We can all agree that losing a son or daughter is a tragedy that no decent person wishes on a parent.
That said, when that parent is the president of the most powerful nation on earth, and he deals with tragedies of much greater magnitude on a regular basis, he has to keep his own loss in perspective, rather than regularly, often outrageously, comparing the burdens of others to his own.
But such is the problematic case of President Joe Biden and his late son, Beau. The oldest son of the current president died in 2015, at the age of 46, after a battle with brain cancer. This is, indeed, a heartbreaking thing for anyone to endure.
As of early Wednesday morning, hundreds of Israelis — men, women and children — were known to have been murdered amid the carnage caused by the terrorist group Hamas and its massive attack Saturday on the Jewish state. A CNN report, citing the Israeli Embassy in the U.S., put the number at more than 1,000. At least 14 of the dead were Americans.
Meanwhile, between 100 and 150 hostages are believed to be held in Gaza by the terrorist group — some of them American citizens, according to The Associated Press.
Israel is preparing a massive retaliation upon the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and there are worries this could escalate into a wider war, particularly since Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced he had “released all restraints” on Israel Defense Forces.
The Israeli cabinet on Sunday issued the country’s first declaration of war in more than 50 years.
Now was not the time to talk about the death of Beau Biden. So, in true Joe Biden fashion, the president essentially did just that.
In remarks on the terrorist attacks given Tuesday, Biden said that “Americans across the country are praying for all those families that have been ripped apart” and that “a lot of us know how it feels.
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