Remember the movie Dumb and Dumber starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels? It was about the really stupid antics of two well-meaning guys trying to return a suitcase full of money they thought was lost by its owner.
That film debuted back in 1994 but this past week, we saw a real-life, international politics version I’ll call dumb, dumber and dumbest, starring the not well-meaning leaders of France, Britain and Canada.
It started with French President Emmanuel Macron, who, in the grand tradition of the Nazi appeasing president Edouard Daladier, became the first leader of a G7 nation to come out and announce he would officially recognize a Palestinian state in September at the UN.
Dumb, because who asked him and what credibility does France really have anymore, anyway.
After France’s pronouncement, Mark Carney, the Canadian Prime Minister, in the grand tradition of a former PM and Nazi appeaser William Lyon Mackenzie King, came out and said he too would recognize the state of Palestine in September, with one of the conditions being a commitment by the Palestinian Authority to hold elections next year, something it hasn’t done in almost twenty years.
Dumber, because who asked him and maybe he should be more concerned with Canada’s crappy economy.
And then there was British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Unlike Macron and Carney, Starmer, in the grand appeasement tradition of the clueless Neville Chamberlain, said Britain would recognize the state of Palestine in September unless Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza, allowed the UN to distribute food, and commit to a peace plan based on a two-state solution.
Dumbest, for sure, by far. Starmer, in effect, told Hamas:
Hang in there guys. Don’t agree to any ceasefire. Come September the dream of your dear, departed leader, Yahiya Sinwar will be realized. The birth of a Palestinian state will arise not out of negotiation, recognition, or deradicalization, but out of the blood of Gazans that you sacrificed by the tens of thousands.
They should have told Hamas it would gain nothing by prolonging the war. They should have told Hamas to surrender, to leave and to let the Gazans try to rebuild their lives.
Of course, after those stunning announcements, Hamas was ecstatic. It welcomed the unconditional recognition of Palestinian statehood and vowed that its armed resistance would continue, basically until Israel is wiped off the map and all Jews slaughtered.
Well done, Messrs. Macron, Starmer and Carney.
These three leaders, whose countries don’t even recognize Taiwan as an independent nation, will recognize a state of Palestine. They believe that by pandering to their growing and restless Muslim populations and to their far left political bases, they can conjure up a state that a majority of Israelis, after October 7th, view as an existential threat and that Palestinians have rejected, when proffered in the past.
The men in charge of France, Britain and Canada have revealed themselves as hollow shells, not meaningful leaders on the international stage.
Unfortunately, we cannot kid ourselves that their pronouncements have not further isolated Israel. Add to that the pictures coming out of Gaza, aided and abetted by the western media propagandists for Hamas, and all together it’s making even the supporters of Israel, uneasy.
This past week, a record number of US Senate Democrats, more than half the caucus, voted to block weapons sales to Israel.
The resolutions, sponsored by that self-hating Jew and Israel antagonist from Vermont Bernie Sanders, were slapped down, but the cracks in the bipartisan support for Israel are widening.
Washington Senator Pat Murray, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a longtime supporter and friend of Israel, voted for the ban for the first time.
She said, “The legislative tool is not perfect, but frankly, it is time to say enough to the suffering of innocent young children and families.” Murray went on to say, “I am voting yes to send a message: the Netanyahu government cannot continue with this strategy. Netanyahu has prolonged this war at every turn to stay in power.”
Also this past week, a new Gallup poll showed Americans’ support for the war against Hamas is now at 32%, the lowest since the poll began in November 2023. The drop is mainly amongst Democrats and independents, with a small increase of support amongst Republicans.
So, right now, the only guy Israel can rely on, and it’s a scary thought, is Donald J. Trump.
He’s still calling it like it is, saying the perverted push for a Palestinian state only rewards Hamas. Trump said, “The quickest way to end the humanitarian crisis is Gaza is for Hamas to surrender and release the hostages.”
And Secretary of State Marco Rubio said of the trio’s announcements, “It’s irrelevant…There can be no Palestinian state unless Israel agrees to it…they can’t even tell you where this Palestinian state is. They can’t tell you who will govern it…it’s counterproductive.”
But I must ask, do you sleep soundly at night knowing the fickle Trump administration is Israel’s only pal in the west?
I toss and turn over that notion, but right now it looks like we have no alternative.
Okay, so there’s one way chicken salad can be made out of the chicken-shit proclamations that emanated this past week from Paris, London and Ottawa.
Israel, and especially the United States, must loudly and forcefully dump any failure to reach a Gaza ceasefire and the return of the hostages, squarely in the laps those three stooges.
After this past week, Macron, Starmer and Carney have clearly shown they are anti-Israel arsonists who’ve torched any hope for a peaceful resolution to the war.
Now they are united with Hamas as big parts of the problem with no legitimate role in the solution.