Posted on 10/08/2023 10:55:02 PM PDT by Libloather
In the nearly 48-hours since the militant Palestinian terror group Hamas launched a brutal attack on Israel, former Democratic presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have not said a word.
By Sunday night, no social media account tied to either man, including presidential library and foundation accounts, had commented on the attack that has left 700 Israelis (and reportedly four Americans) dead, and thousands missing and wounded.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did release a statement Sunday evening offering her prayers to 'everyone affected by the horrific attacks by Hamas in Israel.'
The Obama Administration had an infamously rocky relationship with the US's closest ally. President Obama himself and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were not close, and there was tension over the brokerage of the Iran nuclear deal - a passion project of Obama's team.
Bill Clinton had a positive relationship with Israel and oversaw the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan - a formerly hostile neighbor.
Statements from the two most recent Republican Presidents - George W. Bush and Donald Trump - were issued over the weekend.
Trump, whose administration oversaw the signing of the Abraham Accords - bilateral agreements on Arab-Israeli normalization signed by Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates - called the attacks a 'disgrace' and encouraged Israel to defend itself with 'overwhelming force.'
In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump wrote: 'These Hamas attacks are a disgrace and Israel has every right to defend itself with overwhelming force. Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden Administration.'
'We brought so much peace to the Middle East through the Abraham Accords, only to see Biden whittle it away at a far more rapid pace than anyone thought possible. Here we go again.'
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And what exactly do we expect? Neither of them are going to do muzzy war chants, burn the Israeli flag and wave the pali flag. Not in public anyways.
Obama is in favor and Clinton doesn’t care.
No comment from Jimmy Carter? He’s at least as functional as a democrat Senator.
Obungo thinks Israel deserved the attacks, but is careful enough not to say so. Bill Clinton is still embarrassed over propping up Yassir Arafat.
The silence of Bill Clinton and Barak Obama makes the responses by the Carter Center and Biden look good in comparison.
Rock Hussein Obama had one of his best days on Saturday. Do you know who else we just haven’t heard from George W. Bush.
Still the most (inadvertently) honest illustration by a leftist rag.
Any time he hears about dead Israelis, he pitches a tent in his shorts.
I too have no comment.
I’m not surprised. Regardless, he would just be saying some scripted nonsense. As usual.
Those two Dems are quiet, along with the now neutered and domesticated GWB. Read his lips; nuttin to say.
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