Michael Rubin (@mrubin1971) is a contributor to the Washington Examiner's Beltway Confidential blog.
President Joe Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas crisis reflects the lens through which he views the world. While Biden sided with Israel in his Oct. 18 remarks, his refusal to acknowledge Iran’s role and his subsequent efforts to restrain Israel raise questions about his fortitude.
Indeed, one hour after air squadrons with Japanese marking had allegedly commenced bombing Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleague, whose hair smelled nice, delivered to our secretary of state a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack.
The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces but, the real tragedy, my climate czar John Kerry tells me, is it also released tons of carbon into the air. The facts speak for themselves. We need to come together as a nation and put our partisan differences aside, and so I say sincerely: Republicans, stop being worse than the terrorists.