Wednesday, October 11, 2023

No room for what-about-ism

Like many Americans, I'm deeply disturbed and just flat out aggrieved over the accounts/images/videos emerging from Israel. It's been less than a week since Hamas sprung a surprise attack on the country, yet the carnage Israelis have suffered has been on par with multiple 9/11s if you consider the per capita death toll. As such, the Israeli government is gearing up for full scale war, one which they have no intention of losing. 


Conventional wisdom says there really shouldn't be a lotta moral confusion over this one. Terrorists allegedly backed by a collection (i.e. Iranian mullahs) whose long stated goal has been to wipe Israel off the map would make it quite plain which side has the moral high ground. 


But when a certain collective (**koff** The "Squad" **koff**) is so deeply rooted in the worldview of being anti-Israel, they can't even bring themselves to state the obvious that Israeli citizens being kidnapped, battered and murdered is utterly abhorrent. 


Heck, even a normally gaslighting, demagogic Biden spokeswoman called them out. 

 

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre turned up the heat on members of the far-left "Squad" during Tuesday's press briefing, blasting their comments on the war between Israel and Hamas as "wrong," "repugnant," and "disgraceful."

"I've seen some of those statements this weekend, and we're going to continue to be very clear. We believe they're wrong, we believe they're repugnant, and we believe they're disgraceful," Jean-Pierre said when asked for the administration's reaction to comments made by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. and Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo.

"Our condemnation belongs squarely with terrorists who have brutally murdered, raped, kidnapped hundreds, hundreds of Israelis. There can be no equivocation about that. There are not two sides here. There are not two sides," she added.


Here in Minnesota, Democrat leadership is in damage control mode upon some of their political allies clearly staking out the anti-Israel position. 





FYI, all Minneapolis City Council seats are up for election next month. It's more than plausible that the majority of that body could be comprised of members backed by the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America). 


Sadly, there are self-proclaimed righties who have been conspicuous with their silence over what has occurred in Israel. Erick Erickson noticed this, too.

 

The antisemitism of the progressive movement is extreme and disgusting. Pay attention to that.

But also pay attention to how silent people like Candace Owens have been. She’s routinely dabbled in questionable views of both Israel and Jews. Her Twitter feed is rather quiet right now as conservatives unite to support Israel. She’s mostly resorted to just retweeting others who themselves want Israeli restraint.

For a woman of strong opinions, those of you on the right should note just how quiet she is.

And then you should look at Andrew Tate, who is fully pro-Hamas and anti-Israel. You should consider that this is not a new view of his, but it is now more notable given Hamas’s atrocities.

You should remember who platformed him, who elevated him, and who thought he was a voice of reason and sanity and you should walk away from them and him.

Or consider Nick Fuentes and how many in the conservative movement once embraced him and how some still do.

Friends, the left’s antisemitism is loud and proud at this moment. But what is equally loud is the silence of some on the right who are antisemites and silent now about these atrocities. Their silence is damning. It’s not just those above, but many others.


I don't deny that there are Palestinian residents who are innocent and thus want nothing to do with a brutal war about to take place. My heart breaks at the thought that they will be caught in the literal crossfire of this conflict, resulting in even more senseless casualties. But I do I know that if Palestinian-backed Hamas were to engage in an immediate cease fire, this war would be over. But they won't for the simple reason that mutually assured destruction seems to be more a goal than an unfortunate circumstance of full scale war. 


All that said, if I were to believe God's Word (and I do), Israel will be just fine. 





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