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).
Why don’t you go off and tell the families and friends of the thirteen military members who were killed due to Biden’s gross and glaring incompetence how you proud you are of our despicable president? I’m sure they’d be comforted, you horrible person.
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.
The ceasefire is a mere suggestion since the resolution is unenforceable. A talking head on Israeli right-wing media speculates that there is a quid-pro-quo between Biden and Iran under which Iran will get the Houtis in Yemen to stop attacking shipping in the Red Sea and in exchange Biden will get Israel to end the war short of victory, but I doubt Biden has sufficient leverage to compel Netanyahu or any other prospective Israeli PM to end the war with Hamas's command and control in tact.
Na’ama Levy. I too have not gone one day since October 7 without thinking of her, her mother, and so many other young women in captivity. It’s obscene how little the world cares for them.
"It is almost as if they don't matter since they are Jews." That's exactly why the "world community" doesn't care about the hostages. The Jews? They got what was coming. That's the general attitude.
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).
Why don’t you go off and tell the families and friends of the thirteen military members who were killed due to Biden’s gross and glaring incompetence how you proud you are of our despicable president? I’m sure they’d be comforted, you horrible person.
Why don't you go tell all of the people who died in your retarded forever war that its your fault.
Nobody will ever reward Biden for all the people who didn't die fighting that war another twenty years.
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
Only too true, alas…
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.
Yes, and that call for the "unconditional release" of the hostages is toothless since it isn't made a condition of a ceasefire.
The ceasefire is a mere suggestion since the resolution is unenforceable. A talking head on Israeli right-wing media speculates that there is a quid-pro-quo between Biden and Iran under which Iran will get the Houtis in Yemen to stop attacking shipping in the Red Sea and in exchange Biden will get Israel to end the war short of victory, but I doubt Biden has sufficient leverage to compel Netanyahu or any other prospective Israeli PM to end the war with Hamas's command and control in tact.
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.
Na’ama Levy. I too have not gone one day since October 7 without thinking of her, her mother, and so many other young women in captivity. It’s obscene how little the world cares for them.
"It is almost as if they don't matter since they are Jews." That's exactly why the "world community" doesn't care about the hostages. The Jews? They got what was coming. That's the general attitude.
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.
A good point, but in those days the US/Israeli relationship was nowhere near as close as it later became.