Walter Russell Mead: The Obama-Biden Policy
on Iran Led to Hamas-Israel War
Posted By: Dreadnought, 10/18/2023 1:12:56 AM
Wall Street Journalist columnist Walter Russell Mead published a column Monday in which he argues that the policy of trying to appease Iran, followed by Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, led directly to the Hamas terror attack on Israel and the war. While Biden is currently showing strong support for Israel, saying it has a “duty” to destroy Hamas, and sending two aircraft carriers to deter Iran from expanding the conflict, his policies encouraged terror after four years of calm under Donald Trump. Mead writes: Even now, Team Biden does not seem to have internalized the reality that the American policy of “conciliate to evacuate”
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He started not being aware that the was live on the air, so there was this awkward pause. But that's typical Joe; he always seems to have some difficulty.
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