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Iran attacked Israel again, launching hundreds of missiles at the Jewish state, targeting 10 million civilians. Kamala Harris quickly made a cameo at the White House to meet with the national security team in the Situation Room, and later issued a public statement about the attack.
Her public statement ought to have been a key moment for her as vice president—one where she projected strength, confidence, and resolve. Instead, her delivery only exposed a dangerous sense of weakness, confusion, and a lack of real leadership. For someone who’d been in the Situation Room next to President Biden, supposedly directing a response to an international crisis, she came across as unprepared and scared, as though she had no idea what she was even talking about.
“I’m clear-eyed,” she began. “Iran is a destabilizing, dangerous force in the Middle East, and today’s attack on Israel only further demonstrates that fact.” This was meant to sound resolute, but instead, it sounded painfully scripted as she mostly kept her eyes downward at her prepared remarks.
I’m not sure what she was trying to get across by saying she was “clear-eyed.” The phrase felt forced and unatural, like she was trying to convince herself more than anyone else. Does she even grasp the gravity of what’s happening, or is she just repeating lines fed to her?
She continued, “Earlier today, I was in the Situation Room with President Biden and our national security team as we monitored the attack in real time.
