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by Victor Davis Hanson
“On the eve of the October 7 massacres, National Security Advisor bragged in an essay that his Mideast portfolio was ‘quieter than it has been for decades.’ Now we are on the verge of a multifront Middle East war. How did Joe Biden inherit a decades-long regional calm and turn it into a precursor to a gargantuan war? 1. Talk loudly and carry a twig. Issue hollow Obama-like ‘redlines’ or serial Biden threats to aggressive enemies like the vapid ‘Don’t!’ Witness a U.S. President who works a 3-day week, struggles to read a teleprompter, and shouts more at conservative Americans than at America’s enemies. 2. Destroy hard-won deterrence. Abruptly [sic] pull out of Afghanistan.” [editor’s note: Biden delayed the withdrawal well beyond Trump’s far more than properly noticed date agreement. Nothing “abrupt” about it; in fact, it was 20 years overdue – TLK] (04/15/24)