So Much for American 'Leadership'

Most of the nations of the world do not want to follow the lead of a government that aids in and makes excuses for the crimes of its clients.

American “leadership” doesn’t seem to be holding the world together:

A month into the Gaza war, President Biden’s steadfast support for Israeli leaders, even as the Palestinian civilian death toll mounts, risks lasting damage to Washington’s standing in the region and beyond, Arab leaders and analysts say, warning that the perceived U.S. acceptance of attacks on refugee camps, hospitals and apartment buildings could shatter American influence for years to come.

U.S. enabling of the brutal military campaign in Gaza has probably already done as much damage to our country’s reputation in a little over four weeks as some of the post-9/11 wars did over many years. Even U.S. backing for the monstrous war on Yemen over the last eight years has had less of an effect because the costs of that war were not as widely publicized. That damage is practically guaranteed to get worse as the death toll gets higher and reports of atrocious attacks on hospitals and other civilian targets keep coming in. It’s not as if the U.S. enjoyed an overabundance of goodwill and trust before this war, and now what little there was is quickly evaporating.