Curt posted a link to a NYT editorial, "Hamas Bears the Blame for Every Death in This War." (see link)
When word of the rape of innocent Israeli women, the murder of more than 1,000, including the beheading of Israeli EFFINinfants, the kidnapping of hundreds of civilians, SS was a fair microcosm of the American reaction, which was diverse.
Mostly OD but pb and Curt also were passing on updated reporting from the scene. I sensed horror among them that these things could... DID... happen.
On the other hand, Donna was quick to point out the horror of Israel turning off the fresh water faucet to Gaza. po quickly chimed in that it was EFFINIsrael that had committed the War Crime...
...and, honestly our progressives on SS were mellow in their Anti-Israel rhetoric. There were rallies in significantly Muslim communities and on dozens of university campuses demonstrating, protesting that Israel was fully responsible for the terrorism perpetrated on its own innocent citizens.
MSNBC preached the Anti-Israel gospel of our progressives enthusiastically until the ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt confronted... and, let me tell the truth... the MORONS on MSNBC’s MORNING JOE... and asked the Joe on-air gang and the people who run the show, "who is writing (your) scripts!?"
If you haven't seen it, watch the video. It is pure truth.
Interestingly, Greenblatt was speaking for OD and pb here and the political right in general...
...and, from then on, Donna and po, quieted down. They stopped the Israeli War Crimes rants. Donna, at least admitted that she opposes mass rape and the beheading of babies. These days. They're silent. Embarrassed maybe?
Wall Street organized a backlash against Harvard students who signed on to its students' formal statement blaming Israel for every atrocity. Many of the once vociferous Harvard Israel blamers have backtracked...even apologized.
Joe Biden's string pullers have him standing with Israel, though not confronting Iran.
Conventional Wisdom has shifted. Were po to try po's former Israeli War Crime argument today, even po, I think, would be ashamed.
Amazing, actually.
The narrative has changed.