Backing the war to the hilt has been an outrageous moral failure, and it is also an incredibly stupid policy because it just paves the way for more conflict and suffering in the future.
Biden's ridiculous Wilsonian claim that this is "the war to end all wars" between Israelis and Palestinians doesn't even make an iota of sense by any measure. That the press should stress the lack of strategic success militarily against Hamas misses Israel's blatant and real strategic intent--the elimination or removal of every Palestinian from Gaza, the West Bank and wherever else they decide is their god-given land to possess by theft and murder.
Of course it shows the utter moral bankruptcy of Israel and its American sponsor. So rich that they weak crocodile tears over Ukraine while helping their Israeli buds intentionally target civilians.
The question is what is anyone going to do about it?
Israelis know they cannot eradicate Hamas, an Islamist resistance movement, and they know international pressure will ultimately build to the point where they cannot continue the campaign. Obviously there’s barely a pretense that they or the Biden administration--or the pro-Israel side gives a rats ass about “the day after”. The “Dresden/Tokyo” bombing comparison argument we Americans use--whatever objections one has about it--was premised on the idea of destroying the military might of imperial powers to end the war as quickly as possible. No serious person thinks this will resolve the 100 year old conflict quickly. They don’t even argue that they care to do so.
So it’s entirely about retribution and maximal pain against the Gazans for as long and as hard as possible for domestic political consumption. The cruelty, as they say, is the point.
Biden's ridiculous Wilsonian claim that this is "the war to end all wars" between Israelis and Palestinians doesn't even make an iota of sense by any measure. That the press should stress the lack of strategic success militarily against Hamas misses Israel's blatant and real strategic intent--the elimination or removal of every Palestinian from Gaza, the West Bank and wherever else they decide is their god-given land to possess by theft and murder.
Of course it shows the utter moral bankruptcy of Israel and its American sponsor. So rich that they weak crocodile tears over Ukraine while helping their Israeli buds intentionally target civilians.
The question is what is anyone going to do about it?
Israelis know they cannot eradicate Hamas, an Islamist resistance movement, and they know international pressure will ultimately build to the point where they cannot continue the campaign. Obviously there’s barely a pretense that they or the Biden administration--or the pro-Israel side gives a rats ass about “the day after”. The “Dresden/Tokyo” bombing comparison argument we Americans use--whatever objections one has about it--was premised on the idea of destroying the military might of imperial powers to end the war as quickly as possible. No serious person thinks this will resolve the 100 year old conflict quickly. They don’t even argue that they care to do so.
So it’s entirely about retribution and maximal pain against the Gazans for as long and as hard as possible for domestic political consumption. The cruelty, as they say, is the point.
The point is ethnic cleansing, and barring that, genocide.
The problem is that Biden cannot say this out loud.