Joe Biden will not be the Democratic nominee in Novemberās presidential election, thankfully. He is not withdrawing because heās being held responsible for enabling war crimes against the Palestinian people (though a recent poll does have nearly 40 percent of Americans saying theyāre less likely to vote for him thanks to his handling of the war). Yet itās impossible to extricate the collapse in public faith in the Biden campaign from the āuncommittedā movement for Gaza. They were the first people to refuse him their votes, and defections from within the presidentās base hollowed out his support well in advance of the debate.
The Democrats and their presumptive nominee Kamala Harris are faced with a choice: On the one hand, they can continue Bidenās monstrous support for Netanyahu, the brutal IDF, and Israelās genocide of Palestinians. That would help allow the party to cover for Biden and put a positive spin on a smooth handoff, even though we all know this would mainly benefit the embittered president himself and his small coterie of loyalists. Such a choice would confirm that the institutional rot that allowed the current situation to develop still characterizes the party.
The United States would be throwing its own strategic interests under a bus.
I know this may come as a shock, but the US government is well aware what is happening over there, and knows considerably more that the average person. They arenāt doing nothing because of lack of evidence, or death, or allegations (both proven and otherwise). They do nothing because its in their interests to do so.
I use the example of āno blood for oilā. They only said that because they still had oil - start losing access to key parts of your strategic access and absolutely we would be crying for war.
There is no strategic interest in Israel that isnāt better done by another country.
What country would be better suited to support the Carter Doctrine that is vital to US interests?
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, Djibouti, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Turkey.
Just to name a few countries with large American military bases, extant militaries, and intelligence agencies.
So none better, only other bad options
Better than Israel. We werenāt getting half of the stuff from Israel that we get from our other Middle Eastern allies.