Biden-Harris, now effectively Harris-Walz, are willing to give up anything – including Israel’s security and future, money and political kowtowing to Iran, and acceptance of false Hamas promises – to get an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire. Why? Because they own this war, and the world knows it.
Core reasons explain these faithless, fraudulent promises Biden-Harris– call it the Harris-Walz crowd – are making to the world, the American public, Israel, European allies, and even Palestinians.
After creating conditions that facilitated, actually invited, Iran’s surrogates to boldly attack Israel, including billions in money for Iran, lifting Trump’s sanctions, terror unpunished, Biden-Harris then sent mixed signals about US defense of Israel after October 7’s terror attacks on Israel.
Wavering between support and slowed weapons deliveries, condemning Israel then fawning on them, staying silent as US campuses got overrun with anti-Semitism and Hamas violence, then finally opposing political violence (tired words about January 6th), they snubbed Israel’s leader.
The world – and the entire American electorate – are watching, as two things happen.
First, Iran is growing bolder, and their terrorist surrogates – Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, Iraqi, Syrian, and Lebanese groups – are preparing to hit Israel harder, widen the conflict, and go global.
Second, Biden-Harris, really Harris-Walz, realize they may be held to account for the erosion of Israeli and Jewish safety, for widening Mideast violence, a nuclear Iran, and chaos in the US.
To rebut this avalanche of coming condemnation, to somehow delay, deflect, and distract from this widening horror and chaos before November, they have a new policy: Get the ceasefire, at all costs.
Accordingly, Biden, on behalf of Harris-Walz, is pretending a ceasefire is close. He rushes to put out the fire he started and claims Hamas is almost there while offering just about anything to get that deal.
To be blunt, Biden-Harris-Walz need a ceasefire to avert uncontrolled escalation of Iranian-initiated violence in the Mideast, and to prevent the steaming mess being put – as it should be – at their feet.
Observe: Harris is unable to speak in detail about anything, foreign, domestic, or border-related, all fast converging. Walz ducks the Mideast, as close to protestors, paper-thin on national security.
Meanwhile, Biden announces, “We’re closer than we’ve ever been,” promising his flop of a Secretary of State is on “intensive efforts to conclude this agreement.” Israel shrugs, and Hamas laughs.
To pretend he is fixing the mess he started, pushed to save the Harris-Walz ticket the way they pushed him to give up the nomination, Biden now promises Hamas anything, will pressure Israel. The whole process is a fraud, put up job, presented as something it is not, just politically craven.
Ironically, even Hamas knows it. They watch Biden-Harris-Walz betray one of America’s closest allies, watch appeasement grow, and ask for more, come to the table, walk away, come back, demand more, mocking Biden in public, making a fool of America, like trading in a Turkish bazaar.
Meanwhile, multiple Hamas “spokesmen” in recent days have laughed at Biden. They know Israel has no interest, except in the overpromised return of hostages, even say Biden is “selling illusions,” and “no progress” has been made. Never mind, Biden will gild the lily, and create a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Bottom line: Biden-Harris-Walz need this ceasefire, will betray Israel and favor Hamas to get it.
Robert Charles is a former Assistant Secretary of State under Colin Powell, former Reagan and Bush 41 White House staffer, attorney, and naval intelligence officer (USNR). He wrote “Narcotics and Terrorism” (2003), “Eagles and Evergreens” (2018), and is National Spokesman for AMAC.
