I will weep with relief when this massacre stops and welcome any hopeful news in that direction. However, the credulity on display here is astounding. You really think this imminent ceasefire is due to Trump being 'tough' with the Israelis? You said yourself this deal has been on the table since at least August and as far back as May. Is…
I will weep with relief when this massacre stops and welcome any hopeful news in that direction. However, the credulity on display here is astounding. You really think this imminent ceasefire is due to Trump being 'tough' with the Israelis? You said yourself this deal has been on the table since at least August and as far back as May. Is it not obvious to you that Netanyahu was waiting out the US election? He knows he'll get everything he wants in the West Bank from a Trump admin. He could have signed this deal at any time in the last six months but he clearly didn't want to hand Biden et al a win. This is the most crass and evil type of politicking imaginable. Trump deserves not one iota of credit. We should all shudder that Netanyahu's preferred candidate won the US election.
None of this is to downplay the genuine good of a ceasefire. But this was achieved with the most murderous cynicism imaginable.
To be clear, this is not to excuse Biden and Blinken et al for being completely rolled by the Israelis and for refusing to use one iota of our considerable leverage to achieve a different outcome. They are all feckless fools and war criminals.
I will weep with relief when this massacre stops and welcome any hopeful news in that direction. However, the credulity on display here is astounding. You really think this imminent ceasefire is due to Trump being 'tough' with the Israelis? You said yourself this deal has been on the table since at least August and as far back as May. Is it not obvious to you that Netanyahu was waiting out the US election? He knows he'll get everything he wants in the West Bank from a Trump admin. He could have signed this deal at any time in the last six months but he clearly didn't want to hand Biden et al a win. This is the most crass and evil type of politicking imaginable. Trump deserves not one iota of credit. We should all shudder that Netanyahu's preferred candidate won the US election.
None of this is to downplay the genuine good of a ceasefire. But this was achieved with the most murderous cynicism imaginable.
To be clear, this is not to excuse Biden and Blinken et al for being completely rolled by the Israelis and for refusing to use one iota of our considerable leverage to achieve a different outcome. They are all feckless fools and war criminals.