The present situation feels like a movie in which crazed, murderous zombies are roaming freely, opposed only by a small group of beleaguered heroes. Except that this movie is being directed by one of the zombies, whose entire sympathy is with the bad guys.

Is that so surprising? I remember decades ago when I first realized that the films and plays and television shows I was watching almost completely had bad guys as the heroes. It was the con man, the thief, the murderer, for whom the screenwriters and directors wanted you to root. As for retribution, modern culture doesn’t believe that bad guys being caught and punished is a modern plot. No. Not for decades. Again and again, the bad guys are smarter than the poor saps they rob. Look at all those Ocean Eleven type movies in which the thieves are rooted for and admired.

And so it is with the current conflict, in which the worst people on the face of the earth, Hamas, and Hezbollah and Iran are the ones for whom people are barricading themselves inside buildings to defend, support and demand victory.

The leaders of the West, most notably, Joe Biden, talk the talk, but do not walk the walk. In his most recent speech, President Biden, reflecting on the Holocaust, said all the right things. Or, his speechwriter did. He said: “This ancient hatred continues to lie deep in the hearts of too many people in the world… here we are not 75 years later, but just seven and a half months later and people are already forgetting! They’re already forgetting that Hamas unleashed this terror.”

And yet, as Israel does what it must to protect its people, Joe Biden is doing the unthinkable, withholding US weapons which Congress voted to send to Israel since March. For all his righteous rhetoric, Israel, attacked from all sides, surrounded by enemies, has been abandoned by the US in the greatest act of perfidy I can remember in my lifetime. There can be no forgiveness for this, and the consequences for the US and the world will be no less than that for Israel.

The moral bankruptcy of the United States of America, deepened by Barack Hussein Obama and his stooges, including his handpicked successor – the senile Joe Biden – reveals the heartbreaking demise of a great nation, my birthplace.

Writes Michael Goodwin in the New York Post: “By feuding with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, abstaining as the United Nations Security Council passed a poisonous resolution and even withholding an arms shipment that Congress authorized, the president casts doubt on their commitment to Israel and gives hope to those advocating genocide of the Jews. Weakness is one thing, but the President’s latest move takes the cake for double dealing.”

Whatever he says publicly, Biden is rooting for Israel’s defeat, and doing whatever he can materially and diplomatically to make sure it happens and that Hamas survives to massacre our people yet another day. This is unforgivable. Anyone who voted for him must take responsibility for making this possible. I know this isn’t going to sit well with many of my readers who consider themselves friends of Israel, yet cannot stomach Trump or the Republicans. I say to all of you, it doesn’t matter how you feel. What matters, is the result of your actions. You have weakened Israel when it is facing genocidal enemies alone in the world. You have made American perfidy possible. For shame!

The movement of troops in Rafah shows just how weakened. Hardly anything has happened since Israeli troops took over the Rafah crossing and Philadelphi corridor, except that the IDF has furiously reprimanded soldiers in a tank who dared to make a video showing them riding over Palestinian flags. NO! Not allowed! Israel is not allowed to project any sense of victory. Our soldiers have to die without hurting Hamas “pride.”

What the hell?

The IDF has rightfully invaded Hamas’ last stronghold. Where are Israel’s demands? What, releasing hostages is our only demand? Hamas has a laundry list two kilometers long of demands which they repeat at every possible opportunity, never mind that they didn’t win a single battle in this war they started. And we, all we do is sit there tongue-tied and pathetic.

Give us back our hostages, we moan.

WHERE IS THE DEADLINE? WHERE IS THE “AND IF YOU DON’T THEN….”!!! No demand for unconditional surrender. What is that all about? We should demand at least that. It’s not too much to ask. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! We should say it out loud, MK’s. Shout it from the rooftops of Gaza in loudspeakers. And stop the fuel going in for the tunnel generators, instead of just overseeing deliveries! Flush them out into the open and destroy them, and take back our people.

Stop being afraid of the Americans. What did they do for us when Iran sent its rockets? Nothing! They are still sending money to Iran. They are supporting our enemies in Qatar and Egypt, where an Israeli tourist was murdered in cold blood yesterday by an Egyptian policeman. These people are not our friends. They don’t negotiate on our behalf. We have given our sons and daughters. Give us victory.

America is no longer the land of the free and the home of the brave. That would be Israel. If only our government were worthy of our people.

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