I recently read in The National Review about a conversation then-Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin had with several U.S. legislators just after Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Begin was a notorious terrorist leader who was responsible for the murders of many Palestinians before, during and after the creation of Israel. Terrorists turned statesmen are not unusual, especially in U.S.-supported governments.
Begin later recalled what one senator, Joe Biden, said: “The senator — Biden — said he would go even further than Israel, adding that he’d forcefully fend off anyone who sought to invade his country, even if that meant killing women or children,” wrote the Times of Israel. Begin reportedly said he “disassociated” himself from Biden’s comments. “I said to him: No, sir; attention must be paid. According to our values, it is forbidden to hurt women and children, even in war. Sometimes there are casualties among the civilian population as well. But it is forbidden to aspire to this. This is a yardstick of human civilization, not to hurt civilians.”
Evidently Biden, who was five times deferred from serving in Vietnam, like Donald Trump and Dick Cheney, had and still has a bloodthirsty streak.
