It took three days for President Biden to personally remark on the October 7 massacre in Israel. He moved slowly to make his comments as he usually does.
Though, for once, he actually appeared to get the general sentiment correct: “So, in this moment, we must be crystal clear: We stand with Israel. We stand with Israel. And we will make sure Israel has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself, and respond to this attack.”
A good start, but being that it was a national security/foreign policy issue, it was only a matter of time before he fucked things up.
Days later, Biden would jettison his decisive tone, softening his message to lame equivocations. He and others in his administration, like Secretary of State Tony Blinken, repeated calls for a “humanitarian pause,” not, as they insist, a ceasefire — a distinction which they struggle to articulate. A pause, or ceasefire, or whatever you want to call it, favors Hamas. Hamas would be able to regroup while Israel is prevented from dismantling their murderous terrorist regime.
Yes, the Biden administration’s official position went from pro-Israel to functionally pro-Hamas in a matter of days.