Telling Their Story: Israeli Warriors in a Political Game
by Nils A. Haug • August 7, 2024 at 5:00 am
[T]he Biden-Harris administration has not only been vacillating on military support for Israel, but also endeavouring to micromanage Israel's war operation. A tragic outcome of these haphazard policies is that they are resulting in more deaths, prolonging the war and delaying Hamas's release of the hostages.
The vacillation and political gamesmanship by the Biden-Harris team have only encouraged Iran to develop its nuclear weapons for what the mullahs apparently plan to be the destruction of Israel and ultimately the US.
Instead of deterring Iran, the Biden-Harris administration has been promoting a deal for Israel to surrender more of its already miniscule territory to Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon. Why Israel or any country would ever willingly agree to such stupidity is never asked.
"Since October 7th, Hezbollah has fired 7,000 drones, missiles, and rockets at Israel. Yet Israel is the one accused of 'escalation.' Israel may be the only nation on earth that would be accused of escalation after daring to defend itself against 7,000 mass murder attempts by the world's most heavily armed terrorist organization. The absurdity of the double standard has become too glaring to ignore." — US Congressman Ritchie Torres, D-NY, x.com, August 3, 2024.
Countless civilian deaths in both Israeli and Gaza have doubtless resulted from signals sent by the Biden-Harris administration that they are hostile to Israel, determined to have Hamas win, and still fund Iran.
In addition, the Biden-Harris administration has delayed weapons for Israel, and warned that "the U.S. will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran." Iran's ruling mullahs could only conclude that the Biden-Harris administration was done with Israel and sending them and their proxies... a green light to escalate their attacks.
Although the US finally sent 12 destroyers to the region... in general, the Biden-Harris administration's approach has been to undermine Israel's efforts to defend itself and rescue its hostages -- some of whom are also US citizens -- and strengthen Iran's and Hamas's commitment finally to "wipe Israel off the map." After all, why should they agree to a ceasefire if the US keeps insisting on a ceasefire that assures them they will win?
In addition, civilian deaths would have been dramatically reduced on both sides, and the hostages released. Instead, the US has been engaging in political games -- as it is doing with Ukraine's efforts to defend itself against Russia -- all while people are being killed.
Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas clearly feel no pressure from the US to cease their relentless attacks. They are right: there has been none.
"Islamism has never ceased to threaten the West, and there have been numerous terrorist attacks—and thwarted attempts—in France, Belgium, and Spain in recent years... At what point in history did we decide that it is more important to protect the aggressor than the attacked?" — Itxu Díaz, Spanish author, tabletmag.org, May 23, 2024.
"They are fighting like lions in these alleys, under constant threat. They are heroes. This is not a simple war," recalled Lt. Col. Almog Rotem, a battalion commander in the Israel Defense Forces, about what is faced by his soldiers in the Rafah campaign, in Gaza. "This was a severe event that should never have happened but did. We're in a grueling, challenging war.... My heart goes out to the families of the fallen; we will... complete the mission.... Not a single soldier has said, 'I don't want to continue.'"
The context is a desperate search and rescue operation for hostages from many nations taken into captivity by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and incarcerated in deep tunnels under the earth on that dreadful day. "[T]otal victory," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the US Congress, means that "we destroy Hamas' military capabilities and its rule in Gaza and bring all our hostages home."
