Is there a Margaret Thatcher inź§ the house who can help stiffen Jšoe Bidenās spine?
The late British prime minister, in a 1990 phone call during the early days of the first Gulf war, famously told a hesitant President George H. W. Bush that it āwas no time to go wobbly.ā
As Thatcher recounts in her first memoir, āThe Downing Street Years,ā Bush appeared reluctant to act decisively following Sšŗaddam Husseinās invaš¦sion of Kuwait.
Although the United Nations Sešcurity Council approved a trade embargo of Iraq, it was leź¦ft largely to the US and UK to enforce it.
Fortunately, Bush adopted the Iron Ladyās resolve and soon unleashed Operation Desert Storm, leading to a retreat of Iraqās forces and a smashingź¦¬ allied triumph.
Biden needs a Thatcherš now to set him straight during the curšrent Mideast conflict.
Faced with Isrź§aelās war against Hamas in Gaza and a shaky re-election campaign, the president isnāt just going wobbly in his support for our embattled ally ā heās inching toward a full betrayal of Israel to appease American radicals.
His actions and statements are more troubling than those of the officials Thatcher rš¦idiculed as āfašint heartsā or ādrifting with the tide.ā
It is dishonest to defend Bidenās undercutting of Israel as part of some strategic view of how to š·bring a just and lasting peace to the region.
His words and actions increasingly have little to do with peace and everything to dš¦¹o witšh pandering to domestic political critics.
A timeline of the presidentās shifting attitude shows his position, which began as forceful backing of Israel after the Oct. 7 invasion by Hamas, changed as large parts of the Democratsā base made it clear they would notļ潚§ļæ½ vote for him because of his support for Israel.
Some of those people, who include Muslim Americans and leftist students at elite colleges, can be charitably described as ignoraš¦nt of both history and current events, especially their aš¦©bsurd accusations that Israel is committing āgenocide.ā
They claim to be concerned about the suffering of Palestinian civilians, but voiced no concern that Hamas uses those civilians as human shields and turned Gaza into a terrorist launching pad while stealing billions of foreiš§gn aid.
Nor are they moved by the horrific events of Oct. 7, incź¦ludā±ing the slaughter of Israeli children and the raping and torture of women.
Maš°ny other Biden objectors are classic antisemites who oppose Isš³raelās very existence.
These so-called protestersą¶£, some of them violent, donāt try to hide their support for Hamasā plan to control all land āfrom the river to the sea.ā
Antisemitism at home
Biden makes no distinction about the criticsā motivations and is disgracefully mute aš²bout the shocking explosion of antisemitism in America.
Instead, in a recent meeting with ź¦«Muslim voters in Michigan, an administration aide ā not a campaign aide ā arrived full of apologies and said the Whiteš House knows it made mistakes in its approach.
āWše are very well aware that we have misstepped in the course of responding to this crisis,ā said deputy national secuš rity adviser Jon Finer, according to a recording obtained by CBS News.
Days earlier, the White House slapped sšanctions on four Israelis in the West Bank, accusing them of violence toward Palestinians.
Then aides announced last week they were investigating whether Israel misušsed American munitions in Gaza.
To put further distance between the two governments, Biden flunkies leak that he intensely dislikes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and disparages him as an āasshole.ā
He tells donors Israeli bombingąµ² was āindiscriminateā and mumbles at a press conference that Israelās reaction to Oct. 7 is ą¹āover the top.ā
His words sting, but hisį¦ policies are far more dangerous.
They include a demšand for an immediate cease-fire before Hamaź§s has been eliminated or releases its hostages, some of them American citizens.
If the war stopped now, the terror group would retain control of Gaš·za.
It would also siphon off much of the billions of dollars likely to be contrišbuted to rebuilding, just as it now seizes much of the daily humanitarian aid.
Similarly, Bidenās push for the creation of a Palestinian state rewards Hamasā brutality and would result in perpetual war that cošuld become a global conflict.
Hamasā open hatred
It is also astonishing that Biden ignores how Hamas leaders in Qatar āand Lebanon say publicly they will not accept any ātwo-state solutionā becaušse it implies acceptance of a Jewish state.
āI would like to say two things about the two-state solution. First, we have nothing to do with the two-state solution,ā Hamas official Khaled Mashal said in a TV interview.
āWe reject this notion, because it means you would get a promise for a [Palestinian] state, yet you are required to recognize the legitimacy of the oā¦ther state, which is the Zionist entity.
He added: āThis is unacceptable.ā
Thatās not an unusual view.
Polling shows up to 80% of all Palestinians support Hamasā invasion, including a big majority in the West Baź¦nk.
Some historians compare the challenge of Palestinian state-building to the dš¶enazificatiošn of Germany after World War II.
Does Biden see that?
Most appalling, his policies skirt around Iranās role. Itź¦ is the head of the snake and directs and finances every terror group calling for Israelās destruction, including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.
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Iran sits back & smiles
Every one of the presidentāļ·½s criticisms of Israel and his effort to micromanage and curtail its military straš„tegy must come as welcome news to Iran and those proxies.
As such, Biden gives them no reason to change š¦their wšays.
The job ofš¦ selling his pre-election snake oil falls to Secretary of State Tony Blinken, who is spewing nonsense in his ārouš±nd-the-region shuttles.
Lately heās been marketing a Palestinian state to Israel as the key to unlock normalization agreements with Aź¦rab states.
āVirtually every Arab country now genuinely wants to integrate Israel into the region to normalize relations .ā.ā. to provide security commitments and assurances so that Israel can feel more safe,ā Blinken said Saturday at the annuaš ·l Munich Security Conference.
āAnd thereās also, I think the imperative, thatās more urgent than ever, to proceed to a Palestiniaān state that also ensures the seš·curity of Israel.ā
Blinken, like his boss, conveniently ignores two enormoušs facts: First, the Trump administration secured the Abraham Accords with four Muslim nations without endangering Israelās survivaāØl.
And Saudi Arabia wź¦ as moving toward normalization last year without a Palestinian state, which Hamas cited as a reason for its ašttack on Israel.
Second, there is no credible vision for a Palesš tinian state that ensures the securā¦ity of Israel.
IšÆtās an oxymoron, as has been proven reš peatedly for 75 years.
Hamasā invasioān was diffeą¶£rent only in the scale of its fiendish success.
It brought about the largest single-day loss of Jewish life sišŖnce the end of the Holocaust.
And it is committed to doing the same thing again and agššain.
Is Biden so addled thatš he doesnāt understandš¼ that?
Or is he so fixated on a second term that heš doesnāšt care?