Veteran Republican Senator Tom Cotton has strongly criticized outgoing President Joe Biden’s policies, while expressing firm support for Israel amidst its ongoing conflict with Hamas. Cotton labeled the recent deal with Hamas as harmful, emphasizing that the current situation is a direct result of Biden’s leadership decisions.
“We shouldn’t negotiate with terrorists. We shouldn’t ask Israel or any other country to negotiate with terrorists. You know we didn’t negotiate with Japan after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We said unconditional surrender and release the 40,000 Americans you hold, and that’s what they did,” Cotton stated during a conversation with Mark Levin on Fox News.
Cotton argued that the U.S. wouldn’t face the current challenges if Biden had adopted a tougher stance back in 2023. “We wouldn’t be in this position here in January of 2025, if that’s the position Joe Biden had taken in October of 2023. If we had simply backed Israel to the hilt, from the beginning of this war, providing Israel the weapons that it needed, when it needed them, and in the quantities that it needed them, and certainly not putting diplomatic and political pressure on Israel to cut bad deals for the last 15 months, and in all of these exit speeches and exit interviews.”
The Senator highlighted how international interference, spurred by Biden’s administration, undermined Israel’s negotiating position and emboldened Hamas. “Blinken admitted that every time international pressure was exerted on Israel, it caused Hamas to distance itself from the negotiations or raise more baseless demands,” Cotton pointed out.
He underscored the gravity of the hostage situation, attributing its continuation to Biden’s perceived failure to support Israel unequivocally. “The reason we are in a situation where there are still about 100 hostages left in Gaza is that Joe Biden was a weak and failed president who did not support Israel,” Cotton declared.
Cotton’s criticism extended to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, whose admissions, he argued, underscored the flawed approach of the Biden administration. “Tony Blinken has admitted that every time US or international pressure was brought to bear on Israel, it caused Hamas to walk away from the table or to make more unreasonable demands, because they thought that Joe Biden or European leaders would put the pressure on Prime Minister Netanyahu that Hamas couldn’t on the battlefield.”
In conclusion, Cotton reiterated his frustration with Biden’s handling of the situation. “So the reason we’re in this position, where there are still almost a 100 hostages left in Gaza, seven of whom are American, is because Joe Biden has been a weak, failed president, who hasn’t backed Israel.”
{Matzav.com}
