It might be time for ‘Squad’ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to read a history book.
During a Tuesday interview on The Majority Report, AOC eagerly agreed with host Sam Seder’s suggestion that TikTok and YouTube were succeeding where mainstream media had failed in presenting the “truth” of what is happening in Gaza.
“This is our Vietnam. This is our, not just like in terms of the party, but this is just our country’s Vietnam. And what I think a lot of people do not yet understand is they think that some of these hemorrhages are maybe ideological. They think maybe it is like an ethnic thing,” AOC said.
“I don’t think there is appreciation yet about how generationally radicalizing this moment is, and how shocked people are at how far just like the general inertia is willing to go, as if we’re not seeing what’s happening right before our very eyes.”
She also went on her usual rant of accusing Israel of “genocide” and argued that Democrats need to work harder in undermining Israel’s defense efforts if it wants to strengthen young voters and “reinstate an order around human rights.”
Of course, AOC’s strained historical parallel conveniently ignores key differences between the two conflicts. While American forces deployed halfway around the world to wage a complex proxy war in Vietnam, Israel is defending its citizens from a terrorist organization that massacred 1,200 civilians, still holding over 100 hostages, and operates from bases deliberately embedded within Gaza’s civilian infrastructure.
Furthermore, Israel values human life whether Jewish or not. Before conducting strikes in Gaza, the IDF employs every effort to minimize civilian casualties through advance warnings, evacuation notices, and precision targeting. No one in Vietnam provided the same courtesy nor does Hamas who uses their own civilians as human shields and ransacks incoming humanitarian aid at gunpoint.
For AOC, who has repeatedly called for a ceasefire and arms embargo against Israel since October 7, historical accuracy appears to take a backseat to proliferating antisemitic lies. Perhaps a refresher course in 20th-century history is in order.
