No. of Recommendations: 2
We forget that this has been a thing for most of Biden's presidency:
https://apnews.com/article/what-was-the-outcome-of...What's also been a thing is Biden's disengagement:
The Biden administration, which had hoped to extricate the U.S. from the region’s intractable conflicts to focus on a rising China and climate change, was caught flat-footed and has now been dragged back into the dispiriting role of Mideast mediator.
From the start of the latest war, the U.S. repeatedly affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself while quietly encouraging cease-fire efforts. On Wednesday, however, President Joe Biden told Netanyahu he wanted to see a “significant de-escalation.”Talking out of both sides of your mouth was a hallmark of Obama-era foreign policy also. When you don't mean anything you say...pretty soon people don't listen to you.
https://www.heritage.org/middle-east/commentary/jo...Contrast the above to the green light Trump gave the Israelis to PLAY OFFENSE.
This latest Gaza War demonstrated that Biden has no influence over this death. By jumping back into talks to reenter the Iran Deal, he abandoned all leverage over Tehran. And the now emboldened Iran sees an aggressive Hamas as a valuable tool for attacking Israel. The Biden administration has further aggravated matters by reinstating support for UNRWA, the UN relief organization that is little more than an enabler for Hamas’ grip on power in Gaza.
Another problem for Biden, Schanzer points out, are supporters of Hamas and antisemitic voices in the president’s own political party. They have coalesced into a black hole, pulling Democratic politicians away from the historic bipartisan consensus for the U.S.-Israeli strategic partnership.
Biden has weakened his own hand in the Middle East at the moment Israel finds itself saddled with a weak coalition government, united by little more than a common concern over the threat posed by Iran and the fear of instability in the Palestinian communities in Gaza and the West bank.Bear in mind this was written...in
2022.
Who the American President it matters.
