Joe Biden is facing his Vietnam moment

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Note how fast US campus protests were seized upon by Republicans

, munching on beans and rice as they listened to one of their history professors discuss parallels between their encampment and the notorious 1968 protests.

Although largely non-violent, the feverish environment of these events feed into the maelstrom of social media, with flashes of bigotry on both sides, fuelling fears of both Jewish and Muslim students It is easy to scorn students at an expensive Ivy League college chanting “there is only one solution, intifada revolution” – especially when it emerges one leader said: “Zionists don’t deserve to live.” No doubt some who once yelled “defund the police” now chant “from the river to the sea” with no idea about the history or complexities beneath such slogans.

This is not the same as Lyndon Johnson’s war in Vietnam – and he is clearly concerned by Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach. But it becomes his problem when American-made bombs kill Palestinian children while he stands by a hard-line Israeli prime minister whose primary aim is The challenge for Biden as he seeks re-election is that he leads a party divided on this issue. This is shown by his pivotal home state of Pennsylvania, which narrowly backed Donald Trump in 2016 then voted for him four years ago.

 

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