(Commentary) John Podhoretz - An American - Hersh Goldberg-Polin - has been murdered in the tunnels under Rafah. I cannot help but ask - would Hersh and the other five hostages have survived if Israel had not found itself restrained and under assault, not told to pause, not scolded in phone calls with petulant Americans, without arms and aid held up, without being lectured about the geostrategic value of going slow or not going at all. Imagine an Israel that was not told by its best friend in the world that offensive action in Gaza had become self-defeating, was not told that Israel should care more about feeding people in Gaza than about eliminating the threat to its 9 million citizens and pummeling Hamas until that evil group of thugs begged for ways to negotiate to return the hostages. We Americans are morally liable for our role in our backseat-driving in this war, for screaming at the Israelis at the wheel, unnerving them as they were trying to keep their eye on the road ahead.
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