The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

There are jabbering fools on the left who make statements that, while seemingly in English, make absolutely no sense. For instance, transsexual and race jargon lends itself to nonsense, and many on the left are happy to use it. Perhaps it makes it easy to speak without engaging their brains, or maybe they enjoy carefully hiding the truth with an argot that most people can only scratch their heads at and cringe. Or maybe (and this is my choice) they really are stupid and ignorant and think they are making sense. Or all three -- that's always a good choice.

However I don't expect arrant nonsense from The Trump administration, but we got it in spades from Steven Witkoff, the United States Special Envoy to the Middle East.

And it's not just nonsense... it is ahistorical, devoid of facts, and ignores a massive amount of evidence that supports the contrary position.

Hamas 'not as ideologically extreme as portrayed,' says Trump envoy

“We need to understand what Hamas wants and then think about what we can offer them to make them leave. That is what needs to happen here. At the start of the conflict, we heard that ‘Hamas is an ideology, and they are ready to die,’” the official told controversial media figure Tucker Carlson.

“I don’t think they are as ideologically extreme as they're often portrayed," Witkoff went on to say of Hamas. "They send young children who understand nothing to commit suicide with explosive belts. Once we understand that they want to live, we can talk to them more effectively.”

He said it was imperative that Hamas disarms. “They need to demilitarize, and then they might also be politically involved in Gaza.”

First of all, the Hamas ideology was on full display on October 7th, 2023, when they sent thousands of their terrorists into Israel to murder Jewish Israelis and anyone else they could get their hands on. The barbarity on display that day was a testament to their ideological fanaticism, and to suggest otherwise is simply ignorant, or willfully blind for political purposes.

Second; it wasn't just Hamas that demonstrated savagery and inhumanity. It was the supposedly innocents of Gaza that poured through the fences and raped and murdered and tortured and kidnapped... all in service to that evil ideology.

There is ample evidence that the entire culture of Gaza has been subsumed into a rabidly anti-Jew, anti-Israel mania. School books, children's cartoons, entire curricula are dedicated to the single-minded goal of the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. The focus of Gazan culture (such as it is) is death in service to this mania. The people of Gaza seem to support it enthusiastically, as evidenced by their active participation in it.

Whether it is a reflection of larger Islam (it clearly is), or a malign mutation simply doesn't matter. The facts on the ground should govern, and Witkoff is either blind and a willing dupe, or has ulterior motives that are antithetical to the Trump administration's realpolitik in the Middle East.

Witkoff is an awful choice for Special Envoy, and why he was chosen is an interesting glimpse into Donald Trump's mindset. They are birds of a feather (NY city real estate), and Witkoff is known to be a good negotiator. But he also has a significant financial involvement in the Middle East, included with Qatar, which is the primary supporter of...Hamas!

He needs to disavow his connections to Qatar, repudiate his idiotic statements about Hamas, or resign.

I hope he resigns. People that conniving, or that stupid have no place in the Trump administration.

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X]

posted by CBD at 11:00 AM

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