From The Hill
The top House Republicans with oversight of U.S. foreign and military affairs slammed the Biden administration Wednesday for pausing a shipment to Israel of an estimated 3,000 heavy bombs.
Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said the administration was weakening Israel’s position in the face of threats from Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon ...
Once again, on the subject of Israel, I find myself agreeing with the Republicans instead of the Biden administration. Must check to see if hell has frozen over.
This decision to stop an arms shipment to Israel ... one with the kind of heavy bombs needed to reach Hamas' deep underground tunnels .... seems like blackmail.
The Biden administration wants the Rafah offensive to just not happen. Why? They say it's because a lot of civilians might get killed.
But Israel does have a plan for the civilians ... they can move to a humanitarian zone only about 5 miles away to be safe. And there has never been any sign from Israel but that they need to go into Rafah to get Hamas and hopefully save the hostages.
That isn't some evil plot by Netanyahu to stay in power, it's the universal thinking of the Israeli war cabinet. And Israel will do that, whether we give them weapons or not. It may take longer, more civilians nay die, but I guess the Biden administration can then say, 'not our fault' (please still vote for us).
The patronizing attitude that we know better than they do how to run their country in a war. The gobsmacking hypocrisy of portraying ourselves as superior to them in the civilian casualty domain. Yep, we're all about saving those innocents. This from a country that dropped 2 atom bombs on civilian cities in Japan (129,000 - 226,000 people killed). Or more recently, an administration that abandoned countless civilians, some clinging to the outside of our planes, as we tore out of Afghanistan. How do they keep a straight face?
posted by crystal | 1:48 PM
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I do think the tunnels are at the heart of the problem. As long as it is still possible for Hamas to use them, the war will go on. I wish there were a way to disable them without turning the whole place to rubble. I have heard the suggestion of filling them with sea water, I don't know if that would be possible or desirable? There is also the concern that there still may be hostages in them. I think it is very unlikely that any of the Hamas leaders are still there. Pretty sure they got their own butts to a safe haven.
I think it's believed that Yahya Sinwar, one of the main leaders, is in the tunnels and that he probably has hostages with him. I think they tried seawater in the early months but it wasn't really practical. it's a really tough problem.
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