The Biden hostage betrayal

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In previous years when foriegn terrorists held American hostages, both presidents and the media made hostages' plight a huge story. Why not this time, in Gaza?

One would think not, judging by the rarity of mentions of this crisis by the president, his spokespeople, or the news media. The absence of focused public concern is inexcusable. Even more inexcusable, unless there are covert operations in the offing, is the lack ofwhether diplomatic or by military special forces, to try to return U.S. citizens to safety and freedom.

Biden seems primarily concerned to put counterproductive pressure on Israel to stop its military actions without putting equal or greater pressure on Hamas. His inattention to the American hostages is astonishing. He met their families in December and featured them as guests on March 7 at his State of the Union speech. On April 24, he also quietly met with one of the few hostages who has been released,The president seems not to want to be seen involving himself in the issue.

If you type “hostage crisis” into a search engine, you are offered information about news events not now but from 44 years ago. That is partly because U.S. hostages were taken seriously back then — far more so than now. The Iran hostage crisis of 1979-81 was a daily national anxiety. For 444 days, network anchors led every newscast with stories about the hostages’ fates. The contrast with today, when Iran’s proxies are holding Americans, is stunning.

No administration should allow its national security aims to be determined exclusively by the condition of hostages. Nor should it weakly beg for their release. But there should be a proper balance of presidential and media pressure to secure freedom for captive Americans even while keeping the national interest clearly in mind.The news media’s left-wing straitjacket no longer allows reporters to see themselves, even in appropriate circumstances, as Americans first.

 

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