He left the Iran nuclear agreement, imposed harsh sanctions on the regime, and punished its aggression with direct attacks on Iranian Republican Guard leaders, the most serious being the killing of Qassem Soleimani, head honcho of Iran's imperialist Quds Forces abroad. Now we have Joe Biden as Commander-in-Chief, whom ex Defense Secretary Robert Gates said "Has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades." So of course, Biden is returning to his old boss Obama's failed foreign policy on Iran.
This reverse of Trump's successful approach will accelerate the mullahs' development of nuclear weapons, even as it jeopardizes the security and interests of our regional allies like Saudi Arabia and Israel, both of which Iran has named as targets for annihilation, and both of whom Biden has snubbed.
Biden needs to take lessons from Israel, which in 2020 alone hit 50 targets in Syria not just to retaliate for aggression, but to preempt future attacks from Iran's proxies.
Iran has scorned Biden's outreach to start negotiations over the JCPOA; blew off an EU meeting on reviving the nuclear plan, a meeting that Biden publicly committed the U.S. to attend; denied the International Atomic Energy Agency's inspectors access to nuclear facilities; and is threatening to enrich uranium to the 60% weapons-grade level.
Iran remains adamant that there will be no negotiated settlement and no concessions unless all its demands are met, which means a return to the old flawed agreement, and a removal of Trump's punitive sanctions that had Iran on the ropes.
Biden's blunders matter because Iran isn't just America's or Israel's problem.
They have created financial work-arounds to help Iran avoid sanctions, and refused to put their economic weight behind Trump's policy of maximum pressure on the regime.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Biden Returns to Obama's Feckless Foreign Policy
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