{"id":41676,"date":"2024-11-15T18:58:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/?p=41676"},"modified":"2024-11-15T18:58:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:58:48","slug":"the-democrats-want-to-have-it-both-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/the-democrats-want-to-have-it-both-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"The Democrats want to have it both ways"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To get elected, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris needs the political support of the Arab-, Muslim- and Palestinian-American electorate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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: \u2018Here 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.\u2019 \u2026 Israel\u2019s reply seems to have been, \u2018Duly noted\u2019, while continuing its bloody business as usual.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0When the administration had finally called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in April, the timing gave it the strong odor of political expediency \u2014 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both back then as well as now, a sizable chunk of traditionally Democrat voters \u2014 adamantly against and angry about the intentional large-scale starvation and mass slaughter by Israel against Palestinian non-combatants \u2014 credibly threaten to punish Biden through presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the ballot box.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why exactly, she didn\u2019t specify, other than the obvious Biden\/Harris administration\u2019s unconditional arming of Israel\u2019s mind-bogglingly massive starvation, sickening and slaughter of Palestinians over the last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s likely also due to the Democrats\u2019 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\u2019s Middle East \u201cpeace\u201d efforts, which is a bit of a conflict of interest on his son-in-law\u2019s part.)<\/span><\/p>\n

But the Democrats are not much or not at all above Trump\u2019s as well as the Republican party\u2019s 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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Frank Sterle Jr.
\n<\/strong>White Rock, B.C.<\/span><\/p>\n

Canada<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mauritius Times ePaper Friday 15 November 2024<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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