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Biden sticks with policy of “concern” as Iran joins the Ukraine War

&NewLine;<p>Iran has moved in as a military ally to Russia in terms of the Ukraine War&period;&nbsp&semi; It started when the Supreme Leader in Tehran started selling drones to Russian President Putin – drones being used to commit war crimes on the innocent citizens of Ukraine&period;&nbsp&semi; There were then reports that Iran was sending personnel to the war zone to train Russian soldiers on the use of the drones – and even operating them on behalf of the Russian forces&period;&nbsp&semi; We more recently learned that Iran is building a drone manufacturing plant in Russia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the face of the increasing ties between the Madman of Moscow and the world’s number one terrorist in Tehran&comma; White House spokesman John Kirby said that the administration was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;concerned&period;”&nbsp&semi; Absence from the statement was any real reaction&period;&nbsp&semi; What is President Biden going to do about it&quest;&nbsp&semi; What is the counterpunch&quest;&nbsp&semi; On those essential questions&comma; we only hear crickets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Concern&quest;&nbsp&semi; That is the best Biden can offer in the face of a mounting threat from America’s enemies&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It may be that the greatest threat to American security and exceptionalism – and world leadership &&num;8212&semi; is not some bogus trumped-up ongoing coup attempt – or even millions of illegals crossing the southern border – but from a White House without a proactive foreign policy – without a steely-eyed willingness to confront America’s challenges and challengers across the globe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>America was once the essential leader of the world – the strongest military … the inspiring democracy … the greatest commercial enterprise … and the strongest military&period;&nbsp&semi; The strength of America’s leadership throughout the world was both perception and reality&period;&nbsp&semi; Today&comma; it is neither&period;&nbsp&semi; We may still have the largest and most powerful military in the world&comma; but it has been mothballed by an acquiescent foreign policy that has reached its nadir in the Biden administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Yes&comma; we are concerned – and we damn well should be&period;&nbsp&semi; But missing from the response is what we are going to do about it&period;&nbsp&semi; Concern &&num;8212&semi; and words of condemnation – are ineffective against aggression and belligerence&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>What can we do about Iran&quest;&nbsp&semi; More sanctions&quest;&nbsp&semi; Okay&period;&nbsp&semi; Terminate all negotiations over a nuclear deal&period;&nbsp&semi; Intercept shipments of drones and other weapons from Iran to Russia&period;&nbsp&semi; Provide support for the demonstrators in the streets of Iran to overthrow the regime they hate&period;&nbsp&semi; It may be time to give Israel the green light to attack Iranian drone factories and nuclear facilities&period; Time to up our support for Ukraine by imposing that no-fly zone&period;&nbsp&semi; Join the western nations in supplying a lot more weaponry and ammunition to the Ukraine military&period;&nbsp&semi; Authorize attacks of military targets inside Mother Russia – maybe even that new drone factory&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>I understand that such options scare the hell out of the globalist left and the isolationist right&period;&nbsp&semi; My challenge to them is to counter my offerings with their own proposals&period;&nbsp&semi; What would they do to push back against growing anti-Americanism in the world&quest; &nbsp&semi; Or are they stuck on &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;concern” as the only option&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After Obama failed to bring down Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad after promising to do so … and after Trump championed isolationism with the threat to pull out the American military from Iraq&comma; Syria&comma; South Korea&comma; and even Europe … Biden surrendered to terrorists in Afghanistan and responds to the Russian build up around Ukraine with nothing more than &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;concern&period;”&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>All the concern in the world – about the Ukraine War … about Iran joining in … about Kim Jong-un&&num;8217&semi;s new missiles that can reach the United States … about China’s new aggressiveness … about the suppression of democratic institutions in Hong Kong … about the violent suppression of the protests in Iran … about the crime plague in our major cities … about the millions of illegals entering America each year … about the drug epidemic … does nothing to stop any of it&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Concern should be the first step toward real resolution&period;&nbsp&semi; Not the final response&period;&nbsp&semi; Because of all the past failures to show leadership and to respond effectively&comma; we now have an alliance between two very dangerous adversaries&period;&nbsp&semi; And again&comma; the response from the Biden White house is … concern&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>So&comma; there &OpenCurlyQuote;tis&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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