Pulling out of Afghanistan was the only moment of Biden presidency I've been proud of. Twenty years in that pointless and unwinnable war. How many more did you want? It was always going to be ugly, the threat of that is how they blackmailed presidents for two decades.
The sensible foreign policy is to only take on obligations you can credibly keep. Forever wars in Central Asia is not a promise we can keep.
The US is under no obligation to support Israel, but I wouldn't get in its way either. They are the clear moral superior in this conflict. It's obvious that Biden wants some votes in Michigan because Dems were dumb enough to import Arabs (same problem in Europe).
The first paragraph of the resolution calls for the unconditional release of all hostages. Note how Hamas has no intention of complying with that yet applauds the resolution. It is quite probable that unable to take the hostages with them as they retreat Hamas has murdered them and is using the negotiations for their release as a delaying tactic.
It suggests how little the State Department has changed. Much of the policy switch - which began really under President Nixon - originated in the White House not in Foggy Bottom which generally acted more often as an impediment to carrying it out.
When David Ben Gurion first came to the U.S. as Israel’s Prime Minister, he met Secretary of State George Marshall, the very man who convinced President Truman to impose a total arms and personnel embargo on Israel during its war of independence.
General Marshall had (to the objective observer, anyway) the unmitigated gall to tell Ben Gurion that Israel had no better friend than the U.S. Later, Ben Gurion confided to the U.S. Ambassador (who was very pro-Israel) that if Israel had followed their friend’s advice, there’d be no Israel.
The Biden Administration’s recent pivot on Gaza is a reminder that the past is never truly past.
Pulling out of Afghanistan was the only moment of Biden presidency I've been proud of. Twenty years in that pointless and unwinnable war. How many more did you want? It was always going to be ugly, the threat of that is how they blackmailed presidents for two decades.
The sensible foreign policy is to only take on obligations you can credibly keep. Forever wars in Central Asia is not a promise we can keep.
The US is under no obligation to support Israel, but I wouldn't get in its way either. They are the clear moral superior in this conflict. It's obvious that Biden wants some votes in Michigan because Dems were dumb enough to import Arabs (same problem in Europe).
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
The first paragraph of the resolution calls for the unconditional release of all hostages. Note how Hamas has no intention of complying with that yet applauds the resolution. It is quite probable that unable to take the hostages with them as they retreat Hamas has murdered them and is using the negotiations for their release as a delaying tactic.
You need a true moral compass to feel shame; this administration lacks that and brains.
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.
It suggests how little the State Department has changed. Much of the policy switch - which began really under President Nixon - originated in the White House not in Foggy Bottom which generally acted more often as an impediment to carrying it out.
When David Ben Gurion first came to the U.S. as Israel’s Prime Minister, he met Secretary of State George Marshall, the very man who convinced President Truman to impose a total arms and personnel embargo on Israel during its war of independence.
General Marshall had (to the objective observer, anyway) the unmitigated gall to tell Ben Gurion that Israel had no better friend than the U.S. Later, Ben Gurion confided to the U.S. Ambassador (who was very pro-Israel) that if Israel had followed their friend’s advice, there’d be no Israel.
The Biden Administration’s recent pivot on Gaza is a reminder that the past is never truly past.