Green Lights and Blank Checks

 

Today on The Blindspot, I dig into the collapse of strategic restraint in the Israel–Hamas war—how Biden’s political vulnerability gave Hamas unexpected leverage by pressuring Israel into ceasefire talks, and how Trump’s return to power snapped Israel’s leash entirely. I break down Hamas’s October 7th attack as a calculated, if doomed, attempt to shatter a decaying status quo and reignite global relevance, and I examine how moral outrage has replaced coherent strategy in much of the pro-Palestinian response. This episode is about power, consequence, and what happens when war is no longer managed but simply pursued—relentlessly, and without oversight.