Democrats' Pushback to Rep. Ilhan Omar's Criticism of the U.S. and Israel Obfuscated the Real Issue
The U.S. committed war crimes, you say? Well, nobody's perfect!
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Once again, Congressional Democrats are throwing Ilhan Omar under the bus over her criticism of Israel—which in this case, also extended to the United States.
The debacle started on Monday when Rep. Omar tweeted out a video clip of a virtual conversation she had with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the U.S. opposition to the International Criminal Court. Specifically, Rep. Omar pointed out that there is no evidence that U.S. domestic courts have the capacity to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity, and asked Sec. Blinken what alternative option he would suggest we provide for victims of atrocities who are searching for justice.
But of course, instead of addressing Blinken’s inability to answer that simple and direct question about providing justice to victims of human rights violations, her fellow Democratic politicians took issue with the language in Omar’s tweet, which included the U.S. and Israel in the list of countries or entities that have committed “unthinkable atrocities” against humanity. Apparently, it’s impolite to identify the violent displacement and apartheid of Palestinians currently ongoing in Israel.
So late on Wednesday evening, a dozen Jewish House Democrats issued a statement in response to Rep. Omar’s tweet, in which they wrote that “equating the United States and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban is as offensive as it is misguided.” “The United States and Israel are imperfect and, like all democracies, at times deserving of critique, but false equivalencies give cover to terrorist groups,” the group of Democratic House members wrote, urging Rep. Omar to “clarify her words” (in other words, telling her to apologize).