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The fighting between Israel and Hamas threatens to escalate quickly into a full-blown regional war unless the conflict can be proactively resolved. President Joe Biden is now scheduled to make an emergency visit to Israel in light of that risk, aiming to support Israel and deter the conflict from spiraling into a larger war.
Straight Arrow News contributor Ben Weingarten encourages the United States to adopt a hardline, pro-Israel position and outlines what exactly that position looks like in terms of both foreign and domestic U.S. policy.
So, what does America’s national interest demand with respect to the war forced on Israel and taken to us?
I propose three things. First, defend Americans and secure the homeland. That starts with exerting maximum pressure on Iran and its proxies, including Qatar, where Hamas leadership lives in luxury, to ensure that every American hostage is returned immediately.
It also means sealing our borders. If Israel, a country that is hypervigilant by necessity, with legitimate walls, bolstered by cutting-edge technology, and with a highly reputed intelligence apparatus — in short, a country that actually cares about and defends its sovereignty — can suffer such a cataclysmic attack, imagine what could happen in America, where our borders have been wide open for years.
Defending Americans and securing the homeland also means ensuring that not a single person with Islamic supremacist leanings can enter the homeland by legal means, and it means hardening our military and diplomatic facilities globally, which could come under threat.
Even if we did all that, there’s still the daunting problem of dealing with the Islamic supremacists already here.
