It was very sad to hear about the murder of the six hostages, including American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, late on Saturday night, shortly before troops found them. 

Joe Biden released a statement claiming that he had "worked tirelessly" to bring the hostages back -- while he was still on his continuing vacation. And that's after almost a year since Americans were killed on October 7, 2023, and hostages were taken. Jimmy Carter lost in 1980 at least in part because of his ineptitude over the hostage crisis. But at least he tried to rescue them, even though he failed. 

Biden didn't even come back on the news of the murders; he didn't come back to D.C. until Monday to meet with Kamala Harris in the Situation Room, reportedly to focus on a ceasefire deal. It sounds like he's going to be pushing to give them a deal they will like after they killed the six hostages, one an American, and are still holding more people. 

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The Biden-Harris Weakness Leads to Tragedy and Puts Us All in Danger

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) decimated Biden and Harris over it during his appearance on "Meet the Press" on Sunday. He said his heart went out to the families of the hostages, especially the family of the American killed, Hersh Goldberg-Polin. He pointed out how both Biden and Harris tried to stop Israel from going into Rafah and taking out the terrorists, even talking about holding back arms. Rafah was exactly where the hostages were found murdered. Cotton pointed out how Harris warned against military action in Rafah because she had "studied the maps."

I had completely forgotten about the “I’ve studied the maps” line from Kamala Harris demanding Israel not go into Rafah - which is where these latest murdered hostages were found.

She has been dangerously wrong about every aspect of this conflict.

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— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) September 2, 2024

Harris said it would be a "mistake for Israel to go into Rafah with any kind of a military operation."

"What the Biden-Harris administration should have done from the beginning is not pressure Israel to restrain its response, but let Israel win from the very outset," Cotton said, saying Biden and Harris put more pressure on Israel than on Hamas, Iran, or the other Iranian proxies. They've tried to hamstring them at every turn. A lot of the problem is that Hamas has known they can keep holding out because of such actions and comments by the Biden-Harris team. You can't keep handing them leverage and hope like that. But that's what Biden and Harris did. 

It's worth remembering that in March Kamala Harris pressured Israel to not enter Rafah after she "studied the maps"!
Could more hostages, some of them Americans, have been saved if the USA hadn't blocked Israel?
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— Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) September 2, 2024

Even now, their first response to the murders isn't "we need to wipe out Hamas," it's that we have to "focus on a deal." So Hamas knows they can ask for anything at this point and probably get it, at least from Biden and Harris.