Biden's Empty Calls for 'Accountability'
It is the administration’s “thoughts and prayers” response to war crimes committed by a U.S. client government.
The president is so offended by the Israeli military’s murder of seven humanitarian aid workers that there will be absolutely no change in policy:
President Joe Biden was privately enraged by the deadly strike and in a public statement upbraided Israel for it, calling for “accountability” to those responsible and demanding more humanitarian assistance be allowed into Gaza. But two senior administration officials said that is as far as he and the White House will go for now.
When an Israeli soldier gunned down Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022, there were similarly empty calls for “accountability” from the administration that amounted to nothing in practice. Almost two years have passed since she was murdered in broad daylight, and her family is no closer to getting justice for that crime. The administration called for “accountability” but made no effort to get it. It is the same story here.
The Biden White House calls for “accountability” in these cases when it has no desire to hold the guilty party to account. It is the administration’s “thoughts and prayers” response to war crimes committed by a U.S. client government.