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[ShadesOfBlue]

88. Now is not the time

The fact that anyone would choose this time to make such a statement is incredulous and inhumane. There seems to be a dismissive attitude about the plight of Palestinians. We’re not talking about the price of groceries here. Palestinians were being bombed out of existence by the evil rulers of Israel via OUR tax dollars. And Biden had some blind spot to Israel to the point he wasn’t making even demands of Israel to be swift in answering questions about ongoing war crimes. Israel slowed walk everything and ignored Biden. Netanyahu was openly rooting for Trump to get back in office which was a slap in the face to Biden.Biden got played. Period. Biden’s staff had to remind him or prod him to actually reassure Palestinians and Muslim Americans from time to time because apparently Biden was focusing exclusively on Israelis and Jewish Americans. Biden knew that Netanyahu was starving Palestinians, another crime, and was not forceful enough in DEMANDING that Israel put a stop to it. Biden’s State Department was indifferent or defensive in regards to addressing the suffering of Palestinians. Even Kamala resorted to the same tired talking points of “Israel having the right to defend itself”; a strawman response that allowed Israel to keep bombing anything and everything in Gaza. On the way out the door Biden gave Israel even more dollars for weaponry.

Biden was a great president but his biggest blemish was his handling of this situation. He calmed some rough waters but he failed to put his foot down in regards to Israel’s onslaught. It will go down, deservedly, as THE STAIN on his legacy in the chapters of history, but then again America’s unbreakable support for Israel in these matters will be a devastating stain on our legacy as a country and people. I realized months going into the election that it would be difficult for Biden to get the Arab or even Muslim vote because of all of this. I personally was not going to waste time trying to get that demographic to support whoever was on the Dem ticket because I figured emotion was going to overtake practicality, many of them had family directly affected by the events in Gaza. It was up to the rest of us to compensate and make up for that by turning out in droves to vote for the Democrats. Unfortunately too many non-Arab and non-Muslim voters stayed home and we fell well short in that compensation.

I voted for Kamala (early vote) because she was by far the better candidate for President. I am proud of that vote. It was short sighted for my fellow liberals and progressives to be too disgusted to do the same because they were not understanding the big picture and larger good. But I get it; their hearts overruled their heads. I won’t be too judgmental. At least they didn’t stay home because their student loans weren’t completely rescinded.