The Democrats want to have it both ways
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To get elected, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris needs the political support of the Arab-, Muslim- and Palestinian-American electorate.
Yet, for the last year or so, the current administration, of which she is vice president, seems to have been essentially saying to the Israeli government and/or Israel Defense Forces: ‘Here are our best bombs for your unconditional use, as per usual; but, for the political and media record: please do not use them against non-combatant civilians.’ … Israel’s reply seems to have been, ‘Duly noted’, while continuing its bloody business as usual.
When the administration had finally called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in April, the timing gave it the strong odor of political expediency — for re-election purposes. Since then, there’s been multiple requests for ceasefires by Biden, yet while continuing to fully arm thus enable Israel to do essentially as it deems fit.
Both back then as well as now, a sizable chunk of traditionally Democrat voters — adamantly against and angry about the intentional large-scale starvation and mass slaughter by Israel against Palestinian non-combatants — credibly threaten to punish Biden through presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the ballot box.
Judging from their passion and the seriousness of the human crisis involved, it’s doubtful the most adamantly pro-Palestinian and anti-war demonstrators and voters will compromise, sell their souls, by politically forgiving Biden thus Harris come election day for the very consequential stance he took/takes, especially in continuing to provide Israel with the mass-casualty weaponry being used against Palestinian non-combatants.
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A Palestinian-American briefly interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s TV news channel about ten days ago said she was actually going to cast her ballot for Trump this election instead of her usual vote for the Democratic candidate.
Why exactly, she didn’t specify, other than the obvious Biden/Harris administration’s unconditional arming of Israel’s mind-bogglingly massive starvation, sickening and slaughter of Palestinians over the last year.
However, it’s likely also due to the Democrats’ neo or phoney liberalism on this great-human-disaster issue: they should be well above Trump’s unconditionally pro-Israel foreign policy. (Recall, for example, that he even appointed his Jewish son-in-law to head his administration’s Middle East “peace” efforts, which is a bit of a conflict of interest on his son-in-law’s part.)
But the Democrats are not much or not at all above Trump’s as well as the Republican party’s transparent, very-long-standing thus expected unconditional political and military-arms support of Israel. In their phoniness, at least on this issue, the Democrats want to both have and eat their cake by expecting the political support of pro-Palestinian and anti-war Arab-, Muslim- and Palestinian-Americans.
Frank Sterle Jr.
White Rock, B.C.
Canada
Mauritius Times ePaper Friday 15 November 2024
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