Posted on 10/11/2023 9:27:55 AM PDT by Kazan
Exploiting Israel to score a political victory.
Biden’s speech on the brutal Hamas atrocities was a good speech, not in that he delivered it well or especially convincingly (let’s not even rehash the invented Golda Meir story) but it appeared to have been written by someone who cared enough to inject it with moral outrage and certainty. It would have been a better speech for someone else.
But rhetoric is relatively cheap in politics. More significant than the moral outrage are the actual policy statements. As many noted, there’s no mention of Iran. That’s not surprising as the administration’s position is not to mention Iran.
Here however is a policy moment that cuts against the thrust of the speech. Policy, unlike rhetoric, is all about specifics.
“My administration has consulted closely with Congress throughout this crisis. And when Congress returns, we’re going to ask them to take urgent action to fund the national security requirements of our critical partners.”
See anything odd here? Partners. Plural.
What partners? This speech is about supporting Israel in its fight against Hamas. Who are these other partners?
This one isn’t hard to guess. Biden ran into problems getting aid to Ukraine approved in the House. There was talk that he wanted to link aid to Israel to aid to Ukraine. Take that little added “s” as a strong signifier that it’s going to happen.
So what that really means is pressuring pro-Israel people to lobby House members to approve an aid package for Ukraine or military aid to Israel gets delayed at a crucial juncture. Which means Biden is using Israel to set a trap for House Republicans. So despite his assertion that “this is not about party or politics” assume that it is.
That’s a lot to hang on a single ‘s’, right? Biden misspeaks all the time.
Maybe, but we were warned that this was coming.
The White House is considering a move to attach Ukraine funding to a request for urgent aid to Israel, according to several people familiar with the deliberations, in the hopes that such a pairing would increase the chance that Congress would approve aid to Kyiv despite growing opposition from House Republicans.
No final decisions have been made on whether to link the requests, said two senior administration officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. One of the officials said such a move could make sense because it “jams the far right,” which is firmly opposed to more Ukraine aid but strongly supportive of aid to Israel.
That extra ‘s’ suggests that Biden has moved closer to a final decision. And really why not? Much like the government shutdowns, it puts the onus on House Republicans. If the package succeeds, Biden gets a win, if it fails, he can use it to attack Republicans. Israel gets exploited as bait for this trap by a guy who pretends to care, but actually doesn’t.
Ukraine – Israel aid linkage means that Israel facing the most significant war in a generation gets taken hostage to secure a win for Biden and Ukraine.
The Ukraine is not an ally of America.
Heck, it’s not even a friend.
Most knew that was coming. Will they resist?
what an a$$hole...
How much more money must he give to ukraine before the threat of blackmail is lifted? He absolutely refuses to stop sending money to ukraine, and is supported by his fellow democrats.
Old Joe is going to link it to Kool Aid next.
Taking Israeli aid hostage
That should sufficiently bewilder Republicans.
What’s the bitch tryin’ to do, start WWIII? Why don’t the SOB link the Foreign Invasion on our southern border to Ukraine and Israel aid. We could use some tanks and drones down along the Rio Grande.
Disgusting creepy pinko grifter cheater.
Biden Signals He’ll Link Israel Aid to Ukraine Aid”
Of course he will but all we will hear is Brave Joe standing up for Israel. It is up the GOP to point out Traitor Joe is holding up Israel aid so he can keep the rat Ukraine money laundering op flowing. Not much hope there.
Re: 4 - It’s politics. It happens.
My guess - that House Republicans will okay aid for Israel and decreased aid for Ukraine.
Why? What is the Senate Biden going to do - stall aid for -both-?
I believe that is unlikely given the horrific images of massacre in Israel.
Since Hamas couldn’t take every Israeli, Biden decided to take the rest hostage.
He is NOT only supported by Dems he is also being supported by pubbies this BS has to end!!!
Of course . . . everything and nothing "prove" that Israel is responsible for all the evils in the world.
Ukraine-Israel-Taiwan.
1) No mutual defense treaty
2) “Allies” who have never fought with us
3) Threatened by larger and stronger neighbor
4) All capable of causing global war
Z made a surprise visit to the UN. He supposed he would meet with...elseware and speak to their Parliament. He was already in that country...and they cancelled him...you see him coming and going.
Bastard!
Biden cannot introduce spending bills.
Has anyone in DC read the constitution? Send him an Israel support bill. Dare him to veto it.
Ukraine must be blackmailing Biden.
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