Israel: To Some on the Left…
And this is better… how?
When Biden was president I kept getting blow back regarding Israel’s policy regarding Gaza. One thing I agree with 100%, during an election year especially, is that Biden’s policy towards Net’s policy of what really amounts to EXTERMINATION was, at best, mealy mouth, weak and shifting back and forth. Mostly towards supporting Israel. At best towards weak threats and chiding.
Yes, politically the whole thing is and was a minefield. But it reminds me of the parent; when they find out their child has been robbing stores with weapons they bought for them, who says, “Gee, Junior, you really shouldn’t have been doing that. Maybe you should stop and THINK of paying some of that back?”
Child sticks out tongue, parent does little to nothing.
But I have to ask…
Where are all these self righteous critics now? Now that students are arrested for saying or writing anything critical of the actions against Gaza? Now that public officials in Israel are calling for a cleansing? Now that the new administration instead of at least mealy mouth chiding them, supports the atrocities?
Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich recently openly called for cleansing, not that there hasn’t been any of that before. Said it may be moral to starve 2 million Gazans? Proudly announcing in a few months Gaza will be totally destroyed.
Does he know there are people there, not all Hamas by any means? That any hostages may damn well be dead, or will be?
The whole idea that such supposed surgical bombing (Yeah, RIGHT.) will only kill Hamas is about as accurate as a 15 year old girl has and wants 30 dolls. How many murdered to get at a horrific terrorist group? When going in and hunting them down might be far beyond messy, but more surgical?
This “surgical” bombing is more like the worst 70’s shag carpet imaginable. Blood drenched.
Now, to be honest the current administration CLAIMS they are working to facilitate repopulating the locals elsewhere. Which sounds a bit too much like resettling the jews in the 30’s and 40’s. You trust them” Do I? HELL NO. Their answer would be more like their answer to immigration, illegal or not.
But back to the main question: some of the left constantly raised hell about Biden’s continued support for Israel. As far as I’m concerned that is clueless. Yes, they veered too much towards Israel IN AN ELECTION YEAR. But the blindness of some on the left to what politically is a difficult situation only fed those who wanted Biden out and Trump back in.
For now we have gone from the parent who mildly chides the child to the parent who wants them to rob stores, is eager to help them, eagerly sell them even more weapons than before.
Is this better? Why all the silence?
Maybe some of them actually got what they really wanted.
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