Posted on 10/23/2023 8:16:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber
U.S. and European governments have joined to put pressure on Israel.
Some are wondering why Israel hasn’t begun the ground assault on Hamas yet. The answer is in Washington D.C.
After the Hamas atrocities, Israel went on a full war footing. 300,000 Israelis have been evacuated from front line areas and the IDF mobilized 300,000 troops. Those are people who are not with their families or working, some flew in from abroad. This makes Israel one of the most mobilized nations in the world. But it can’t keep that up forever.
But instead of going in, everyone is waiting because D.C. and the EU want to hold off an assault on Hamas.
U.S. and European governments have joined to put pressure on Israel to hold off on its ground invasion of Gaza to allow more time to win the release of hostages held by Hamas, U.S. and foreign officials said.
Several countries have been trying to leverage their contacts with Hamas to press the militant group to release the hostages taken during their onslaught on Israel earlier this month. One U.S. official had said that Qatar’s government had been very helpful on the matter, but noted the difficulties of reaching an agreement given Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and the spiraling humanitarian crisis there.
Qatar is a state sponsor of Hamas. It’s harboring Hamas leaders. Before the Hamas attack on Israel, Qatar very helpfully negotiated a truce.
And now that the U.S. and the EU have made it clear that they can stop Israel from taking out Hamas as leverage for the hostages, Hamas has no reason to release the hostages.
Those hostages are the only reason IDF soldiers aren’t in Gaza City right now.
Rather than securing their release, they’ve made them more valuable as hostages.
What did Hamas buy with the release of two female American hostages? The conviction by D.C. diplomats that they can get more released if they just spend more time negotiating with Hamas.
Wrong on every foreign policy decision. Record is still perfect.
They mean Barak.
Hmmmm… protecting Hamas in Gaza and protecting Zelensky in Ukraine.
Enquiring minds want to know what they have in common.
Jo Jo has to look out for his Hamass buddies. The Muslim terrorists are backed by his student loan deadbeat, mail in banana boater, voter base and he can’t risk losing that.
What do they have in common? The Big Guy’s 10% who is working for their team.
Israel needs to wake up and realize that the US is not their friend. We are the guy behind them, holding down their arms, while Hamas stands in front and punches them in the face.
What did Hamas buy with the release of two female American hostages? The conviction by D.C. diplomats that they can get more released if they just spend more time negotiating with Hamas ... as well as sending them 100s of millions more dollars so Joe can nap on the beach.
It is what it boils down to.
The Brandon administration is famous for its Hamas sandwiches.
Daniel Greenfield ping
Is Pedo-Joe going to kiss Hamas’ a$$ some more and demand more of Israel. Please Israel, don’t listen to this Israel and American hating POS.
Why hasn’t Biden reacted at all towards Iran.....there’s one reason....the price of oil. Oil, gas, and inflation all go up.
“Hmmmm… protecting Hamas in Gaza and protecting Zelensky in Ukraine.
Enquiring minds want to know what they have in common.”
Dollar to donuts it’s MONEY!!!!!!
It was a bit disappointing when I saw that the IDF had arrested 35 or so terrorists. They should all have been shot and left to rot on the main street in Gaza.
This is the Dumb and Dumber show, starring Joe Biden and Anthony Blinken. This what BiBi has to take advice and direction from.
From what my brother in law told me yesterday the girls father the one who gave the press conference on tv he works or has connections to the state dept that is why she was released
Another “Bergdahl”, what did we give them in exchange?
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