Misplaced Sympathy

I am rapidly losing any shred of sympathy I may have had for the Palestinians trapped in the crossfire in Gaza after the latest propagandized spin on the Israeli hostage rescue. Why should we give a rip about how many Palestinians were killed in an assault to rescue hostages? Especially hostages that we find have been tormented and mistreated by their captors. We forget that they, too, are innocent civilians, and Americans among them to boot. And we keep hearing about “many women and children killed,”…..according to Hamas or according to Palestinian authorities. So, we are now taking these heathens at their word?  Why should we, especially after Hamas proclaimed that a civilian body count was good for their cause? Have we learned nothing after the Vietnam conflict when the Vietcong savagely fought against American forces, then ditched their military gear to don straw hats and work the rice paddies, blending into the civilian population?  How did that work out for us? What a short memory we have. Anyone short of intellectual deficiency has to conclude that Hamas are nothing short of barbarians who, in the tradition of Yassar Arafat, entered into negotiations in which all sides were in agreement to a cease-fire, Israel, Hamas, and the US, only to pull the rug out from under the proceedings with last minute haggling and impossible demands. Like this is a flea market. Talk about stereotypes. Further, reports of the hostage rescue detail that the hostages were being held in civilian housing, in and amongst families and refugees, with one hostage actually being held by an Al Jazeera reporter in his apartment. They played semantics with that one, of course, claiming he was only an op/ed contributor. But if you’re allowing a hostage captor to print an opinion editorial in your publication, you own him. And the fact that Israeli forces immediately came under fire from Hamas fighters who emerged from seemingly everywhere within this civilian enclave is telling. We used to call this “aiding and abetting” back when there was a rule of law not bent to your political whims. If you’re going to house the terrorists with their captors in your community, where they are essentially using the civilian population as a shield for both protection and to garner international sympathy from civilian deaths, you are complicit. Suffer the consequences. And with the media lining up to condemn Israel’s actions, supported by hoards of protesters in the streets, we have to assume at this juncture that we are witnessing yet another historic wave of antisemitism. Chanting “Death to the Zionists” and praising Adolph Hitler is no way to garner sympathy for your cause. Attacking museums and the homes of Jewish museum patrons for being supporters of the Zionist cause is beyond the pale. And enough with defacing our historical monuments and tormenting the police. That nonsense is wearing thin after the BLM cause turned out to be a scam that enriched the organizers. In this day and age, it’s all about somebody making money or staying in power, and you peons are just useful idiots. That goes for the media, too; I’m just not sure which end of the spectrum they’re on useful idiots or those making money and gaining power. The protesters are just plain unhinged. And lastly, I leave you with one question to ponder: if your loved ones, your daughters, were kidnapped, held hostage, brutally raped, and tortured by terrorists, who would you want looking for them?  The Biden Administration or the Israelis?