Foreign Office: Let Israel Fight
How did we “come to the brink of a full-scale war between Israel and Iran?” asks Eli Lake of The Free Press.
Because “the Biden administration views its support for Israel in purely defensive terms, and feels a duty to curb Israel’s transgression. The American hug includes handcuffs.”
The result: “Further Iranian escalation,” probably because “the mullahs believed that America would continue to contain Israel.”
“So why not give Israel the green light and help it fight the main cause of regional instability, the Iranian regime?”
“Israel has enormous capabilities – as it has demonstrated over the past year in Lebanon, Gaza, Syria and Iran. But it is even more capable if its key ally supports its mission.” So: “Victory comes when the president takes it.”
Conservative: Kam’s ‘Going To Do’ problem
If Kamala ‘Harris wants to help struggling Americans, why hasn’t she? After all, she holds the second highest office in the land,” bellows the Federalist’s Kylee Griswold.
With all the problems Americans are now facing, “it’s pretty rich to hear the current vice president and her running mate talk about all the things she ‘will do’ if elected.”
Harris “is extraordinarily culpable for the dire state of our once great nation – especially because she lied [Joe Biden’s] health and strength for years to come.”
She “doesn’t get a free pass, no matter how hard she and her new running mate try to clean her slate with joy and atmosphere.”
The fact is: “When politicians like Harris and Walz are banging on about what they’re going to do in the future, all you really have to do is look at what they’ve done in the past.”
Crime Blotter: FBI’s Misleading Crime Statistics
“It’s easy to see why some are a bit cynical when, just five weeks before the presidential election, the FBI reports that violent crime is down in 2023,” snaps Merrill Matthews on The Hill.
Be skeptical of the FBI data: “It relies on ‘participating law enforcement agencies’” while many have stopped participating.
Meanwhile, the National Crime Victimization Survey “relies on responses from around 230,000 households” and shows that “violent crime increased by 19 percent between 2019 and 2023,” with urban violent crime increased by 54%.
Meanwhile, “the explosion of retail theft has led many companies to close stores in several urban areas, both due to unsustainable losses and concerns about worker safety.”
The fact is that it appears that “crime in cities is increasing, while crime in suburbs and rural areas is declining or remaining stable,” thanks to “progressive policies like ‘defund the police’” and a significant increase in the amount thieves are allowed to steal (e.g. $950). before it is considered a crime.”
Libertarian: A sad “cancel culture” victory
The American Federation for Children fired Corey DeAngelis after revelations that the education researcher once appeared in a gay porn film — a “classic example of cancel culture.” thunders Reason’s Robby Soave.
DeAngelis “is being punished for an unfortunate incident from his distant past that has nothing to do with his current job.”
And: “Left-oriented gay media outlets are scandalously “enjoyable.”
But there is nothing inherently “anti-gay” about advocating “school choice,” just as “there is no tension between DeAngelis’ decision, a decade ago, to appear in a gay porn film and his current work calling for more freedom in the field of homosexuality. education.”
Labor beat: Harris’ Union Giveaway
Kamala Harris has “called for ‘additional paths’ to good-paying jobs, ‘such as apprenticeships and technical programs’.” notes Jason L. Riley of The Wall Street Journaland pledged to “encourage the private sector to partner with unions, school districts, community colleges, governors and mayors on registered apprenticeships.”
Still, “Harris is not in favor of expanding all apprenticeships, only those controlled by the construction industry.”
Hmm: Donald Trump signed “an executive order in 2017 that allowed not only unions but also colleges, corporations and business organizations to administer training programs concentrated in a handful of industries, primarily construction.”
But unions “resisted the effort” and “the Biden-Harris administration rescinded the executive order.”
– Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
