I will admit that I have never thought much of the intelligence of the members of the congressional ‘squad’ of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and their fellow travelers. I’ve referred to them as the ‘squadristi’, the singular being ‘squadrista,’ which is what the Italians called Benito Mussolini’s ‘Black Shirts,’ because their policies call for fascistic control.

But Mrs Tlaib seems determined to prove that either she is an ignorant twit, or she believes the rest of us are. The “unbossed congresswoman, Detroiter, Palestinian American Muslima” as she describes herself in her Twitter bio, tweeted:

From the river to the sea is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction, or hate. My work and advocacy is always centered in justice and dignity for all people no matter faith or ethnicity.

We could all see that the Hamas invaders who attacked southern Israel didn’t seem to have “peaceful coexistence” on their minds on October 7^th, did they? Continue reading →