Paul Waldman is an author and commentator whose work has appeared in a number of publications, including the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, where he is a regular columnist.
Though foreign policy and national security experts remain unsure exactly what Hamas thought it could accomplish with its brutal attacks against Israel last weekend, one group of Americans knows exactly why they happened. “I think this is a great opportunity for our candidates,” Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel told Fox News, to show that GOP candidates support Israel while “Joe Biden has been weak.
Which raises an important question that the GOP candidates ought to answer: If only “strength” can deter a terrorist attack of this kind, do they think Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been too soft on the West Bank and Gaza? Is his government, which is full of far-right extremists in key positions, too indulgent and weak? Of course not.
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