Monday, September 27, 2021

The baleful significance of the Dems' Iron Dome fiasco

 Melanie Phillips (jewishworldreview.com)

Shamefully, it has never pushed back against "The Squad" of progressive women lawmakers despite the revolting remarks they have made — not just about Israel but also the Jews — under the risible fig-leaf of concern for "Palestinian rights."


"According to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, when the Democrats withdrew from their embattled spending bill $1 billion in emergency funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, this was merely a "technicality" that would be reversed.

"Some technicality! The baleful reality behind this development is that the Democratic Party is splintering over support for Israel.

"The Iron Dome system has prevented thousands of rockets and missiles from slaughtering Israeli civilians and reducing their cities to rubble. Removing this funding would signify that the party no longer wished to prevent this.

"Cue predictable uproar, not least among pro-Israel Democrats. Two days later, the House overwhelmingly passed a separate bill dedicated to the Iron Dome funding. Pro-Israel Democrat Rep Kathy Manning pledged that the party "will reiterate our ironclad support for our ally, Israel."

"But despite the second bill passing that support is ironclad no longer.

"The fiasco was triggered by pressure from the party’s "progressive" caucus, whose members hate Israel and want it gone. They reportedly told the party leadership they wouldn’t vote for the bill if it included the Iron Dome funding.

"With the Republicans continuing to dig in their heels against the bill in total, Hoyer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi caved — a moment of moral bankruptcy which subsequent actions can’t erase.". . . 

You see how "The Squad" has thrown a wrench into Congress' support for our traditional allies?  Wait till all the border-crossers and Afghan imports settle into areas and elect their own Democrat representatives into Congress. Unless somehow the American education system teaches them to love this nation, it's Constitution and our history. TD

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