WAPO has just reported that President Biden has revealed in an interview on CNN to be aired later tonight that “he will cut off offensive weapons if Israel invades Rafah.” POTUS acknowledged that offensive weapons have been used by Israel to kill civilians in Gaza.
WAPO quotes Biden thus, “Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers,” referring to 2,000-pound bombs supplied by the U.S. “I made it clear that if they go into Rafah — they haven’t gone in Rafah yet — if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities — that deal with that problem.” To wit, www.washingtonpost.com/...(behind paywall) Watch his interview here: www.cnn.com/...
We now have evidence of the President’s thinking on this matter. Many have been critical of the President’s policy on arms transfers, but to articulate this potential change on cable news is noteworthy. One thing is for sure, DJT would not even suggest such a possibility. It is for that reason, Ben G’vir and Smotrich (the unusually cruel, extremist cabinet members in BN’s coalition) fondly hope for his return. To all those who were ready to give up on our Administration, perhaps a course correction is occurring. I sincerely hope that the red line was not drawn on the sand.