Quick Take: A Shameful Betrayal
The Biden Administration throws Israel to the wolves
Yesterday, the United Nations Security Council passed a pro-Hamas, anti-Israel resolution demanding “an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire.” Or to put it in plain language, Israel should lay down its arms instead of finishing off the genocidal death cult that carried out the bloody October 7, 2023, pogrom. Hamas should be allowed to survive, no doubt to perpetrate further atrocities. Absent from the resolution was any mention of Hamas’ responsibility for starting the present war. Also absent was any mention of the hostages being held by Hamas—several of whom are American citizens.
When the votes were tallied, the United States abstained. For America and for Joe Biden personally, March 25, 2024, was a day of shame.
There’s no better evidence of the Biden Administration’s incompetence, two-facedness, and moral squalor than the sorry chronicle of its foreign policy. Just ask the suffering people of Afghanistan, subject once more to the tyranny of the Taliban courtesy of our despicable president. Ask the people of Ukraine, who were denied the help they needed to drive the Russian invader out of their country. And now ask the people of Israel, who see that their fate is far less important to Biden and his minions than a few thousand jihadist votes in Michigan and Minnesota.
The President’s pusillanimity will backfire on him, of course. The Hamas-hugging antisemite activists who follow him around, denouncing him as a war criminal and agent of genocide, will reward him for betraying Israel with more of the same. The antisemitic progressive wing of the Democratic Party will do likewise. American Jews will take a long, hard look at him and the Democratic Party. And Israel, which was founded on the principle that the Jews can rely on only themselves, saw that principle confirmed yesterday.
Already the Israeli government has cancelled the meeting between its representatives and American officials to discuss strategy for the final phase of the war in Gaza. Gone is any influence that the US might have exercised over Israeli policy. Gone is the possibility, faint though it may have been, of a general peace settlement and an independent Palestinian state. Now, Israel will do what it must to reestablish security and deterrence, regardless of what Biden & Co. may say.
Democrats and progressive denounce Donald Trump for his threats to abandon America’s allies in the name of America First. As a standalone criticism, this is more than fair; I agree entirely. But Democrats and progressives have some nerve voicing it after Biden’s betrayal of Afghanistan, Ukraine, Israel. Why should America’s other allies place their faith in this country’s word when it’s clear that under this president, America’s word is conditioned on domestic political priorities? How, for example, can our NATO allies be confident that if V. Putin goes after Poland or the Baltic States, America would honor its treaty obligations? They’ve certainly been given reasons to think otherwise.
I take some comfort in the fact that not every Democrat stands with Joe Biden and his policy of cowardly appeasement. Pennsylvania’s junior senator, John Fetterman, had this to say after the passage of yesterday’s infamous Security Council resolution: “It’s appalling the U.S. allowed passage of a resolution that fails to condemn Hamas. The UN has always been unwilling to condemn this group of terrorists, cowards and rapists. We must stand with Israel and stop pandering to the political fringe or Hamas apologists.”
Good for you, Senator.
I’ve been arguing recently that for America, credibility is indivisible: The betrayal of one ally undermines the faith that other allies place in this country’s word, while encouraging bad actors like V. Putin. There’s not much doubt that Biden’s Afghanistan skedaddle played a part in the Russian despot’s decision to invade Ukraine. Now the President has done it again, with a public and shameful betrayal of the Jewish state that will be remembered in history as a stain on this country’s honor.
Correction: contrary to what is stated in the first paragraph of this article, the Security Council resolution did mention the hostages, demanding their release. I regret the error.
On a personal level, it is incomprehensible to me that the world isn't demanding the return of the hostages.
It is almost as if they don't matter since they are Jews.
(Compare the efforts made by the Biden administration to secure the release of Brittney Griner (black, gay, woman) compared to the American hostages.)
True character is being revealed by a lot of people.
I am haunted by the images of that young woman, bloodied and abused, in the Jeep. And she is still in captivity.
I’ve heard it said that the world views American as a weak enemy and a treacherous ally, this is all the proof you need