Victor Davis Hanson
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Everybody knows they're being released, as you said, Megan, because Trump is coming in. But Biden officially will be in office at least when the first iterations start. So he's responsible. And then when you get the hostages out and Israel gets out, Hamas will break all of their commitments. Everybody knows that. And at that point, they have no more leverage over anybody.
Everybody knows they're being released, as you said, Megan, because Trump is coming in. But Biden officially will be in office at least when the first iterations start. So he's responsible. And then when you get the hostages out and Israel gets out, Hamas will break all of their commitments. Everybody knows that. And at that point, they have no more leverage over anybody.
Everybody knows they're being released, as you said, Megan, because Trump is coming in. But Biden officially will be in office at least when the first iterations start. So he's responsible. And then when you get the hostages out and Israel gets out, Hamas will break all of their commitments. Everybody knows that. And at that point, they have no more leverage over anybody.
And Israel is going to be under the Trump administration free to retaliate as it sees fit. I think that's what the Trump people are thinking. But I'm afraid that in the process, there's going to be a lot of damage done, even though I want all the hostages, as everybody does, to be released.
And Israel is going to be under the Trump administration free to retaliate as it sees fit. I think that's what the Trump people are thinking. But I'm afraid that in the process, there's going to be a lot of damage done, even though I want all the hostages, as everybody does, to be released.
And Israel is going to be under the Trump administration free to retaliate as it sees fit. I think that's what the Trump people are thinking. But I'm afraid that in the process, there's going to be a lot of damage done, even though I want all the hostages, as everybody does, to be released.
But they're going to let a lot of terrorists out, and they're going to have to get out before they've destroyed Hamas. And I think they could destroy Hamas if they went into the last areas of Gaza, which they won't be able to do.
But they're going to let a lot of terrorists out, and they're going to have to get out before they've destroyed Hamas. And I think they could destroy Hamas if they went into the last areas of Gaza, which they won't be able to do.
But they're going to let a lot of terrorists out, and they're going to have to get out before they've destroyed Hamas. And I think they could destroy Hamas if they went into the last areas of Gaza, which they won't be able to do.
Yeah. And Biden, what Biden is trying to do is use the... And that's what they've been doing all along with Iran and everybody else. They're using the ascent of Donald Trump and his...
Yeah. And Biden, what Biden is trying to do is use the... And that's what they've been doing all along with Iran and everybody else. They're using the ascent of Donald Trump and his...
Yeah. And Biden, what Biden is trying to do is use the... And that's what they've been doing all along with Iran and everybody else. They're using the ascent of Donald Trump and his...
restoration as a lever and saying you know what they're thinking to themselves trump will do and say things we can't do and we're going to use him to get a last minute deal and trump is kind of using them and he said i'm going to be ronald reagan and they're going to be jimmy carter and they're going to release the hostages because i'm coming in so that's the matrix but uh i think
restoration as a lever and saying you know what they're thinking to themselves trump will do and say things we can't do and we're going to use him to get a last minute deal and trump is kind of using them and he said i'm going to be ronald reagan and they're going to be jimmy carter and they're going to release the hostages because i'm coming in so that's the matrix but uh i think
restoration as a lever and saying you know what they're thinking to themselves trump will do and say things we can't do and we're going to use him to get a last minute deal and trump is kind of using them and he said i'm going to be ronald reagan and they're going to be jimmy carter and they're going to release the hostages because i'm coming in so that's the matrix but uh i think
Everybody expects that the people they release will be right back in as the apparat that restores Hamas.
Everybody expects that the people they release will be right back in as the apparat that restores Hamas.
Everybody expects that the people they release will be right back in as the apparat that restores Hamas.
They're all Hamas people, and they're going to go right back and reform Hamas, and they're going to be free to do it because Israel will be withdrawn, there's going to be a ceasefire, and then the money's going to pour in, they're going to steal it, UN money, Gulf money, and they're going to start in on it again.
They're all Hamas people, and they're going to go right back and reform Hamas, and they're going to be free to do it because Israel will be withdrawn, there's going to be a ceasefire, and then the money's going to pour in, they're going to steal it, UN money, Gulf money, and they're going to start in on it again.