Biden Responds ‘Yes’ to Delaying Israel’s Ground Invasion — But White House Claims He Didn’t Hear Question!

When asked Friday if Israel should delay its imminent ground invasion of Gaza, Joe Biden responded “yes.”

During a press conference a reporter asked Biden if Israel should “delay the ground invasion until you can get more hostages out?” 

Biden said “yes,” but the White House quickly walked back Biden’s comment, claiming he didn’t hear the question.

Biden, who got to use the big stairs to board AF1 tonight, says “yes” when asked if Israel should delay its ground invasion.

He is now heading off to the beach. pic.twitter.com/kJYA09QNQY

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 21, 2023

“The president was far away. He didn’t hear the full question,” said White House Communication Director Ben LaBolt.

“The question sounded like ‘Would you like to see more hostages released?’ He wasn’t commenting on anything else,” he added.

Chalk this up to another instance of the White House calibrating Biden’s foreign policy in real time.

This comes as the Biden White House asked Congress on Friday for $100 billion in emergency aid that will send the bulk of the money to Ukraine, followed by the border, allies in the Indo-Pacific, and $14 billion to Israel to fight against Hamas.

Geopolitical expert and journalist Robert D. Kaplan said Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza will be far deadlier than the “absolute hell” US Marines experienced in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004.

“I see this as just absolute hell and magnified by many times,” he said, drawing from his time being embedded with Marines during the Fallujah assault.

“Based on what I experienced in Fallujah is that because you’re dealing with hardened, as we know, well-trained and disciplined adversaries, this can’t be anything but a mess.”

“Keep in mind that Fallujah at the time was far less densely populated than Gaza is now. It had no underground tunnels or anything like that,” he said. “It was nothing like apartment houses right next to each other which you have in Gaza City. I don’t see how it can be done.”

However, the Biden White House doesn’t seem too concerned about that or about stepping up to negotiate a way toward peace.