That was $300 million in taxpayer money well spent.
If you’re keeping track, Biden announced that America was going to spend two months building a floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza at a cost of $300 million that would be operated by the U.S. military.
Then the pier came under attack by terrorists, was withdrawn to the Israeli port of Ashdod for repairs while the Biden administration conducted backchannel talks with Hamas urging it not to attack the pier, then redeployed for aid deliveries and it’s been a smashing success.
For Hamas.
The good news was that the Pentagon press secretary announced that 569 metric tons of humanitarian assistance has been delivered across the temporary pier in Gaza.
The bad news was that according to the same press secretary, none of the aid has gotten through to any recognized aid distribution points.
Did the aid get to the people of Gaza? “I do not believe so,” he answered.
So they’re now looking for “alternate routes”.
Meanwhile, politicians and the media keep lying about Israel causing a “humanitarian crisis” when indeed the only aid to Gaza is coming through Israel because Egypt blocked its crossing into Rafah once all the tunnels going from Egypt to Rafah were exposed once the Israelis went in (which they weren’t supposed to because that would expose all the tunnels.)
Egypt isn’t getting blamed for ‘starving’ Gazans, Israel is. In reality, there’s plenty of food in Gaza because we keep sending food. Hamas and other armed groups then steal the food and resell it. It’s no surprise to any of the so-called aid groups because this is exactly what Islamic terrorists have been doing to them in Yemen, Afghanistan and all around the world. They know it works this way and they’re lying about it every day.
So is the Biden administration. After building its very own shiny delivery system into Gaza, it can’t actually deliver the aid because it’s being stolen. And somehow that too will be Israel’s fault.
Meanwhile, Hamas has pocketed millions more in profits from the aid that it’s being sent to resell to Gazans. At this rate, the longer the war runs, the more money it makes.
ed says
The “aid” wasn’t seized by hamas it was delivered by biden
Joh says
Seconded
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Ed.
Robert_k says
The aid wasn’t stolen by Hamas. It was collected as income tax by Hamas.
Phil Copson says
” After building its very own shiny delivery system into Gaza, it can’t actually deliver the aid because it’s being stolen. And somehow that too will be Israel’s fault.”
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That’s how the criminal mind works:
“If you didn’t make me hate you – then I wouldn’t have to buy weapons to attack you.
And I have to steal the food and sell it in order to buy the weapons. So it’s your. fault.
And if you didn’t send the food, then I wouldn’t be able to steal it.
So you must want me to attack you other wise you wouldn’t send the food.
So that’s your fault too.
Now I’ve got blood all over my shiny new weapons – how dare you! I’ll kill you for that! Oh – I just did…”
gravenimage says
+1
Paul says
Biden built it for Hamas so all is going as he’d planned
somehistory says
The minds of psychopaths. The workings of psychopaths. So very wearisome, tiresome, annoying, irritating, frustrating, and boiling with anger for the rest.
In a certain book written by a certain Dr. of Psychology, an example of a female psychopath was recorded to show the reader how psychopaths manipulate others.
A couple had two daughters. One daughter was *normal* while the other was a manipulative psychopath.
The normal girl was loving, kind and helpful to her parents as they aged. She came around, visited for the comfort of her parents, to show her love and affection.
The psycho was demanding, unloving, and a continual drain on her parents’ well-being and their finances. She came around when she wanted something; usually money to support her bad habits.
Anyone can guess which one got the most attention. And the other girl; heard the complaints, and as someone might say, ” got the short end of the stick.”
hamas is made up of liars, murderers, psychopaths. As are the ruling Egyptians.
They get the most attention and the most money.
Israel is getting the ‘short end.’
gravenimage says
All too common. Somehistory.
somehistory says
“A Hamas lobby emerges in the Middle East”
“A recent report at CNN said that “Egyptian intelligence quietly changed the terms of a ceasefire proposal that Israel had already signed off on earlier this month, ultimately scuttling a deal that could have released Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.”
The report was met with anger in Cairo, and reports say that it indicated that it might end its role as a mediator in the hostage talks.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-hamas-lobby-emerges-in-the-middle-east/ar-BB1mVR4n?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=1b4d1cc56234479b98c25a33d0ee2036&ei=50
Ray Jarman says
What is the reward for providing food to your enemy if you are an Israeli? An arrest warrant by a fiendish entity called the World Court. I have studied world history from the Greek histories such as Thucydides,’ “The Peloponnesian War”, to books concerning WWI & WWII but nowhere are accounts such as those perpetrated by these Islamic sub-human creatures (not even Atila the Hun) and why have they not been brought up on crimes against humanity by the world press. This is also a slap in the face to all the soldiers who have died while attempting to defend this nation and our raison d’être. I pray that the IDF completely destroys Hamas as an example to the other terrorists who may be contemplating going to war against the valiant Israelis.
somehistory says
I’m with you, Ray. I don’t recall anything in my study of history about such things as the mozlums waging constant war from islam’s inception.
Even the little about the Crusades in the usual history books, didn’t include the atrocities of the mozlums.
Mr. Raymond Ibrahim has written about them, but the sources he uses, were not in the school’s libraries when I was there. They should be. And so should Mr. Ibrahim’s writings be in school libraries.
And I, also, pray that the evils of hamas and others will be totally wiped out.
Ray Jarman says
Thanks for your kind words. To add to your mention of the Crusades, many books were filled with lies about Christians attacking the Muslims. From the First Crusade until the Eight Crusade, Christians simply tried to drive the Arabs out of Christian and former Christian cities and enclaves and Richard the Lionheart finally led the Christians to a very brief victory in Jerusalem. One must remember that the Arabs were brutal but back to the original point is I have never read any accounts where women, babies and children were raped, tortured and set afire as these grizzly subhuman creatures conducted.
Nancy Albert says
I’m no history expert, but I see a powerful, broad combination of sociological reasons Muslims are so brutal. First, polygamy. The overwhelming majority of males cannot have a wife/sex without plunder in another land. Second, consanguineous marriages, to keep money in the family, causes inbreeding. Third, mercenary armies: By allowing the majority of the spoils to go to the soldiers, they were far more motivated and bloodthirsty. I have been to the Vatican and Topkapi. Topkapi is a dump comparatively. Sultans were certainly wealthy, but placating a bunch of wives depleted their fortunes, and a relatively small share of the spoils combined with art being forbidden kept them from amassing much.
gravenimage says
All the Aid From Biden’s Gaza Pier was Seized by Hamas
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Sadly, this should surprise *no one*.
Tony Rice says
Apparently, only 20% of aid gets to the Palestinians, Hamas steal the other 80% ( for themselves or to sell )
Greg says
Told you so!!
Barney says
One is tempted to say that the ‘modus operandi’ effectiively comes down to the levying of import duties, wouldn’t one? Only the duties are levied from its own population. Mnd you: normally levied import duties are also paid for by the locals, because they’re added to the price. And so another riddle is solved: the food does reach the folks in Gaza, regrettably, I dare say…
OLD GUY says
No big deal, Joe will send millions of dollars worth of American tax payer aid again next week.
STOP the aid to the ENEMY and its civilian population supporting HAMAS.
War is ugly, and you don’t win by supplying the people you are fighting or imposing rules on how you will fight.
You can’t win a war with out killing the enemies people.