Why Is There So Much Anti-Americanism in America?

The attack on Israel by Hamas brought the anti-Americanism in America out into the open. We saw how members of “The Squad” in the U.S. House of Representatives took the side of Hamas. They cheered the attack on Israel and then called for a cease in the firing. In other words, they believe that Hamas should be able to attack Israel – largest number of Jews killed since the Holocaust – and Israel be unable to defend itself.

Hamas was designated by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization some years ago. Yet, elements in the government – such as President Joe Biden – are attempting to thwart Israel in their intended total destruction of Hamas. Biden wants to send millions of American taxpayers’ money to the “Palestinians” even while knowing that the money will go directly to Hamas. This means that Americans are actually funding both sides of the Israel-Hamas war.

This practice has been followed for years. However, this time seems to be different because of the anti-Americanism that has reared its ugly head into full view. Representative Chip Roy (R-Texas) said on Monday that it is time for America to stop funding radicals who hate American and it close ally Israel. This has been going on for at least a generation. Jarrett Stepman shared Roy’s remarks in an article in The Daily Signal. 

Roy spoke as part of a panel during a Heritage Foundation event, “Future of the U.S.-Israel Alliance at 75,” where he talked about Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel and the steps his fellow lawmakers need to take to defeat Islamists and radicals….

“The response should be overwhelming force, not just to send a message but to win,” Roy said. “Israel cannot back off and America cannot back off in its support of Israel, period.”

Roy said wars are messy and costly, a reality that should be lost on no one. He pointed out the violence of World War II, in which the United States heavily bombed both Japan and Germany.

Yet “there is a cost to allowing terrorist leadership of your country, he said, referring to Hamas as the ruling party of the Gaza Strip, from where it attacked Israel. “There’s a cost to it, and that’s what we are seeing in Gaza.”

The Texas congressman addressed the calls for a cease-fire in the latest Israel-Hamas war.

“There are human beings in the crossfire, but let’s remember that, let’s start with the human beings who were the targets, predominantly Jewish, Israeli citizens – some Americans – who were the targets of [the] terroristic, barbaric actions of Hamas,” Roy said.

Roy stressed that American leaders have made the situation worse by continuing to fund the same people who ultimately spark terrorist attacks. He spoke about his legislation to defund and make accountable the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, known as UNRWA.

He said that he will continue to push for defunding the agency as well as the United Nations Human Rights Council, “which is an absurd entity on its face.”

It’s ridiculous that the United States continues to fund explicitly anti-American organizations Roy said.

“If you can walk out of this room with at least one thing from my participation in this panel, [it] is why the hell do we fund the things that are destroying our country and undermining our freedom and own national security?” he said….

It’s not just the funding of international entities that is a problem, the Texas Republican said.

“This is all connected, by the way, to the funding of higher education,” he said.

Roy said there is a huge problem with pro-Hamas radicals on college campuses, saying: “You’re funding it, with your tax dollars and our borrowed dollars, you’re funding it” – to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

What American politicians continue to fund are institutions that teach young people to hate America and hate Western values and principles, the lawmaker said.

Roy pointed to his alma mater, the University of Virginia, calling it an “embarrassment.”

“Students for Justice in Palestine released a statement at UVA in support of Palestinian liberation, calling the brutal attack on Israel, quote, ‘a step toward a free Palestine,’” Roy said. “A professor at UVA offered extra credit for students attending a discussion about how to, quote, ‘stand in solidarity with Palestinians resisting occupation.’”

If it were only the University of Virginia, it would be a bad thing to happen in America. However, there were many universities that were home to protests by radicals who stood with Hamas. The response was so bad that donors have declared that they will no longer donate to universities. Also, employers are saying that they will not hire any of the radicals who were members of thirty groups signing a letter declaring that Israel was the bad man in this situation.

The protests by students and comments by their professors show that there is way too much anti-Americanism in America. If the protests are being led by foreign students in America on student visas, the visas should be cancelled and the students sent home. As far as I am concerned, anyone and everyone who does not love America should be sent home or forced to spend time in the nations that they are supporting.