Quote:Soon, Biden Will Call for the War to End. And Netanyahu Will Attack Him

The only question for Biden, then, is at what point in 2024 he wants to have a fight with Netanyahu

For the past 60 days, U.S. President Joe Biden has offered his complete support for Israel as it fights Hamas inside the Gaza Strip. He sent two aircraft carriers and became the first U.S. president in history to visit Israel during an active conflict. He is also promoting a huge aid package for Israel in Congress.

Despite all this, it will be no surprise if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu starts attacking Biden in the next few weeks. Netanyahu's mouthpieces in the Israeli media have already started. They're portraying the president who has done so much for Israel in the past two months as some kind of enemy. This would not be happening without the approval and encouragement of influential people in Netanyahu's orbit.

Netanyahu believes Biden is weeks away from calling for the war to end. Israel will soon conquer all the neighborhoods of Gaza City, and the military is already operating in the southern part of the coastal enclave, breaking through Hamas resistance in Khan Yunis. The only areas of Gaza that Israel hasn't entered yet are in the southwest, where numerous civilians are living in crowded refugee camps after fleeing their homes.

We're getting close to the point where Biden will be able to tell Netanyahu: I gave you full backing for weeks, despite strong opposition from within my own party and constant complaints from close allies. You've reached almost every corner of the Gaza Strip. Now it's time to pull out most of the soldiers, rebuild the Israeli communities on the Gaza border, and start planning the future so that something like October 7 can never happen again.

For Netanyahu, all of the above is a huge problem. He wants this war to go on forever – or at least until the November 2024 U.S. presidential election. The day the war is over, Israel will be swept by a wave of protests the likes of which the country has never seen before. His governing coalition could crumble.

When Biden finally decides to say "cease-fire," probably in a few weeks, Netanyahu will turn on him without any hesitation, completely ignoring everything the president had done for him since October 7. Without Biden's support, Israel would now be fighting a survival war on two or three fronts, while facing an economic collapse and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of citizens.

For Netanyahu, though, the most important battle is the personal one. His own personal survival is at stake here. The only question for Biden, then, is at what point in 2024 he wants to have a fight with Netanyahu – January or later in the year, closer to the election? This question will determine his approach as the military completes its operation in Gaza.

(12-18-2023, 11:37 PM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: What is that? ^^^ A Cthulhu patch?