{"id":2073772,"date":"2023-10-20T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-accuses-gop-of-silencing-debate-on-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T06:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:08:43","slug":"ramaswamy-accuses-gop-of-silencing-debate-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-accuses-gop-of-silencing-debate-on-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaswamy claims GOP stifles Israel discussion."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Framaswamy-accuses-gop-of-silencing-debate-on-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2073772&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<p>In recent appearances \u2062on X, formerly Twitter, Vivek Ramaswamy questioned what he characterized as \u2062a stifling hostility to debate\u2064 among Republicans on U.S. involvement \u200din the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Isolationist&#8217; has become the\u2062 new \u2064&#8217;racist&#8217;\u2013a \u2064new \u2064label,&#8221; the businessman and Republican presidential hopeful told Tucker Carlson in an interview on the latter&#8217;s X show posted on Oct. 18.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pro-Hamas, ridiculous\u2013anti-Israel,\u2063 ridiculous. But to use that to silence\u200b debate on \u2064the merits\u2014and whether that comes from the \u200dleft, the right, it doesn&#8217;t much matter\u2014that&#8217;s, I think, the ultimate\u2064 form \u2064of anti-Americanism,&#8221; Mr. Ramaswamy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/haley-if-us-wont-stop-irans-nuclear-program-israel-should-take-action-on-its-own-5405830?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Haley: If US Won&#8217;t Stop Iran&#8217;s \u2064Nuclear Program,\u200b Israel Should Take Action on\u2064 Its Own<\/h3>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">7\/18\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/haley-supports-moving-us-embassy-in-israel-to-jerusalem-2211749?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Haley Supports Moving US\u200d Embassy in Israel\u200c to Jerusalem<\/h3>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">1\/18\/2017<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Elon Musk, the owner of X, drew attention to the conversation between Mr. Ramaswamy and Mr. Carlson. In\u2064 his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1714931421901427112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re-post<\/a> of the interview, he described it as &#8220;interesting.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>Mr. Ramaswamy&#8217;s remarks further differentiate the candidate from \u2064many other Republicans, including former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. The two have traded jabs over Israel for months, even before Hamas&#8217;s recent terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>A\u2063 house is completely destroyed after\u2063 Hamas terrorists attacked near \u2063the border of Gaza, in Nir Oz, Israel, on Oct. 19, 2023. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">&#8220;We get histrionics from the likes of Lindsey Graham or Nikki Haley\u200d or Mike Pence, offering histrionics at a time when you actually could use rational strategy,&#8221; Mr. Ramaswamy told Mr. \u200bCarlson.<\/div>\n<h2>Middle East \u2062Crisis<\/h2>\n<p>The White\u200c House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/white-house-not-planning-to-deploy-us-troops-to-israel-5509195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled out<\/a> the possibility of deploying\u2063 U.S. troops to Israel on Oct. 12, several days after terror group Hamas&#8217;s\u200b Oct. 7 attacks\u200c on Israel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">For deterrence, the United States has dispatched two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-biden-abandon-taiwan\/\" title=\"Will Biden Abandon Taiwan?\">carrier strike groups<\/a>\u200c to the Eastern Mediterranean. On Oct. 17, a Defense Department spokesperson announced that the 26th Marine Expeditionary\u200c Unit (MEU) had been dispatched to the region. The Pentagon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/pentagon-puts-2000-troops-on-prepare-to-deploy-order-in-middle-east-5511565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has \u2064given<\/a> 2,000 U.S. troops &#8220;prepare-to-deploy&#8221; orders.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">On Oct. \u200d19, the day after President Joe Biden&#8217;s visit to Israel, \u2064a U.S. Navy warship in the Red Sea, the U.S.S. \u2063Carney, \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/us-shoots-down-three-missiles-headed-towards-israel-from-yemen-5513588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">intercepted<\/a> multiple\u200c drones and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-accuses-gop-of-silencing-debate-on-israel\/\" title=\"Ramaswamy claims GOP stifles Israel discussion.\">land attack cruise missiles launched<\/a> by Houthi\u2062 rebels in Yemen.<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>The USS Carney \u2063in the Mediterranean Sea on Oct. 23, 2018. (Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Ryan U. \u2063Kledzik\/U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot say for \u200dcertain what these missiles and drones were targeting, but\u200b they were launched \u200dfrom Yemen\u2062 heading north along the Red Sea, potentially \u200btowards targets in Israel,&#8221; Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters\u2064 during a press briefing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Meanwhile,\u200c U.S. bases in Syria and Iraq have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/us-forces-attacked-by-suicide-drones-in-iraq-pentagon-5512798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted<\/a> by drone strikes.<\/div>\n<h2>&#8216;Clearly Defined Objectives&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Israel may be on the verge of\u200d invading the\u200c Gaza Strip amid\u2063 conditions that \u200bsome\u200b groups have characterized as a &#8220;humanitarian crisis.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>Last week, Israel ordered the evacuation of 1 million Palestinians from\u200d northern Gaza ahead \u2063of its possible ground offensive.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas terrorists carried\u200c out a surprise\u200c attack over the border on Oct. 7, leaving about 1,400 dead and thousands\u2063 of others wounded, according to the\u2062 Israeli government. The \u2063death toll also includes dozens of Americans. Hamas also took hostages from Israel back into Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has cut off electricity,\u200c water, and humanitarian aid to the territory. Officials in Gaza, a government largely run by Hamas, have said that \u2064more\u2062 than 3,500 people have been killed there, and more than \u206212,000 wounded, by Israeli airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m concerned that a \u200bground invasion into Gaza without clearly defined objectives is going to be the start\u2062 of another no-win war that is not good for Israel and not good for the United States,&#8221; Mr. Ramaswamy told\u200c Mr. Carlson in the interview\u2063 posted Oct. 18.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old entrepreneur also suggested Israel\u200b could aim to eliminate, &#8220;say, the top hundred in Hamas\u2013okay, we want their heads on stakes\u200c lining that southern border of Israel and Gaza. There&#8217;s your deterrence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How do the actions taken by the United States, such as \u200dsending carrier strike groups and intercepting\u2062 attacks, demonstrate its commitment to\u200c its allies in the region<\/h2>\n<p><span>  T Class\u2062 Ryan U. Kledzik\/U.S. Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Israel-Hamas war has sparked\u2062 intense debate and discussions \u200cnot only in the United States but also \u2062internationally. The conflict, which \u200bbegan\u200d with Hamas&#8217;s attack on Israel,\u200b has raised\u200c questions about the appropriate response and the role of the United \u200cStates in the region.<\/p>\n<p>In his recent appearances on X, formerly known as Twitter, Vivek Ramaswamy\u2062 expressed his concerns about the &#8220;stifling hostility to debate&#8221; among\u2064 Republicans\u200c regarding U.S. involvement in the Israel-Hamas war. He\u200d criticized the use of labels like &#8220;isolationist&#8221; or &#8220;racist&#8221; to silence any \u2062discussion on the merits of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pro-Hamas, ridiculous\u2013anti-Israel,\u2063\u200c ridiculous. \u200bBut to\u200c use that to silence\u200b debate on \u2064the merits\u2014and whether that comes from the \u200dleft, the right, it doesn&#8217;t much matter\u2014that&#8217;s, I think, \u200dthe ultimate\u2064 form \u2064of anti-Americanism,&#8221; Mr.\u200d Ramaswamy stated in an interview with Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>This criticism by Ramaswamy highlights \u2062a divide within the Republican party on the issue of\u200c Israel. While many Republicans, including former South Carolina Gov. Nikki\u2063 Haley, have voiced their support for Israel and criticized Hamas&#8217;s terrorism, Ramaswamy&#8217;s remarks indicate a different perspective.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation between Ramaswamy and Carlson \u200bcaught the attention\u200d of Elon Musk, the owner of X. Musk described the interview as &#8220;interesting&#8221; in his repost\u2062 of the interview on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing crisis in the Middle East has also prompted discussions\u200c about \u200cthe potential involvement of the United States. However, the White House\u2063 has ruled out the possibility of deploying U.S. troops to\u2063 Israel. \u2064Instead, the United States has sent two \u200dcarrier strike groups \u200cto the\u2064 Eastern\u200c Mediterranean and \u2064deployed the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the region.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, on\u200d Oct. 19, a U.S. Navy warship intercepted multiple drones and land attack cruise missiles \u200claunched by Houthi rebels in Yemen. These actions demonstrate the United States&#8217; \u2064commitment to ensuring the safety and security of its allies in the\u200c region.<\/p>\n<p>The Israel-Hamas war has \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-bachelor-star-responds-to-shows-racism-allegations\/\" title=\"\u2018The Bachelor\u2019 Star Responds To Show\u2019s Racism Allegations\">raised important questions<\/a> about the role of the United States\u200b and the need for open and meaningful\u2062 debate. Vivek \u200cRamaswamy&#8217;s criticisms reflect the \u2064growing divide within the Republican party on this issue, while the actions taken by the United \u2062States demonstrate its\u200c commitment to supporting its allies in the \u2062region.<\/p>\n<p>As the conflict continues, it is \u200bcrucial for policymakers\u2063 and politicians to engage in constructive dialogue and seek solutions that promote peace and stability in the Middle East. Only through\u2063 open debate and discussion can a \u2064comprehensive\u200d and effective approach to this complex issue be developed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential hopeful, expressed concern about the lack of open discussion among Republicans regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. 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