"The assassination, which took place in Iraq, was a devastating blow to Iran’s ability to conduct terrorist operations and was a signal that the US was unwilling to sit back and take blows to our interests. Biden, instead, has signaled weakness time and again."
"Alternate histories are always speculative, so I cannot prove my assertion.
"But let’s face it, most rational people know–even if they won’t admit it–that Biden has been extraordinarily weak when it comes to foreign policy.
"Putin had good reason to believe that Biden would be, if anything, weaker than Obama. He had demonstrated that fact in Afghanistan and his policy of appeasement toward Iran. Obama had an unerringly bad strategic sense, but he also liked killing America’s enemies. Biden was weak on every level.
"Trump, on the other hand, sent weapons to Ukraine during his term, making clear that he was willing to support the country in its conflict with Russia. We will never know what Trump would have done if Putin invaded Ukraine in a second Trump term, but neither would Putin. He probably would have waited for a more predictable and weaker president.
"Strength is the essence of deterrence, the best way to avoid military conflict with adversaries. Biden couldn’t deter a puppy.
"He obviously can’t deter Iran because Biden has been obsessed with appeasing them. Even his Iran envoy was an actual Iranian spy. His administration still has Iranophiles." . . .
On the subject of Biden and the Middle East: Omar: US Gov't 'Will Only Do What the Somalians in the US Tell Them to Do' – HotAir
"Whom does Ilhan Omar serve as a member of the House of Representatives? Depends on who you ask … and where the Minneapolis Democrat is speaking, apparently. At a recent event in her home district among fellow Somalians, Omar asserted that Somalia was her top priority in Congress, and that she intended to make sure that the US government “will do only what Somalians in the US tell them to do.' ”
Ilhan Omar Speech on Representing Somalia in Congress Goes Viral With Calls to Expel Her From the House | The Gateway Pundit | by Kristinn Taylor . . ."YouTube transcript of an excerpt of the speech (lightly edited for formatting):
A lot of people call me asking: Ilhan You should talk to the US gov. What will the US gov do? My answer was the US gov will do what we tell it to do. We should have that confidence as Somalis. We live in this country We pay its taxes. It is the country where your own daughter is a congresswoman. As long as I am in the congress, others will not take Somalia’s territorial waters. The US gov will not support others to take what’s ours. So don’t worry about that dear Minnesota. You got your lady in the congress. She is well aware and feel what you’re feeling. As for President Hassan Sheikh (of Somalia) I’m saying: we are very happy because of you. Because of the great work you did. You have showed Somalis and others that no matter how much problems we have as Somalis, we are capable people. We are people who know their country. People that never in their history….(inaudible) people that their country can never be put in danger. So want to congratulate the people of Minnesota and Somalis everywhere for sticking together (like my uncle said). And also how all of you stood by our President Because he needs all of us to stand by him.
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