Posted on 05/23/2024 10:44:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
It didn’t take long for the Pentagon to all but confirm that the temporary Gaza port constructed at the behest of President Biden is turning out to be a total disaster.
The admission came during a Tuesday press conference, in which Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon’s spokesman, told reporters that none of the 569 metric tons of food and supplies delivered into Hamas-controlled Gaza via the port have been distributed to Gaza residents by nongovernmental organizations. Constructed by the U.S. military, the $320 million floating port was announced earlier this year during Biden’s State of the Union address, a move designed to cater to the pro-Hamas wing of the Democrat Party base.
Since the port’s completion last Thursday, “some trucks, operated by nongovernmental organizations tasked with delivering the aid to another staging area, had been ransacked by looters,” the New York Post reported based on Ryder’s comments. The Associated Press separately reported that just five of 16 trucks operated by the United Nations World Food Program met their intended destinations during aid delivery runs on Saturday.
UNWFP officials said the remaining 11 trucks had been “commandeered” by a Palestinian mob.
Recall that Hamas launched a vicious attack on Israel on Oct. 7 that left more than 1,200 civilians dead. The Iranian-backed terrorist group has since attempted to cast itself as the victim of what it claims is an unwarranted military response from Israel. Part of its deceptive tactics have included publishing inflated casualty numbers, which legacy media have regurgitated without question.
A Predictable Trainwreck
From its inception, Biden’s pier project was destined to be a catastrophic failure. The assumption from its supporters was that Hamas would permit any outside aid to make its way to Gaza residents — a substantial majority of whom support Hamas and the group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Contrary to the image cast by the “Queers for Palestine” crowd, Hamas is a violent terrorist organization that’s committed horrific atrocities against Israelis and other innocent civilians for decades. Trusting that Hamas officials will allow food and other supplies to make their way to the poor and needy is as naive as believing Biden has the cognitive ability necessary to run the country.
Biden’s proposal to build a floating port off the cost of Gaza also needlessly puts innocent lives — including those of U.S. service members — in jeopardy. Last month, for example, an unidentified terrorist group operating in the region fired on U.N. officials touring the pier site. While no injuries were reported, the incident documents the heightened risk posed to Western officials in the area.
Any diligent president would recognize the reality on the ground and immediately withdraw U.S. forces from the region to avoid potential casualties. Unfortunately, the Biden administration’s incompetent foreign policy has a track record of getting innocent U.S. soldiers killed.
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Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
Like everything Obozo/Biden is associated with.
The purpose of the pier is to bring Gazans here. I am sure that part will be a ‘success’.
It is their to resupply HAMAS, not feed the children.
“11 trucks had been ‘commandeered’ by a Palestinian mob.”
So the aid got to those people via direct distribution rather than going through the UN.
$$$$ went into corrupt pockets, and food and supplies went to Hamas as American taxpayer foot the bill. Gaza residents got zip. Who knew?
There’s no pier?
It used to be when Dems had a dumb idea, we would say at least they had good intentions.
Today they are dumb and do not have good intentions.
Sometimes I wonder if Biden is screwing everything up to make his Newsom look good, when Newsom replaces Biden as the Presidential candidate.
It’s a success, it provides Hamas with free food and they sell the rest for cash to buy more weapons.
Everything Biden touches is a disaster.
"This is why we can't have nice things."
I think there is already footage out there of stolen, US taxpayer bought aid being sold by those who stole it, not distributed free as intended.
It’s great for bringing in weapons to resupply Hamas.
Which was the point.
There’s pier.
Just no peer...................
Bzzzzzt!
The citizens are supposed to run the country.
“do not underestimate Joe’s ability to F#ck things up”
Barack Obama
just a cover excuse for propping up, aiding, and resupplying the Fakestinian Occupation and its terrorist gangsters
will Biden pay back the US Taxpayers from his campaign slush fund?
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