While Joe Biden has been saying he stands rock solid with Israel, he's already made clear that isn't quite true. As we reported, during a "60 Minutes" interview, he threw them somewhat under the bus when he said he thought it would be a "big mistake" if they occupied Gaza. 

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“I think it’d be a big mistake,” Biden said about an occupation.

"Look, what happened in Gaza, in my view, is Hamas and the extreme elements of Hamas don’t represent all the Palestinian people. And I think that it would be a mistake for Israel to occupy Gaza again.” 

That's trying to hem Israel in in and cut off their legs, saying well, you can respond to the terrorists but not then giving them free rein to do so. So exactly how is that standing rock solid with them when you are already chopping down their options to fully take out the enemy that wants to eradicate them? 

"Extreme elements of Hamas?" Are there non-extreme elements of a terroristic organization? What is he even talking about?  Either you believe Hamas should be eliminated or you do not; you don't play these splitting hair games. While there are good and bad consequences of occupation, if you do stand with Israel, you support them in defending themselves fully.  Hamas is an existential threat to Israel's existence. If they don't fully deal with them now, they're in deep trouble, as all the bad actors are assembling to do Israel in. 

Biden's brain seemed to freeze up halfway through as he incongruously threw Hezbollah into the equation. This is the best they can get from him, even in a pre-recorded and edited segment from liberal media. 

Then Biden repeated more of what he had said about getting aid to the people in Gaza. Earlier in the week in Philadephia, he had said that he wanted to surge support to them. He repeated that during the "60 Minutes" interview. He said he wanted to make sure that humanitarian supplies were brought in. 

“There’s a standard that democratic institutions and countries go by,” he said. “I’m confident that there’s gonna be an ability for the innocents in Gaza to be able to have access to medicine and food and water.”

So, is that going to go to civilians or be appropriated by Hamas to help their cause? 

We've seen before that Hamas has used "aid" -- to aid them in their fighting. 

But the weakness here and the cutting the legs off of Israel has to embolden Iran. They know that only Israel will be held to account to act with "fairness." If their supporters point out civilian problems, they'll keep getting this movement from Biden. Yet it's Israel advising people to leave the war zone for their safety and Hamas saying they should stay because they don't care about them.  

Biden doesn't seem to have the sense to understand that this pivot or undercutting is the wrong move at this point. But unfortunately, we have a very impaired leader at the switch, and that's a very troubling prospect for future action.