“The world is in shock as a murderous terrorist state ignores the warnings of a helpless old man.”
It was a satirical site Babylon Bee Headline Iran fired hundreds of missiles at Israel, despite President Biden’s stern warning to Iran to “stop.”
It must be difficult to become a satirical site, since this regime is barely a parody. Iran is, needless to say, a murderous terrorist state.
And he ignored Biden’s warnings. (The same goes for Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2022.)
After the attack, and going beyond parody, the Biden administration’s main efforts have been directed toward calling on Israel not to retaliate.
That is correct. Israel has raped, tortured, murdered and kidnapped more than 1,000 of its citizens, has been subjected to massive missile attacks, and has been told to “restraint”.
Are there any other countries around the world that have faced this type of attack and been told to exercise restraint?
The Biden administration has organized G7 leaders to demand that Israel not respond.
Is this incompetence or corruption?
As the girl in the taco commercial says, “Why not both?”
Biden’s people are certainly unimpressive, to say the least.
But there are also selfish reasons for their policies.
Mr. Biden does not want to openly side with Iran, which most Americans – correctly – consider an enemy of the United States and civilization in general.
Meanwhile, Minnesota and the battleground state of Michigan are home to many immigrants who chant “Death to Israel” and sometimes “Death to America,” and Biden will need their votes to win in November. (And they know it.)
Moreover, there is a good chance that Israeli retaliatory strikes could hit Iranian oil export facilities, which could push up oil and even gasoline prices this summer and hurt Biden’s re-election chances. be.
So Biden is trying to have it both ways.
While he wants to avoid any obvious moves that would antagonize Americans or Jewish donors who don’t trust Iran, he wants to avoid any obvious moves by Israel to antagonize Americans or Jewish donors who don’t trust Iran, while also making sure Israel doesn’t respond to its attack with a clear and logical response. I’m thinking of not taking it.
It’s not clear whether this is working or not.
“Biden gained nothing by trying to have it both ways. A major war is no longer inevitable,” national security expert Richard Fernandez tweeted. “The failure came from above. We need a new strategy. The old one is dead.”
Well, this is our own responsibility. “Our own” is Biden’s responsibility, and before that, the Obama-Biden administration.
In 2009, it seemed possible that protests would shake Iran’s government and overthrow the ruling mullahs in favor of a freer, more democratic government.
However, the Obama administration clearly failed to assist the protesters.
Instead, we chose to pursue a “deal” with Iran in which we financed Iran and gave it a promise not to develop nuclear weapons until it was actually able to do so. .
(Well, the administration’s wording isn’t accurate, but that’s the gist.)
Since Biden entered the White House and effectively instituted Obama’s third term, US policy has also shifted toward Iran.
It seems clear that his team will attack Israel more harshly if it thinks Israel can avoid problems domestically.
On the other hand, one bright spot is that the majority of Arab countries support Israel over Iran, and while the Israelis do not want to take over their country, they correctly believe that the Iranians do. Thing.
The emergence of a powerful nuclear-armed Iran will not please neighboring countries.
So countries like Jordan actually shot down Iranian cruise missiles that passed through their airspace on the way to Israel, and countries like Saudi Arabia provided information for Israel.
This is a major shift, reinforced by the Trump-era Abraham Accords, which brought together a regional anti-Iran coalition that included Israel and Arab states.
For decades, presidents have promised to bring peace between the two countries.
Donald Trump actually did it, and it was surprisingly poorly received.
Mr. Biden argued in 2020 that if Mr. Trump was re-elected, it would lead to a war with Iran and destabilize the region.
In fact, we didn’t get into any new wars under Trump, but that can’t be said for Biden.
The truth is that our foreign policy is run by incompetent people who are philandering at best.
We need new leadership. Can I get it?
Glenn Harlan Reynolds is a law professor at the University of Tennessee and the founder of the InstaPundit.com blog.
