Because isn’t it best to slam an ally right after they’ve been subjected to a terror attack? Yes, Biden is an idiot, but he’s as craven as all the rest. What a hot mess these liberals are. No shame, no soul.
Vice President Joe Biden said Monday night that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government was leading the country “in the wrong direction” hours after a bus bombing in Jerusalem wounded at least 21 people.
In a speech to the Israel advocacy group J Street, Biden criticized Palestinian leaders, but saved his harshest words for Israeli officials.
“I firmly believe that the actions that Israel’s government has taken over the past several years — the steady and systematic expansion of settlements, the legalization of outposts, land seizures — they’re moving us, and, more importantly, they’re moving Israel in the wrong direction,” Biden said.
Biden did single out Palestinian leaders, including Mahmoud Abbas, for declining to condemn specific acts of terrorism carried out against Israelis. The vice president said he didn’t know whether Monday’s explosion was a terrorist attack, but added that the U.S. condemns “misguided cowards” who resort to violence.
Israeli officials have called the bombing of an empty bus parked near other vehicles a terror attack, with Netanyahu linking it to the ongoing wave of attacks in which Palestinians have targeted Israelis in Jerusalem.
“We will settle accounts with these terrorists,” Netanyahu said in a speech following the bombing. “We are in a protracted struggle against terror — knife terror, shooting terror, bomb terror and also tunnel terror.”
The fact that the bulk of Biden’s criticism was reserved for Netanyahu reflected diminishing patience within the White House as President Obama’s term nears an end. Tension between the longtime allies has been compounded by deep disagreements over Iran and a strained relationship between the two leaders.
Diminishing patience within the white House for Israel~~ the constant target of Istalmist terror attacks. Iran and saudi Arabia, however, Obama’s got their backs!
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Biden is just doing Obama’s bidding; He wants to inflict as much damage as possible on his arch-enemy, Ayatollah Khamenei, er, Benjamin Netanyahu.
A particularly disturbing note at the end of the article:
What is wrong with Biden? By saying “once again”, he’s acknowledging that the left wing views have prevailed in the past, and they have failed. That’s how Netanyahu got in; because the previous policies failed. That’s your classic definition of insanity; doing the same thing and expecting different results. It’s insanity, suicidal insanity, that Biden demands of our erstwhile ally.
The fact is, Israeli governments have veered from left to right, hawkish to dovish, hard-line to soft-line, and back again. Every prime minister has tried a new thing. Hard-liner Sharon relinquished Gaza. Olmert was a new party with a new idea. Nothing works. There’s one common element here: The Palestinian leadership, with its split between overt terrorists and terrorist sympathizers.
Netanyahu’s appeal is that he recognizes reality. But our government now pays tribute political correctness and condemns anyone who speaks the truth.