Thursday, May 9, 2024

Biden's Non-Answer on Impeachable Act Is, Itself, an Answer


There have been reports that the U.S. has halted some of its arms shipments to Israel right as Israel was going into Rafah to wipe out Hamas. This was also as the U.S. was reportedly involved in trying to push a ceasefire deal with Hamas, the scope of which Israeli officials said the U.S. hadn't told them about before Hamas came out and said there was a deal. So it looks like, if these reports are true, the Biden team was blindsiding Israel and then also trying to force them into a ceasefire deal without telling them all the ramifications of it and withholding weapons. But that blew up because there was no deal. 


But the White House isn't talking when media has asked them about holding back arms shipments. 

Here's National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby. 


Then there was White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. 


She claimed they never comment about specific cases. That's nonsensical, although sort of true — she never gives a straight answer about "specific cases" or much of anything else, for that matter. But if you accept that as an answer why bother to even have her there at all? But she claimed their commitment to Israel was "ironclad." 

Then there was Joe Biden on Wednesday. When the media asked him about the shipments, all they got was a goofy look as he shuffled off to Marine One on the way to Wisconsin. 


They just surrounded him again and walked him to Marine One. 

But not answering is a kind of answer, isn't it? And how ridiculous their game-playing is here, trying to prevent media from getting answers from Biden by standing in between. 

If they had any credible answer or excuse they would have come out with it. Heck, even if they didn't have one, it's Joe Biden; he would have made something up. But they're not talking, so you know the answer. 

Their "ironclad" support for Israel is a bit like their claim that "the border is secure" — what they say doesn't match the facts. That's incredible that right at the moment that Israel is about to wipe out Hamas, Biden pulls the switch to get in the way. But that's sending a message to the enemy as well — to keep holding out and fighting because Biden will keep folding like a cheap camera. So Biden is emboldening Hamas with these ridiculous efforts to appease them. 

But it's also raising questions from many about whether his actions are impeachable, given that Congress approved the aid and in light of what the Democrats pushed with the impeachment of former President Donald Trump over Ukraine aid. 


But the Biden team thought that they could just avoid the question. 

Now, members of Congress are demanding answers.

Senators Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) and Ted Budd (R., N.C.), in a letter sent Monday evening to the White House, are asking the administration to immediately inform Congress about what types of ammunition are being withheld from Israel and why. The pause in these ammo shipments was approved last week, but only became publicly known over the weekend when the decision was leaked to Axios. 

The Biden team isn't going to be able to skate without answering this one. But watch them run at the mouth to explain how they should not incur any impeachment action over this because it's so "different." 



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