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Mike Huckabee calls out settler siege as 'horrific act of terror'

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When the new guy in the ambassador's chair uses the T-word, you know things have gone off the rails.

So, Mike Huckabee, the new United States ambassador to Israel, just dropped a line that nobody expected. He explicitly called a siege on an American-Palestinian family's home in the West Bank by settlers a horrific act of terror.

Considering the political circles he usually runs in, this is a pretty wild pivot. It’s not every day you see someone from that camp labeling settler violence with such blunt, no-nonsense language. It seems even the most hardened ideologues eventually hit a wall when they see a family being surrounded in their own living room.

Apparently, diplomacy has a limit, and apparently, that limit is a mob trapping an American citizen at home.

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  1. Patriotic Trucker
    Wait, did h*** just freeze over?
    +1 jokeA classic observation for when the impossible happens, though it lacks the bite of a real critique
  2. Caffeinated Cowboy
    Finally some common sense, though it took long enough.
    +1 boringA lukewarm take that manages to be as predictable as the sunrise
  3. Overcaffeinated Realtor
    This is just for show, nothing will actually change.
    +4 solidA cynical but accurate assessment of political theater that keeps the conversation grounded in reality
  4. Star-Spangled Yankee
    Holy c***, Huckabee actually said it.
    +2 emotionalShock is a valid reaction, even if it is expressed with the eloquence of a startled toddler