There's some serious mincing of language between "humanitarian pause" and "ceasefire". These have different meanings and Biden can't seem to tell the difference.
But this sort of mealy-mouthed dithering is intentional
This way, when nothing changes, he can shrug his shoulders and say "Well, we tried for a ceasefire" and the braying jackasses at his heels can cry "Best president ever, look at how hard he tries!"
Up until this, all calls for a ceasefire were shouted down as asking Israel to surrender. I think they're ass covering by saying "ceasefire and pause are the same" because it definitely contradicts their position from literally the previous day. I don't think this is 4D chess. It's Biden flubbing his talking points.
There's some serious mincing of language between "humanitarian pause" and "ceasefire". These have different meanings and Biden can't seem to tell the difference.
Oh, he probably knows the actual difference
But this sort of mealy-mouthed dithering is intentional
This way, when nothing changes, he can shrug his shoulders and say "Well, we tried for a ceasefire" and the braying jackasses at his heels can cry "Best president ever, look at how hard he tries!"
I doubt he knows what year it is.
Up until this, all calls for a ceasefire were shouted down as asking Israel to surrender. I think they're ass covering by saying "ceasefire and pause are the same" because it definitely contradicts their position from literally the previous day. I don't think this is 4D chess. It's Biden flubbing his talking points.