{"id":2091583,"date":"2023-11-06T09:28:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T14:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-reportedly-made-an-insulting-request-to-idf-does-biden-even-want-hamas-defeated\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T09:31:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T14:31:38","slug":"secretary-of-state-reportedly-made-an-insulting-request-to-idf-does-biden-even-want-hamas-defeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-reportedly-made-an-insulting-request-to-idf-does-biden-even-want-hamas-defeated\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the Secretary of State offend IDF? Does Biden support defeating Hamas?"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fsecretary-of-state-reportedly-made-an-insulting-request-to-idf-does-biden-even-want-hamas-defeated%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=2091583&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--><h2>Joe Biden\u2019s dumpster-fire presidency\u2064 continues to sow global instability as the war brewing between Israel and Hamas\u200c escalates by the day.<\/h2>\n<p>In the latest farcical illustration of this administration\u2019s incompetence, Secretary of\u2062 State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/frustrated-house-gop-leaders-threaten-subpoena-blinken-stonewalling-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antony \u200bBlinken<\/a> urged the Israel \u200dDefense Forces to use \u201csmaller bombs\u201d \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antony-blinken-says-us-working-overtime-to-verify-reports-of-americans-dead-in-israel\/\" title=\"Antony Blinken assures US is diligently verifying reports of Americans deceased in Israel.\">reduce civilian casualties<\/a> in the ongoing Gaza conflict, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/04\/us\/politics\/israel-gaza-deaths-bombs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. officials\u200c said they have privately outlined several steps to\u2064 Israel\u200b to\u2062 reduce civilian casualties in its military campaign in\u2063 the Gaza Strip,\u200d including \u200cusing smaller bombs, when going after Hamas leaders \u200dand \u2062infrastructure,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican military\u2062 officials \u2064say that\u2062 the \u200bsmaller bombs are \u2063much better suited\u2062 to \u2062the dense urban environments of Gaza,\u201d\u2062 the Times reported. \u201cBut Israel has over the years built up stocks of larger\u200d bombs, intended mostly \u2064to target hardened \u2063Hezbollah military positions in Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest conflict in the Mideast erupted on\u200d Oct. 7 \u200bwhen Iran-backed \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-hamas-leader-vows-sacrifice-martyrs-another-oct-7-style-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a> terrorists launched rockets into \u2063Israel and militants stormed \u2062into the country from the\u2063 Gaza Strip, killing \u2063hundreds of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas, \u200cthe Islamist group that controls \u2062the Gaza Strip, claims it\u2019s fighting to liberate the Palestinians from unlawful Israeli occupation.<\/p>\n<p>During the past four \u200cweeks, the military campaigns on both\u2064 sides have escalated, \u200cresulting in \u200dnumerous civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday,\u200b Blinken flew to Israel to urge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take measures \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-reportedly-made-an-insulting-request-to-idf-does-biden-even-want-hamas-defeated\/\" title=\"Did the Secretary of State offend IDF? Does Biden support defeating Hamas?\">minimize civilian deaths amid outrage<\/a> \u200din the Muslim world over Israel\u2019s \u200cresponse to \u2063the Oct. 7 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The secretary of state repeated \u200bthis same message on Saturday in Jordan during a meeting with Arab leaders, who demanded an immediate cease-fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. officials told the Israelis that they could reduce civilian casualties if they improved how they targeted Hamas leaders, gathered \u200cmore intelligence on Hamas command and \u200bcontrol networks before \u200claunching strikes, used smaller bombs to collapse \u2063the tunnel network and employed \u2064their ground forces to separate civilian population centers from where the militants are concentrated,\u201d the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>It said Blinken also urged Israel to agree to \u201ca\u200b series of pauses in the\u200c fighting to facilitate the flow of\u200b humanitarian aid into\u2062 Gaza and the exit\u2062 of foreign nationals from the enclave,\u201d\u200d but Netanyahu rejected the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-caught-red-handed-oversight-committee-says-wh-attempting-stonewall-smoking-gun-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> administration\u2019s absurd \u201csmaller bombs\u201d \u200capproach was lampooned\u2064 on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>Using smaller ones doesn\u2019t promote peace or ensure the defeat of Hamas. If anything, this tactic could prolong the war, resulting in even more deaths.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Blinken Tells Abbas He Asked Israel To Use \u2018Smaller Bombs\u2019 On Gaza \u2013 oh, what humanity warmongers can display at\u2062 times.  Just kill those civilians with more, smaller bombs. Quantity over quality! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wgSlkFtMnC\">https:\/\/t.co\/wgSlkFtMnC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Online\u200c Shogun (@online_shogun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/online_shogun\/status\/1721245193964245249?\">November 5, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another commenter \u200calso scoffed at the\u2064 notion that\u2063 using \u201csmaller bombs\u201d is tantamount to \u201cmore compassionate \u200bbombing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Is this \u200dUS version of warmer \u200dfuzzier more compassionate bombing ?<br \/>\nQuick \u200brefresher<br \/>\nUS generously supports Israel with over\u2064 $3 billion per yr of support<br \/>\nA narrow targeted approach to exact \u2063retribution is very possible .<br \/>\nInstead the powers that are orchestrating\u2062 the post 10\/7\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom\u200b Moore (@junogsp7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/junogsp7\/status\/1721267415202312387?\">November 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other X users said the \u201csmaller bombs\u201d approach would\u200c do\u200d little\u2064 to\u2063 end the war.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So\u200d instead \u2064of 1 big\u2064 bomb, we use 5 smaller ones? Going\u200b after \u201cHamas leaders\u201d, never knew\u200d they recruited so young!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sushi (@lazychann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lazychann\/status\/1721016620225626374?\">November 5,\u200c 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Liberals be like \u201cok\u200c but what if the bombs were smaller\u201d \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3JOeGns1wN\">https:\/\/t.co\/3JOeGns1wN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lindsay Ballant (@lindsayballant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lindsayballant\/status\/1720949396827730056?\">November 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">US Officials suggest Israel uses smaller\u2063 bombs, because children are small and so large bombs\u2062 are unnecessary. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eQL93ZkWoS\">https:\/\/t.co\/eQL93ZkWoS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin Munro (@ColinM48126070) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColinM48126070\/status\/1720963768359034895?\">November 5, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As bloody conflicts flare up across\u200b the globe and \u200dgeopolitical stability grows more tenuous by the day, one thing\u2062 is clear: Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/border-numbers-disastrous-feds-release-no-one-paying-attention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inexcusable \u2062ineptitude<\/a> is inching us closer to World War III. He has to go.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note from Our Founder:<\/h3>\n<p>Every morning, \u200dwe at The Western Journal wake up \u2062and pursue our mission of giving you the \u2064important information you need about what\u2019s happening in America.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>We\u2062 can\u2019t do that without your help<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>America has been on the receiving \u200dend of false narratives.\u2062 The purpose of\u200d these false narratives is to make you \u2062feel powerless. 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Brown<br \/>\nFounder of The Western Journal<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>PAA Question 3: In what\u200c ways does the reported recommendation by U.S. officials to\u200c use smaller bombs demonstrate a lack of understanding of the \u200dcomplexities \u200dof the Israel-Gaza conflict, and how does it affect\u200c the effectiveness\u2062 of \u2064global leaders in finding a solution<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Around \u2063the world, it\u2064 is crucial to analyze the\u200d role of global leaders in either promoting peace or further exacerbating \u2062the situation. In the\u2063 case of the escalating war between Israel \u2064and Hamas, it is becoming increasingly evident that President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration is contributing to\u2064 the instability rather than finding a solution.<\/p>\n<p>One of the\u200d most recent examples of the ineptitude of the Biden \u200cadministration is Secretary of State Antony Blinken&#8217;s suggestion to \u2064the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to use &#8220;smaller bombs&#8221; to reduce civilian casualties in the ongoing \u2064Gaza conflict. This absurd recommendation \u2062was reported by The New York Times on \u2063Saturday and has drawn widespread criticism.<\/p>\n<p>According \u2064to\u200c the report, U.S. officials privately outlined several steps to Israel, including \u2063using smaller \u2062bombs when \u2062targeting Hamas leaders and infrastructure in order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyrie-irving-not-focused-on-basketball-turns-his-focus-to-israeli-palestinian-conflict\/\" title=\"Kyrie Irving Not Focused On Basketball, Turns His Focus to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict\">minimize civilian casualties<\/a>. \u2062They argue that smaller bombs are better suited\u2062 for the dense urban environments of Gaza. However<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden&#8217;s presidency fuels global instability as the Israel-Hamas conflict intensifies. Secretary of State Antony Blinken&#8217;s recent suggestion for Israel to use smaller bombs to minimize civilian harm highlights the administration&#8217;s incompetence. 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