Why is Joe Biden letting Hamas off the hook?

It isn't disputable whether Joe Biden's administration is letting Hamas off the hook. That issue was settled months ago, when a spineless Joe Biden caved to activists interested in saving Hamas and thwarting the Israelis' attempt to defend themselves. Gerard Baker's op-ed highlights what's at stake for the U.S. if the terrorists are permitted to survive.

In his op-ed, Baker wrote "If, under the pressure of internal Democratic politics and global public opinion, the Biden administration forces a 'cease-fire' that leaves our closest ally in the region short of victory over an enemy that seeks to destroy it, sooner or later we shall all pay the price." It's time to revisit George W. Bush's speech to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 20, 2001. It's required that we remind ourselves of one of its most important paragraphs.

In talking about who committed the atrocities of 9/11, President Bush identified al-Qa'ida as "a collection of loosely affiliated terrorist organizations known as al Qaeda. They are the same murderers indicted for bombing American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, and responsible for bombing the USS Cole." Then he said this memorable line:

And tonight, the United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban: Deliver to United States authorities all the leaders of al Qaeda who hide in your land. Release all foreign nationals, including American citizens, you have unjustly imprisoned. Protect foreign journalists, diplomats and aid workers in your country. Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan, and hand over every terrorist, and every person in their support structure, to appropriate authorities. Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps, so we can make sure they are no longer operating.

These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion. The Taliban must act, and act immediately. They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate.

How different is Joe Biden's approach to the Palestinians than George W. Bush's approach to the Taliban? It's night-and-day different. More than 75% of Palestinians support the Hamas government in Gaza. How is that different than the Taliban's protection of al-Qa'ida in Afghanistan? George W. Bush put the Taliban on notice that they'd suffer the same fate as al-Qa'ida if they didn't turn bin Laden over immediately. Most importantly, President Bush didn't rethink his policy, especially for purely partisan political ambitions.

Pro-Palestinian protests broke out on college campuses and major cities virtually immediately. Bit-by-bit, Biden waved the white flag to these terrorist sympathizers. Now, they're running roughshod in DC:

More than 50 people were arrested Tuesday after the Senate cafeteria was shut down by anti-Israel protesters chanting "Senate can’t eat until Gaza eats!"

If we had a president with cajones and a brain, he'd reply 'Gaza doesn't eat until the hostages are freed and the war is over.' Unfortunately, we don't have a president with cajones or a brain. Instead, we're stuck with Joe Biden, at least until Jan. 20, 2025. Until then, expect more of this to happen:

These Israel-hating protesters have followed Biden around, even to his home in Wilmington, DE. This won't stop because Biden is playing a political game, not a policy pursuit. If you think this is bad, wait until the Democrat National Convention in Chicago this summer. It's possible that might top Chicago's 1968 riots at the DNC:

1968 was a year that saw riots, the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy in Los Angeles and Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis. Then we had anti-war riots across the nation. It was 'capped off' by the anti-war riots at the DNC in Chicago. Back then, LBJ was a corrupt president who didn't stand up to his own cabinet.