As I write, the humanitarian “pause” in the Israel-Hamas war is in its sixth day and voices from all sides are in intense debate about extension of the cease-fire. Immediately upon the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th we have known that civilian casualties would be a Hamas strategy, and I must say that if I had loved ones among the remaining hostages held by Hamas in the tunnels of Gaza there would be no doubt about where the bias in my heart and sentiments would be. But frankly, as heart-rending as the situation is, I would be disqualified as a leader if I relied on that fact if called upon, because the defense of the nation of Israel and its people in deciding strategy should have priority, and in my opinion that priority should be the complete and total destruction of Hamas and its terrorist capabilities. And if this means directly taking on Hezbollah and Iran, the ultimate culprit, so be it. There are no good choices here, but more “pauses” are the wrong ones, morally and strategically, and they essentially are to Hamas’s advantage. Let’s help Israel win this war as soon as possible.
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The manipulation of world opinion is aided by foolish political persons and a media that have no particular understanding of good and evil as objective realities. How quickly they moved beyond the heinous evil acts performed on October 7th! The graphic images, horrible as they are, should be kept front and center in this discourse to keep the people aware of the darkness that is behind the inhumanity of those terrible events.
You are so dead on as usual Jim.
Well said Jim — personally I think that the Israel should not have paused and kept the kinetic pressure relentlessly. However, they did, and I trust that during the pause the IDF has used the time to identify strategic targets, tunnels, weapons depots and the like and resume their systematic elimination of HAMAS and, as necessary, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and the rest of IRAN’s proxies doing its bidding in this madness that has been allowed to go on for way too long.
It is upsetting that there are HAMAS supporters in this country protesting against our ally, Israel. Can we please send these unwelcome people back to wherever they came from?
Jim – I agree with all of the previous comments made and well said. The US looks bad in the big picture supporting the pauses plus if I were president the hostages would have been released in 48 hours and, if not, we would blow up Irans plants and facilities along with any other could that threatened to not let Israeli take out Hamas at all costs once and for all.
Since Gaza is Philistine country, Israel in King David’s time showed no quarter.
Jim I completely agree with your sentiment.
Unlike the failure of “W” to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, I hope the IDF finds the tunnels, especially under the hospitals. If they do, maybe the atrocities of Hamas will be made more believable to the college students and others. There is little good happening in world now. Just waiting for the third shoe to drop on Taiwan.
Unlike the failure of “W” to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, I hope the IDF finds the tunnels, especially under the hospitals. If they do, maybe the atrocities of Hamas will be made more believable to the college students and others. There is little good happening in world now. Just waiting for the third shoe to drop on Taiwan.
Amen to your post, Jim, and all the fine replies.
It’s time we let Israel do what’s needed to rid the earth of this scourge of Hamas.
And, while we’re at it, let’s return to power in our own nation leadership that stops coddling Iran. What damn good has it done us?
They had lost power and influence in the Middle East, and our allies and friends were ascendant. Now it’s reversed.
For what possible purpose does the Biden Administration do what it does there?
The only reason I can suggest is that Biden and fellow travelers are plenty cynical enough to consider rolling back a Trump success (Abraham Accords, etc.) a higher priority than what is best for the country and the world.
A late comment:
I think Biden is provably coorupt, and for plenty Chinese money (yuan?) is hustling to destroy this country, flooding it with the useless, wretched millions from as far off as black Africa andthe Middle East. He is also evil. American Democrats are either ignorant, stupid or evil, often a combination thereof.
We have to wait, constitutionally, another year before we can get rid of this Democrat. But the successor, with the National Guard, will have to load them onships and planes to return them from whence they caame. It can be done!
Note that ISIS, the Islamic killers, today admiited to dischargingd a bomb in Iran, killing 100 and injuring some 350. Sunni v. Shia? But I enjoy Muslims killing Muslims!