Right now, though, many on the left seem upset that conservatives are pointing out that the last two Democratic administrations have appeased and funded the terror states responsible for the attack that has killed hundreds, if not thousands, of Israelis and at least
four nine Americans.
There is, most obviously, Joe Biden’s recent $6 billion
gift to the mullahs.
“Not a single cent from these funds has been spent, and when it is spent, it can only be spent on things like food and medicine for the Iranian people,” a White House National Security Council spokeswoman
said. This pathetic and pedantic deflection was repeated endlessly by the president’s defenders. Even a child understands the concept of fungibility. It is true that Hamas didn’t spend that
exact funding on their terror proxies. Islamic fascists, like everyone else, make fiscal plans with an eye on future earnings and spending. And the hostage-taking business happens to be booming.
And no, the $6 billion was not “their money” — no more than the roughly $25 billion that the Biden administration
let Iran walk away with by ignoring sanctions or the $10 billion it gave Iran
via a waiver to Iraq was their money. Sanctions separated the terror state from its money. That’s the entire point.
The only thing more ludicrous than the notion of the mullahs abiding by an agreement with the United States is the idea that their buddies in Qatar, the country overseeing the funds, is going to make them spend their newfound cash on “humanitarian aid.”
Incidentally, do you know where Hamas leadership was hanging out when their squads began
kidnapping young children, shooting the elderly, and
raping and massacring women? In a hotel room in Qatar, where they were
guests of the regime. Do you know who
lifted Qatar to be a strategic partner of the United States last year? Clue: It was the same administration that rejoined the antisemitic UN Human Rights Council, which will be
chaired by Ali Bahreini, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Let’s also remember that in 2021, one of Biden’s first foreign policy moves was to
overturn Trump-era policy and release hundreds of millions of dollars of funding to both
Fatah and Hamas. That wasn’t all. In 2022, Biden
sent an additional $316 million to the Palestinians. “Moderate” Fatah, which offers stipends to the families of Jew killers, was recently in talks to
form a unity government with Hamas. These are the people Israelis are expected to hand a state.
Hamas and Iran keep telling us exactly what they’re going to do, and Democrats keep pretending they don’t mean it.
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