Bob Schwartz

“I have had many conversations, as you have had, with a lot of young people over the last many months now. They don’t know very much at all about the history of the Middle East, or frankly about history, in many areas of the world, including in our own country.”
Hillary Clinton, MSNBC, Morning Joe, May 9, 2024

I have not forgiven Hillary, or for that matter Bill, for being such a destructive force on the Democratic Party and America.

Without details about all these issues, let’s just say that Hillary is a terrible national politician and leader, who convinced the Democratic Party, against all observation and evidence, that she would be a certain winner in the 2016 election. She didn’t win, and her foreseeable defeat changed America for the much worse.

I have said repeatedly that the best thing for the Democratic Party, for America, and selfishly, for me, would be if Hillary would just go away. Partly so she would stop saying stupid and unhelpful stuff like this. Partly because, as noted, she is responsible for where we are now.

Apparently, my wish hasn’t yet come true.

If I were Israeli, and my leader and his braintrust were as incompetent, despicable and crazy as Bibi and his, I would be demonstrating too. Demonstrating to find out why they could not work out a way for the terrorists to finally release the remaining hostages, without literally alienating the entire world and killing tens of thousands of people.

The ongoing demonstrations in Israel had me wondering something that is absurd on its face, but maybe enlightening. Why aren’t there any protests in Gaza? Even if you believe the people in Gaza have nothing to legitimately complain about, you might understand the burdens of their situation.

You know the answer. Protesting against existential threats you can’t control is pointless, when all of your time and life force is used to survive, with a little left over for grief. It might actually get you jailed or killed as an enemy. Which is why others around the world are protesting for you. Contrary to the view that American and global protestors are motivated by some hateful, selfish, naïve, uniformed petulance, they are just doing what the people of Gaza can’t: Saying, shouting “no”.