remarks, amounting to a public call for the leader of a foreign ally to be removed from office, Schumer alleged that Netanyahu and security cabinet members Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir had lost the support of Israelis and a new election was ‘the only way’ to secure the Jewish state’s future.

This, after saying that the U.S. wasn’t trying to tell Israel who should lead the country.

I was surprised at the Mitch McConnell’s angry response to Schumer’s statements:

‘It is grotesque and hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of a democratically elected leader of Israel,’ he said. ‘This is unprecedented. We should not treat fellow democracies this way at all.’

This time, Mitch was right.

So, while Schumer believes that he’s entitled to tell Israel how to run its country and the war in Gaza, he should take a look at his own backyard. If we can agree that the safety and security of the United States are highly significant issues to the citizens of this country, what is Schumer doing to pressure Joe Biden to protect us?

Has he demanded that Biden take Executive Actions to control the border?

Has he called for more efforts to stop the gangs and cartels from controlling the southern border?

Has he told Biden to be more aggressive in his response to Iran and its proxies?

Has he demanded that Biden take more forceful action against the many incursions of China, including cyber threats, technology theft, and buying up U.S. land?

Has he stated that a plan for funding Ukraine is important to this nation?

Has he insisted that Biden rein in spending in order to curb inflation?

Has he stated that the military needs more resources and proper training?

Has he told Biden that he needs to step down, given his mental state, for the good of the country?

Maybe I missed his telling Biden to act like a President.