Joe Biden's "peace through weakness" strategy isn't effective in deterring Iranian aggression.
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On Sunday, three American soldiers stationed in Jordan died in a drone attack. Another 30 were injured, some seriously. U.S. officials say the drone came from an Iran-backed militant group inside Syria. The base had a drone defense system, but it's possible soldiers mistakenly thought it was a returning U.S. drone.
"We know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq," Biden said.
The Houthis, another Iranian-backed group, have been attacking ships in the Red Sea since November, too. That's a huge deal because around 12 percent of global trade floats through there each year. Last Friday, the Houthis even fired a missile at the USS Carney, which shot it down.
Look at what Biden has done. He inherited a relatively peaceful Middle East from Donald Trump. Through the Abraham Accords, an alliance of Arab countries and Israel was banding together to stand against Iran and its aggression.
To the surprise of no one but the foreign policy "experts," appeasing terrorists didn't make them embrace the United States. It emboldened them. They view America and Biden as feeble and vulnerable.
Telling your enemy that you're uninterested in escalation makes it more likely they will continue to escalate.
Think of it this way. A 90-pound teenager hates a 200-pound MMA champion. The teen knows he would be crushed in a real fight, so he looks for chances to harass him. One evening, the MMA fighter is dressed up in a tuxedo for an awards show. It's raining and muddy when he steps outside. The teen is considering throwing rocks at the fighter.
Iranian leaders appear to believe that Biden is too feckless and incompetent to defend America or even her soldiers. Sadly, Biden has yet to prove them wrong.
Reprinted with permission from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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