No Moral Equivalence

Speaking in Europe yesterday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken outrageously suggested that Israel was becoming like Hamas. 

He said, “Democracies place the highest value on human life, every human life. . . If we lose that reverence for human life, we risk becoming indistinguishable from those we confront.”

That’s a joke! The Biden administration’s pro-abortion policies domestically and even in foreign policy (here and here) make it painfully obvious that this administration doesn’t “place the highest value on every human life.” But I digress. . .

Sadly, Blinken wasn’t alone in criticizing Israel. 

During an interview with CNN, White House National Security spokesman John Kirby was asked to clarify Blinken’s remarks and tell viewers just how close Israel is to becoming like Hamas. Kirby responded, “Well, it’s difficult to say on a scale like that.”

Difficult to say?!

He went on to offer something of a defense for our ally, but then criticized the way Israel has been conducting its war against Hamas “in recent weeks and months.”

Months? It’s not even been six months since the October 7th massacre.

You may recall that Kirby, on behalf of the Biden administration, set an impossible standard for Israel a week after Hamas brutally massacred 1,200 Israelis. He told reporters:

“We don’t want to see any civilian deaths or injuries as a result of this conflict. The right number of civilian casualties, quite frankly, . . . is zero.”

And now we have Joe Biden calling Benjamin Netanyahu and demanding an immediate ceasefire, telling him that he must stop fighting Hamas. Disgusting!

There is no moral equivalence between the democratic state of Israel and the terrorists of Hamas. NONE!

America’s message should be a simple one: “Hamas must lay down its arms, surrender, and release all the hostages. Period.” Instead, all the pressure is on Israel.

Not surprisingly, Hamas is praising Biden for his “clear changes in [American] policy towards Israel.”