A Wake Up Call for The World
America needs to demonstrate serious leadership in the wake of the horrific attacks on Israel
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been gutted by the atrocities committed in Israel by Hamas, the evil terrorist group. Not only should we condemn Hamas and seek to see them destroyed, but we should also affirm Israel’s right to exist and defend itself and should sober up about the state of the world. This is the subject of a piece I wrote for The Dispatch. Here is the opening few paragraphs:
On the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, much of Israel awoke to evil: Hamas terrorists breached Israel’s border with Gaza and slaughtered innocent men, women, and children. They went house to house in border towns, terrorizing families, executing men, women, and children and taking others hostage. They stormed police stations and executed Israeli police and soldiers. They paraded the bodies of Jewish people through the streets of Gaza in a macabre celebration of evil.
As of this writing, more than 900 Israelis are dead, thousands are wounded, many are still held hostage in Gaza. A nation is reeling from its worst attack in half a century. Thankfully, the United States and Western governments are responding in solidarity with Israel. America is mobilizing a strike carrier group closer to Israel, and the Biden administration is readying an emergency aid package to one of our closest allies. And our allies are not only condemning Hamas, but cutting ties to Gaza and pledging support for Israel.
Still, the U.S. needs to wake up to the evil the Hamas attacks represent: This is time for sober American leadership, not the naive and sophomoric politics we’ve indulged over the last several years. The reality is that when America ceases to be a leader in the world, evil actors fill the vacuum.
You can read the entire thing here.