Biden is what he's always been...an amoral, political animal. His reaction to the deaths of our service personnel and the general attacks on our forces in the region is tied to how he feels he'll be viewed in the polls, and by the interest groups who support him. As a result, our counter strikes are only going to give the appearance of deterrence but have no substantive effect on the Iranians...sort of a kinetic version of his squinty eyed, scowling Clint Eastwood impersonation: "Don't, don't, don't." He's afraid of what they might do to us and the bad publicity he might get if they retaliate, rather than making them be afraid of us. The cowardice of this Administration is palpable.
I don't think we'll ever know the real reasons for it, but Obama/Biden have some sort of fixation on showing Iran that WE'RE not a threat to THEM. They've lifted sanctions and shoveled billions of dollars to the Iranians in the delusional hope that they'll wake up one morning and like us. And what's been our ROI for this largesse? The Iranians have used these billions to fund their nuclear weapons program and the proxies they arm and train to kill our personnel as they try to chase us out of the region.
Robert Gates was right about him. But Biden has always imagined himself as a foreign policy "expert," a wise sage, and he's surrounded by Obamaites who are equally "expert" at always choosing the course of action that disadvantages the US, makes us look weak, and advances our enemie's interests.
Biden may be a mediocre dullard, but he's also a man possessed of stupidity and arrogance - which is a dangerous combination for someone with so much power. He failed upward and attained the highest office in this Country. We'll be paying the price for his 50 years of "public service" for many years to come.
You can tell that Biden and Austin really mean and intend to protect the lives our brothers and sisters put on the line as their dentures were in when they mouther the words that you indicated . These weren't just lip-synched words, there was real teeth behind them , wasn't there ?
As you stated, John, the key understanding what is really going on is to watch what they do, not what they say.
Biden is what he's always been...an amoral, political animal. His reaction to the deaths of our service personnel and the general attacks on our forces in the region is tied to how he feels he'll be viewed in the polls, and by the interest groups who support him. As a result, our counter strikes are only going to give the appearance of deterrence but have no substantive effect on the Iranians...sort of a kinetic version of his squinty eyed, scowling Clint Eastwood impersonation: "Don't, don't, don't." He's afraid of what they might do to us and the bad publicity he might get if they retaliate, rather than making them be afraid of us. The cowardice of this Administration is palpable.
I don't think we'll ever know the real reasons for it, but Obama/Biden have some sort of fixation on showing Iran that WE'RE not a threat to THEM. They've lifted sanctions and shoveled billions of dollars to the Iranians in the delusional hope that they'll wake up one morning and like us. And what's been our ROI for this largesse? The Iranians have used these billions to fund their nuclear weapons program and the proxies they arm and train to kill our personnel as they try to chase us out of the region.
Robert Gates was right about him. But Biden has always imagined himself as a foreign policy "expert," a wise sage, and he's surrounded by Obamaites who are equally "expert" at always choosing the course of action that disadvantages the US, makes us look weak, and advances our enemie's interests.
Biden may be a mediocre dullard, but he's also a man possessed of stupidity and arrogance - which is a dangerous combination for someone with so much power. He failed upward and attained the highest office in this Country. We'll be paying the price for his 50 years of "public service" for many years to come.
You can tell that Biden and Austin really mean and intend to protect the lives our brothers and sisters put on the line as their dentures were in when they mouther the words that you indicated . These weren't just lip-synched words, there was real teeth behind them , wasn't there ?