{"id":46881,"date":"2024-04-02T15:14:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T23:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=46881"},"modified":"2024-04-02T15:14:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T23:14:56","slug":"the-morally-bankrupt-biden-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/02\/the-morally-bankrupt-biden-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Morally Bankrupt Biden Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reprinted from Bracing Views<\/a> with the author\u2019s permission.<\/i><\/p>\n

The Biden reelection campaign tells me to fear<\/a> MAGA and Donald Trump. I fear the Biden administration and its moral bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a grim 48 hours in the Middle East, as summarized here by Caitlin Johnstone<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In the span of just a few hours we learned that Israel committed a horrific massacre<\/a> at al-Shifa hospital, struck an Iranian consulate<\/a> in Syria killing multiple Iranian military officers, and killed a vehicle full of international aid workers<\/a> in an airstrike. This murderous regime is out of control.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Out of control, indeed. The Biden administration claims it\u2019s frustrated with the Netanyahu government, so how does it show its frustration? By approving the sale of more F-35 jets to Israel, together with more bombs to turn what\u2019s left of Gaza into rubble. Just what Israel needs: 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs. That\u2019s 1.8 kilotons of bombs right there, added to a bomb tonnage against Gaza that has already reached Hiroshima and Nagasaki levels. But I guess it\u2019s OK if you drop thousands of bombs rather than just two atomic bombs.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s OK: Israel used a lot of \u201cMade in USA\u201d bombs to do this, not just a couple of atomic bombs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Meanwhile, I saw this morning that the Biden administration is pressing to sell<\/a> up to 50 newly built F-15 jets to Israel, a sale that will require Congressional approval. Not to worry \u2013 that sale will be approved.<\/p>\n

Way to punish Israel, Joe Biden!<\/p>\n

Even Trump, who\u2019s professed his love of Israel, is not as slavishly obedient to Netanyahu as Biden is.<\/p>\n

And the Palestinians in Gaza? They simply don\u2019t matter, else the Biden administration wouldn\u2019t be providing all those bombs and warplanes to Israel.<\/p>\n

We need regime change in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

MAGA, however, isn\u2019t the answer. We don\u2019t need to make America great again. We need to make America moral, ethical, compassionate, and humane. MAMECH?<\/p>\n

William J. Astore is a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF). He taught history for fifteen years at military and civilian schools. He writes at Bracing Views<\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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