Posted on 11/14/2023 7:15:26 AM PST by Red Badger
A number of State Department staffers joined with staffers from the Agency for International Development — 100 in total — in criticizing President Joe Biden’s response to the war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas.
Israel declared a state of war with Hamas after terrorists breached the border on October 7, slaughtering 1,200 Israelis – most of them civilians – and kidnapping more than 200, taking them into Gaza.
According to an Axios report published on Monday, a five-page internal memo referred to as a dissent cable was “organized by a junior diplomat” and accused Biden of failing to deescalate the situation when Israel began to retaliate against Hamas — in addition to accusing Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza.
The dissent cable was written by Sylvia Yacoub — identified by Axios as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of Middle East Affairs — who criticized Biden directly via X in early November. “You are providing significantly more military assistance to the government that is indiscriminately attacking innocent Gazans …. you are complicit in genocide @POTUS,” she said.
Claiming that Israel had cut off electricity to Gaza and restricted aid, the memo alleged that those actions — and the Israel Defense Forces’ targeted strikes on Hamas leaders and weapons’ stores — “all constitute war crimes and/or crimes against humanity under international law.”
“Yet we have failed to reassess our posture towards Israel. We doubled down on our unwavering military assistance to the (Israeli government) without clear or actionable redlines,” the memo continued, arguing that Israel’s response to Hamas should have caused the United States to adjust its policy.
“Members of the White House and (the National Security Council) displayed a clear disregard for the lives of Palestinians, a documented unwillingness to de-escalate, and, even prior to October 7, a reckless lack of strategic foresight,” the memo continued, going on to chastise the Biden administration for refusing to take the word of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry when it came to assessing the number of casualties.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the dissent within the State Department, saying in a memo to staffers, “I know that for many of you, the suffering caused by this crisis is taking a profound personal toll. The anguish that comes with seeing the daily images of babies, children, elderly people, women, and other civilians suffering in this crisis is wrenching. I feel it myself. Some people in the Department may disagree with approaches we are taking or have views on what we can do better.”
Have her present her evidence formally, and if it’s found to be evidence of war crimes, react accordingly. If her evidence is just a bunch of slanted propoganda and hurt feelings, pull her clearance, fire her for cause, and then prosecute her if she deliberately caused an international incident outside her authority and using false pretenses.
Joe McCarthy was right. the State Dept. has always been riddled with communist scum. Alger Hiss for example.
“Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the dissent within the State Department, saying in a memo to staffers, “I know that for many of you, the suffering caused by this crisis is taking a profound personal toll. The anguish that comes with seeing the daily images of babies, children, elderly people, women, and other civilians suffering in this crisis is wrenching. I feel it myself. Some people in the Department may disagree with approaches we are taking or have views on what we can do better.”
What a spineless wimp response. This guy should turn in his Man Badge.
how deep is DS ? somebody get that memo and hand it to Pres. Trump...
But a re-elected Trump is supposed to be able to work with these creeps...uh-huh.
Good. The letter will provide a list of traitors to fire when Trump is President.
LOL. Since when are nations that are attacked in a war responsible for providing their enemies with food, water, fuel, and electricity?
Maybe the State Department should tell Russia they are required to provide all that to Ukraine, or they will be guilty of “war crimes”.
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Well done!
The enemies of Western civilization are firmly in the gates, folks.
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No question about it, and if ruthless men don’t soon take control of the reins of power and launch an all-out offensive to crush those enemies, I believe we could see another holocaust that would be more widespread and devastating than the first one, and the Jews would not be the primary victims.
Hey,State Department:
shaddup, sit down and stop rattling the cage (s)
Evil!!
Everything the current fake administration says and does is precisely the wrong thing, opposite for truth or what should be done.
Nice they signed papers. Fools everywhere.
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