Following Iran’s “unprecedented and historic” attack on Israel, former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe warned of a “long list” of deterrence failures committed by the Biden administration.
During an appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures,” Ratcliffe claimed that the Biden administration’s “rift” relationship with Israel is emboldening Iran to attack Israel, a claim echoed by many Americans. .
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has claimed that the Biden administration “mishandled” the aftermath of Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel. (Fox News)
John Ratcliffe: The words people continue to use to describe this attack are unprecedented, and they are exactly that. But that’s why it’s ironic that we find ourselves in the all-too-familiar position of talking about the Biden administration’s long list of deterrence failures. Of course, there’s the failure to stop President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and the failure of the Biden administration’s empty talking points after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, saying, “Stop it.” And the response to that was, you know, over 170 attacks on U.S. forces. And it clearly didn’t work, as three Americans died and there were dozens of traumatic brain injuries. That’s why I feel like those same empty words and threats… Biden administration: “Stop it” It was used last week after Israel overthrew an Revolutionary Guards general. Mohammad Zahedi was the architect of the October 7 attack.
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And again it didn’t work. An unprecedented attack by 300 drones, missiles and rockets, including cruise and ballistic missiles. So you mentioned the fact that the good work of the Israelis, the British, the Jordanians, the United States in responding to this and shooting down most of those threats and minimizing the damage was recognized. But the response is not as good as the prevention. And Donald Trump was right to say that he believed he could have prevented this, and that the Israelis could have prevented this.
They were understandably as surprised and upset as I was. The seed of this deterrence failure was in Joe Biden’s response to Zahedi’s attack in Damascus, where the Biden administration not only remained silent, but immediately came out and said: The US was not involved in this. And it sends a message to Iran and the rest of the world that the United States is not on Israel’s side, that the United States is reluctant to support Israel on this issue, and that this is a sign of the future rift in the relationship between the United States and Israel. It actually shows what is happening.and I think that encouraged Iran.. And as one former Iranian intelligence official told me last night, with friends like Joe Biden, Israel doesn’t need more enemies.
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