In his current Washington Post column and his appearance on today’s Morning Joe, Eugene Robinson did his best to defend Biden’s record as president. The headline reveals Robinson’s theory: “Time caught up with Biden. It will also prove him right.”
But in Robinson’s view, when it came to foreign policy, there was one major flaw in Biden’s record: his failure to curb Israel’s alleged “atrocities” in Gaza. Robinson [emphasis added]:
“Many in Biden’s own party are sharply critical of his handling of the war in Gaza. The Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack and hostage-taking were atrocities, and Israel had the right to respond. Killing tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians and reducing their homes, schools and hospitals to rubble are also atrocities.”
Robinson offered this defense of Biden:
“The fact is that U.S. officials have limited influence over how…
