Joe Biden's attempt to throw Israel under the bus suffered an embarrassing defeat at the United Nations on Friday. The president, through his ambassador, tried to pass a Security Council resolution demanding a "ceasefire" in Gaza.
In the end, Russia and China vetoed the measure, and the reason why takes this story from bad to worse.
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What happens when you try to straddle the fence between the pro-Hamas contingent and those who support Israel's right to defeat Hamas following the deadly October 7th attacks? You get kicked in the teeth by everyone, and that's exactly what happened here.
There was no excuse for the White House to try to pass a "ceasefire" resolution at the UN. That body of clowns has zero say over how Israel propagates its war against terrorism, and Gaza is not a state with any legitimate representation. The attempt was simply a weak-kneed effort at appeasing the president's far-left base, which has been losing its mind over the prospect that Islamic radicals might be defeated after they chose to lash out and murder over a thousand Jews, taking hundreds more hostage.
Don't misunderstand, though. The resolution wasn't rejected because of Chinese and Russian support for Israel. It was rejected because the U.S.-backed language also asked that the hostages be released in exchange for a prospective ceasefire. Yes, Hamas being required to release the hostages was a bridge too far for the dumpster fires that are China and Russia.
So in the end, Biden got it coming and going for his stupid gambit. He's angered those who support Israel in the United States, which is a large majority of the population while doing nothing to actually shore up his left flank. That's what cowardice gets you, and the president has more than his fair share of that in stock.
It is shameful that the United States is playing pattycake at the UN (and failing miserably at it), a gross organization full of petty tyrants, while one of its closest allies is closing in on defeating one of the worst groups on the planet. The right move would be to back Israel unequivocally and help them (with support, not ground troops) wrap this war up as quickly as possible. Instead, Biden's play-both-sides strategy has done nothing but prolong it.
Meanwhile, the president is getting clobbered in Michigan electorally, partially because he's managing to make no one happy, including the radicals in Dearborn. That's about how his leadership has gone over the last 50 years he's been in office.