When it comes to war and retaliation: ‘A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do’

The biggest post-9/11 mistake the United States made was to do exactly what the al-Qaeda terrorists wanted it to do.

'While you feel rage (about the slaughter of Israeli civilians),' Joe Biden, left, told Benjamin Netanyahu, “don’t be consumed by it. After 9/11, we were enraged in the United States. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes.'Photograph courtesy of the President of the United States

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

January 31, 2024

In the immediate aftermath of the massacre of 1,140 Israeli civilians by Hamas terrorists last October, U.S. President Joe Biden went to Israel and gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu some good advice.

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