“But now, this seems to be all about politics. What do you say about that? You know, you have innocent children — Palestinians who are dying, innocent Israeli children who are dying, and no one seems to be able to say enough, stop that.”
—-CBS Morning co-host Gayle King, interviewing the father of eight-year-old Israeli hostage Emily Hand
I know I’m flogging this issue, but the talking heads and especially “Think of the children!” female wokesters just won’t shut up. In addition to that, the fact that Gayle King has her gig on CBS Mornings offends me: she is neither especially clever, watchable, intelligent or competent. She has the job because she’s Oprah Winfrey’s <cough> “galpal,” and has been hitched to Oprah’s star for more than 40 years. King is a passable talking head, but has risen far beyond what her ability would otherwise permit thanks to her powerful ally.
I could tolerate it if she didn’t constantly say such stupid things. This comment adds to the pressure being applied to Israel by U.S. media propagandists, because to the same people who want to “Do something!” about climate change and gun violence, “stop that” sounds like wisdom. Either King is cynically appealing to idiots deliberately, or she is one.
Those who have audiences of millions also have an obligation to choose what ideas they impart carefully and competently. King’s pivoting to the plight of children in Gaza while interviewing the father of an 8-year-old victim of Hamas terrorism is inexcusable. Naturally, CBS won’t do anything about it: her bosses probably see the issues with the same clarity she does.
Besides, they don’t want to make Oprah angry…
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I read this “…and no one seems to be able to say enough, stop that.”
as telling the children to stop dying.
That’s it! That’s how to do it! It’s just a matter pf better discipline. Stop teasing your sister…stop making fart noises—stop dying! Brilliant!
I have two words for the insufferable Gayle King – Human shields Gayle, human shields.
After that I would look her straight in the eye and say – you are eating more than your fair share Gayle. Think of the children and stop that!
Why did she never utter these words when Hamas was sending rockets into Israel long before October 7. Israel thought of the children and civilians giving them time to escape before they launched a counter strike yet no Arab nation would take them.
Gale King should ask Queen Noor of Jordan or the President of Egypt why they closed their gates to these Arabs. Queen Noor deserves a special place in hell for calling for a cease fire but not allowing the children a safe harbor.
Well, the money both sides are using to kill each other comes from our taxes. If our government can’t be any more responsible than this, we should stop paying taxes and forbid the government to order the FED to print more money. I mean, if the government didn’t have any money, they couldn’t fund this stuff. The Palestinians would have to get jobs instead of relying on aid, Iran wouldn’t have the extra money to give to Hamas for weapons, the Israelis would still have a military, but it wouldn’t be as flush with cash. If that is what she wants, maybe she should suggest this.
Why is she blaming ME for this? Why doesn’t she complain about the people who contribute to this.
It is like the gun control people who want the government to take my guns. Sorry, but I did a background check on ‘the government’ and they failed. Just last week, they were caught running guns for the Mexican drug cartels…again. This time, they used diplomatic plates to skate through the border. I cannot, in good conscience, transfer firearms to them. I really can’t give them money either, but they keep threatening to put me in jail or shoot me if I don’t.
Her statement is simply stupid. All wars are political–they start because of political objectives and are prosecuted to political ends. Hamas’s invasion was a political act, designed to frustrate any Arab-Israel cooperation and to draw Hezbollah and Iran more closely into a conflict with Israel. The invasion also had the political objective of terrorizing Israel in a strategic sense, undercutting its national confidence and sense of security.
Israel is prosecuting the war to achieve definite political ends; specifically the end of Hamas and the elimination of the threat from Gaza, and a deterrence message to the rest of the Iranian proxies. At some point, the conflict will end, either by Israel achieving its goals, or by a reassessment of those goals (to ones that are already attained) as a result of the political pressure on Israel from the US, and perhaps some other states.
But to say that the conflict has somehow entered a political phase is idiotic. This was political from the beginning. See, von Clausewitz, “On War.”
Piling on Gayle King: