“Let Israel fight,” Kamala’s “will make it” issue, and other comments

Foreign editorial team: Let Israel Fight

How did we come “to the brink of all-out war between Israel and Iran”? asks Eli Lake of The Free Press.

Because “the Biden administration views its support for Israel as purely defensive and feels an obligation to contain Israel’s offensive. The American embrace comes with handcuffs.”

The result: “Further Iranian escalation,” probably because “the mullahs believed that America would continue to hold Israel back.”

“So why not give Israel the green light and help it expose the root cause of regional instability, the Iranian regime?”

“Israel has enormous capabilities – as it has demonstrated in Lebanon, Gaza, Syria and Iran over the last year. But it is even more powerful when its most important ally supports its mission.” So: “Victory is there when the president takes it.”

Conservative: Kam's “Going to Do” problem

If Kamala “Harris wants to help struggling Americans, why hasn’t she done that?” After all, she holds the second-highest office in the country,” roars the Federalist’s Kylee Griswold.

Given all the problems Americans face now, “it's pretty rewarding to hear the current vice president and her running mate talk about all the things she's going to do if she's elected.”

Harris “bears a tremendous amount of guilt for the sad state of our once-great nation – especially because she lied [Joe Biden’s] Health and strength for years.”

She “doesn’t get a free pass, no matter how hard she and her new vice president try to clear the air with joy and spirit.”

The fact is, “When politicians like Harris and Walz talk about what they're going to do in the future, all you really have to do is look at what they've done in the past.”

Crime Writer: Misleading FBI Crime Statistics

“It's easy to understand why some are a little cynical when, just five weeks before the presidential election, the FBI reports that violent crime fell in 2023,” sneers Merrill Matthews in The Hill.

Be skeptical of the FBI's data: “It relies on 'participating law enforcement agencies,'” even though many have stopped participating.

Meanwhile, the National Crime Victimization Survey draws “on responses from approximately 230,000 households” and shows that “violent crime increased 19 percent between 2019 and 2023.” urban Violent crime rose 54%.

Meanwhile, “the explosion in retail theft has led many companies to close stores in several urban areas, both because of unsustainable losses and concerns for employee safety.”

The fact is that “crime is increasing in cities, while crime in suburbs and rural areas is decreasing or remaining stable,” thanks to “progressive measures such as defunding the police” and a significant increase in the amounts thieves pay allowed to steal (e.g. $950). before it is considered a crime.”

Libertarian: A Sad “Cancel Culture” Victory

The American Federation for Children fired Corey DeAngelis after it was revealed that the education researcher once appeared in a gay porn film — a “classic example of cancel culture,” thunders Reason's Robby Soave.

DeAngelis “is being punished for an unfortunate incident from his distant past that has nothing to do with his current job.”

And: “Left-leaning gay media” shamelessly indulges.

But there is nothing inherently “anti-gay” about advocating for “school choice,” just as “there is no tension between DeAngelis' decision a decade ago to appear in a gay porn film and his current work, which seeks greater freedom in.” the school demands, consists of “training.”

Labor Dispute: Harris' Union Giveaway

Kamala Harris has called for “additional pathways” to good-paying jobs, “such as apprenticeships and technical programs,” notes The Wall Street Journal’s Jason L. Riley, and promised to “encourage the private sector to work with unions, school districts, community colleges.” , governors and mayors on registered apprenticeships.”

But “Harris does not advocate expanding all apprenticeships, only those controlled by the construction industry.”

Hmm: Donald Trump in 2017 “signed an executive order allowing not only unions, but also colleges, corporations, and business associations to administer training programs focused on a handful of industries, primarily construction.”

But unions “opposed the effort” and “the Biden-Harris administration rescinded the executive order.”

– Compiled by the Post editorial team