“That’s just nonsense.”
The Biden administration has continued rolling out a pressure campaign against Israel in order to save Hamas. The despicable Schumer speech was just one prong of a larger effort that includes political and economic pressure, as well as implicit threats of even worse things to come, even as the administration continues to lie about its goals and agendas.
Here’s Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at a press conference claiming that Hamas can somehow be defeated without defeating it.
Sullivan claimed that Biden had “emphasized his bone-deep commitment to ensuring the long-term security of Israel” and admits that “Israel has made significant progress against Hamas. They’ve broken a significant number of Hamas battalions, killed thousands of Hamas fighters, including senior commanders. Hamas’s number three, Marwan Issa, was killed in an Israeli operation last week. The rest of the top leaders are in hiding, likely deep in the Hamas tunnel network.”
Then Sullivan complained that Israel wasn’t ‘nation-building’ in Gaza and is trying to finish off Hamas.
“Now, instead of pause to reevaluate where things stand in the campaign and what adjustments are needed to achieve long-term success, instead of a focus on stabilizing the areas of Gaza that Israel has cleared so that Hamas does not regenerate and retake terri- — territory that Israel has already cleared, the Israeli government is now talking about launching a major military operation in Rafah.”
That is how wars are won in the real world.
You don’t win wars through nation-building, but by destroying the enemy.
Sullivan acts as if he’s baffled that Israel isn’t focused on nation building, but on moving rapidly to finish off Hamas in its last major enclave.
“Now, the President has rejected — and did again today — the strawman that raising questions about Rafah is the same as raising questions about defeating Hamas. That’s just nonsense,” Sullivan claims.
And then goes on to demonstrate that’s exactly the case.
“Our position is that Hamas should not be allowed a safe haven in Rafah or anywhere else. But a major ground operation there would be a mistake,” Sullivan complains. “The key goals Israel wants to achieve in Rafah can be done by other means.”
The advisor claims that they’ll lay out “an alternative approach that would target key Hamas elements in Rafah and secure the Egypt-Gaza border without a major ground invasion.”
There’s no such means. We already know that Biden’s people are going to pitch targeted strikes against Hamas leaders. Those are not a substitute for taking territory and destroying Hamas as a military entity.
Then Sullivan pivots to admitting that the goal is to indeed end the campaign against Hamas.
“The President and the Prime Minister also discussed the ongoing negotiations for an immediate ceasefire for several weeks in return for releasing hostages currently being held by Hamas and other militants in Gaza. We would look to build on that ceasefire into something more enduring,” Sullivan admits.
So instead of defeating Hamas, the Biden administration has adopted the pro-Hamas position of a “permanent ceasefire” which will last until the next Hamas attack.
The Biden administration is not only opposed to defeating Hamas, it’s proposing a surrender to Hamas. And it’s lying about it.
Sullivan keeps insisting that, “this is not a question of defeating Hamas. And anytime I hear an argument that says, ‘If you don’t smash into Rafah, you can’t defeat Hamas,’ I say, ‘That is a strawman.’ Our view is that there are ways for Israel to prevail in this conflict, to secure its long-term future, to end the terror threat from Gaza, and not smash into Rafah. That’s what we’re going to present in this integrated way when this team comes.”
Prevail is nicely ambiguous. As is end the terror threat. But we already know what the plan is.
A united ‘Palestinian’ terrorist state recognized by the Biden administration which Sullivan will claim will be a peaceful terrorist state. And that’ll be as true as the claim that Hamas can be defeated without going into Rafah.
Cynthia says
75% of Israelis want to go into Rafah and finish off the last 4 battalions. On the other hand, 75% of Gaza and West bank Palestinians applauded October 7 atrocities and support Hamas. Are we not understanding the peaceful nature that will be the new Palestinian state? Or is the Biden Administration willing to sacrifice more Israeli lives for Muslim/ radical votes in the US?
This is double speak from Sullivan to disavow the alliance we should continue with our ally. Meanwhile, keep giving billions to Iran the head of the snake.
JimJFox says
“pro-Hamas position of a “permanent ceasefire”
As is always the case, no western leaders understand the Islamic position; there’s no such thing as a permanent cease-fire. Muhammad /Allah ruled that any treaty can be broken.
Walter Sieruk says
It’s well worth reiterating that the words of Senator Chuck Schumer are a reflection of the left –wing ideology of Joe Biden when Schumer said “That Israel must stop the war with Hamas or face sections “
The very idea of the officials of the State of Israel stopping with war on Hamas is a fool idea..
For Hamas on October 7th 2023 started this war with its jihadist murderous invasion of Israel and the other heinous and vile atrocities the Hamas jihadists commuted and still commit .
Hamas, should be dealt with defeated and even destroyed is to hit it hard , hit it long and keep on hitting it with strong powerful forceful military strikes until it’s unable to raise up again with its ugly , vicious and deadly jihad Islamic head.
For its rightly and wisely said, “Half –measures in was is folly and madness.”
Concerning those horrific jihad attacks by Muslim terrorists of Hamas on October 7th, 2023
It’s very important and necessary for the Israeli government to launch retaliatory strikes against Hamas.
The reason why this is so had been explained over 200 years ago by a US President , Thomas Jefferson, who had wisely declared “With every barbarous people…force is law.
Walter Sieruk says
Even before Senator Chuck Schumer had said that outlandishly fool statement “That Israel must stop the war with Hamas or face sections “ he was reflecting of policy of terrible old Joe Biden actually that the gall to send a message to Benjamin Netanyahu of “Not to hit Hamas too hard.” Biden’s so called “advice” should be rejected.
It’s very obvious that treacherous old Joe must really admire and like the aggression of the hostile violent and murderous jihad of Islam.
It’s actually impossible to “hit Hamas too hard.” The reason why this is so is because as hard as the Israeli military can strike Hamas it never hard enough..
Nevertheless, Israel does need to strike Hamas as hard as she can keep on hitting that deadly savage jihad entity and not stop hitting it.
If not, Hamas will a resurgence, and in time, launch another malicious jihad attack against the State of Israel and murder more of her citizens.
That awful message that jihadist loving Joe is complete nonsense and total 100 % balderdash.
In contrast to the words of folly given by Biden, there is the wisdom that was spoken by a real US President, James Monroe, who declared in a speech “The right of self -defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and individuals.”
Ramos Washington says
Since 1948, Israel has won every significant war it has fought. The USA’s record is one stalemate (Korea) and the rest losses. Maybe we should be taking advice from them, not the other way around.
OLD GUY says
Joe’s with which ever side sends the deposit to his offshore account.
Walter Sieruk says
The reason that despicable old Joe Biden really doesn’t want Iran to defeat Hamas is because Biden is a stooge ,tool and useful idiot of that tyrant/president Rasis of Iran, and Rasis and others in power in that hostile and vicious Islamic regime back and support Hamas and supply deadly weapons to the murderous jihad entity ,Hamas.
This exposes just how horrendously terribly treasonous Biden actually is. Which resulted in this new Iranian weapon of mass murder and destruction and also send funds and supplies to that murderous terrorist jihad entity, Hamas.
Creepy old Joe Biden doesn’t anything at all about those three Americans who had been killed by rockets supplied to Iran’s proxy jihad terror/murder entities.
Likewise Biden doesn’t care, one little bit , that which it some down to that subject Iran is just a responsible for those dead Americans and those jihad stooge groups of that “mullah regime”
All that despicable traitor Biden cares about is appeasing those Muslim despots of Iran by providing to them everything they demand.
Joe Biden is either an incompetent feeble -minded fool or a traitorous treasonous villain.
Which even the case with him, Biden by giving away everything to those tyrants of that Islamic regime of Iran who such spiteful enemies of the United States that they publicly refer to her as “the Great Satan” and likewise brainwash and then incite the Iranian people to chant, over and over again “Death to America” reveals much about the sinister and insidious character of subversive creepy old Joe.
Therefore Biden by appeasing supporting and further upholding that anti-American vicious and hostile tyrannical Islamic regime. Therefore, he has to be a very evil, un-American very despicable and dangerous man.
Walter Sieruk says
Dummy me ,again ! In my above posting I I started of with the first sentence that reads”The reason that despicable old Joe Biden really doesn’t want Iran to defeat Hamas”
That was indeed an error on my part , What it should of read is “The reason that despicable old Joe Biden really doesn’t want Israel to defeat Hamas.”
In addition ,that demonic “mullah regime” of Iran loves Hamas and hates Israel.
If that isn’t wicked enough , its also very obvious that Joe Biden must love that hostile and vicious Islamic regime of Iran and hates the Jewish State of Israel
Surely , Biden is a diabolical villain of the most detestable sort.
Paul says
Is it plausible that Biden is in the pocket of Iran? Qatar? Are they being paid by these regimes?
Scotsman48 says
How strange the World has become when a reaction against an awful terrorist attack is thought of as wrong on every level.
Its also rather strange when I see young Western girls supporting a gang of thugs that raped and beheaded young girls like themselves.
While denigrating the Israeli MEN that hunt down those thugs that raped and beheaded young girls like themselves.
Ya cant make this stuff anymore.