Oh, “say can you see . . . the rockets red glare, and the bombs bursting in air,” upon the children of Gaza. The UN Human Rights Office estimates there are 19,000 dead children, while Save the Children reveals that “more than 10 children on average have lost one or both of their legs every day in Gaza since October 7.” What horror, fear, and trauma these families and their children have faced from unbelievable violence which the U.S. has supported with its shipments to Israel of weaponry and ammunition. UNICEF “says all 1.1 million children in Gaza are in desperate need of mental health assistance.” Can Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin, and Jake Sullivan, imagine the terror these children face on almost a daily basis?

The world will not soon forget what the “home of the free and the brave” have done in supporting a full scale genocide in Gaza. CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations), stated that the Biden administration must take responsibility for the horrific increase in amputees in children. CAIR’s national director, Nihad Awad said: “For more than a year, Biden has remained unmoved by the far-right Israeli government’s systemic campaign of slaughter, ethnic cleansing, forced starvation, and mass destruction that he unfortunately supported and excused.” Joe Biden’s unconditional support for Israel’s war crimes and crimes against humanity will not be ignored by historians and young voters. What America has done in Gaza, especially to children, is unspeakable.

William Thomas

Manchester