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Cotton: Biden ‘Weakness’ Resulted in Americans Being Taken Hostage, Iran Attacking

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that President Joe Biden’s “weakness” has resulted in “Americans being taken hostage” and Iran attacking American assets in the region.

Cotton said, “It seems like President Biden puts more pressure on Israel than he does on Hamas.”

He continued, “Part of the reasons why we got to this point where we had to have a four-day pause is that the Biden administration has consistently, behind the scenes, insisted that Israel’s government take steps that are clearly not in Israel’s interests, for instance, providing fuel into Gaza, not just water or food or medicine, but fuel, which may as well be providing them with ammunition. I’m also very frustrated that we have not seen the release of a single American hostage. Perhaps there’ll be one today. But apparently, Hamas is so contemptuous of President Biden and American power that they feel the imperative to release Filipino and Thai hostages before they release American hostages. That’s just one small example of the weakness that President Biden has projected around the world that has resulted in things like Americans being taken hostage or Iran attacking Americans as more than 70 times now since or over the last month or the fall of Kabul in 2021.”

Cotton added, “Hamas is still so contemptuous of President Biden that it hasn’t yet released American hostages. This would have never happened under Donald Trump or Ronald Reagan. In fact, if you recall, Jimmy Carter had a hostage crisis with Iran. Hamas is patron for over 400 days. Iran released those hostages the day Ronald Reagan took office because they were so scared of what Ronald Reagan might do to them. You don’t see that kind of fear of President Biden from Hamas or Iran or, frankly, anyone around the world.”

The Obamalings in the Biden White House are seriously back-stabbing Israel!

60 posted on 11/26/2023 8:17:29 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: Alas Babylon!
The Biden regime is trying to have it both ways. They support Israel with reservations. Biden is claiming credit for the ceasefire and the release of hostages. Biden must placate the Muslims and college students, two big Dem constituencies. "Genocide Joe" is not an appellation Biden expected from the left.

The pressure on Israel, including the US, will be enormous to make the ceasefire permanent. It is interesting to see the term "humanitarian pause" dropped for "ceasefire." Hamas is winning the information war.

67 posted on 11/26/2023 8:28:03 AM PST by kabar
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To: Alas Babylon!
One of the bigger problems with the hostage agreement is that there is no guarantee that hamas won't keep taking more and more hostages simply to have a trade for getting more terrorists out of jail.
80 posted on 11/26/2023 8:51:56 AM PST by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!! ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY: UNTIL ITS NOT))
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