Posted on 10/30/2023 8:15:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
On Wednesday night, Joe Biden basked in the pageantry of a state dinner – white-jacketed violinists, golden chandeliers dotted with pink roses, a vivid wall display of 3D paper flowers. But soon after toasting the Australian prime minister in a pavilion on the White House south lawn, the US president had to step away to be briefed on a deadly mass shooting in Maine.
The presence of Lloyd Austin, the defense secretary, and Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, was a reminder of another, even darker shadow. Even as Biden and guests savoured butternut squash soup, sarsaparilla braised short ribs and hazelnut and chocolate mousse cake, Israeli bombs were raining down on the people of Gaza, posing one of the biggest tests yet for the 80-year-old commander-in-chief.
Biden took office in January 2021 articulating four crises – the coronavirus pandemic, economic strife, racial injustice and the climate – but as many of his predecessors discovered, the one guarantee of the job is the unexpected. Since Hamas’s horrific attack on Israel on 7 October, the president has found himself in the crucible of a Middle East war that is killing innocents and threatening a broader conflagration.
Biden has given Israel full-throated support and urged Congress to send the US ally $14bn in military aid. He has stressed that Hamas does not represent the vast majority of the Palestinian people and pushed for humanitarian assistance. But he is resisting calls for a ceasefire.
He is trying to thread a diplomatic needle, knowing that each decision reverberates around the world and one mistake could cost him re-election next year.
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The Grauniad - the take from the Brit Commies.
Buy-DUNG is linking aid to Israel with more money down the Zelinsky ***-hole.
I wouldn’t call that “unwavering support”.
unwavering support?
Biden is already calling for Israel to show restraint and for cease fires and for humanitarian aid to be allowed in.
Biden along with ALL Democrats want all Jews DEAD.
I hate Democrats the same as I hated the Nazi’s and Commies!
I’m sure the puppet masters are busy calculating if the Woke and Muslims outnumber Democrat supporting Jews and Christians that will be lost if he cannot be seen as supporting Israel. Tough call, as loss of either likely dooms him.
Biden’s team thinks ‘Where are they gonna go, if they don’t like Biden, over to the Trump Team?
The base of the Democratic Party is pro-Hamas. If he betrays Israel, he'll lose the Independents so he'll fail to win even Michigan and Pennsylvania, states where Trump won in 2016.
Electoral politics have interesting consequences.
Four decades ago the Electoral dominance of NY meant that NYC Jews could determine a Presidential outcome.
Nowadays, with many migrated to Miami their influence has been greatly diluted.
They have neither turned Florida "blue" nor tilted NY "red".
“unwavering support”
This is just BS propaganda and what i would from toxic cesspool that it is The Guardian. The public narrative is Brave Joe standing with Israel when behind the scenes he is trying to handcuff them.
This is just media damage control, directed by the White House.
Unwavering support since when.
Benjamin Netanyahu would be better off asking Lucy to hold a football.
What a stupid question.
The other chips haven’t yet fallen, and they want us playing ‘whack-a-mole’.
Bidet* supports who Øbowel tells him to support.
His WHAT? Someone missed the mark but there are a lot of libs not happy. But hate PDJT more.
He has no legitimate chance for re election.
No. But his unwavering support for his money laundering headquarters, where his bio lab is ‘conveniently’ located, in the Ukraine continues to expose his criminality. No one wanted Demented Joe for pres anyway.
Biden is a very stupid person with a nasty personality and has dementia.
If those things don’t hurt his electoral chances why would support for Israel?
Unwavering support? With his mouth, he pledges that to Israel, with his left hand behind his back, he schtups Iran and the palescumians hundreds of millions of dollars.
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