LOS ANGELES.–President Joe Biden, 81, got more push-back from Iran’s 84-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, when its Islmaic Resistance proxy group attacked a U.S.-allied Kurdish al-Omar base in eastern province Deir el-Zour, killing six Kurdish fighters. Ayatollah’s latest attack on the U.S. or its allies stems from U.S. and U.K attacks on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, currently retaliating for recent U.S. retaliation for a Jan. 28 strike on base Tower 22 in Jordan, killing three U.S. soldiers, injuring 40. Biden finds himself in quicksand, unable to convince Ayatollah that attacking U.S. or its allies comes with a price. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, 61, and 45-year-old National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan find themselves dog-paddling trying to keep their heads above water dealing with stepped up tensions in the Mideast because of the ongoing Israeli-Hamas War.
Biden dispatched Blinken back to Israel to trying to get some kind of deal to return Israeli hostages from Hamas in exchange for another temporary ceasefire. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows there can be no compromise with terrorists, something the White House tries to do with pressure from the Arab lobby in the Democrat Party. Arab American groups in Michigan have threatened to boycott Biden’s primary because of his support for Israel after Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis Oct. 7, 2023 taking another 250 hostage. Netanyahu is still dealing from the political fallout, leaving Israel vulnerable to a brazen Hamas attack planned for nearly two years. Israelis are asking how it was possible for Israel’s Mossad and Shin-Bet security services couldn’t to stop the atrocity. Arab American groups have accused Israel of genocide for its war against Hamas.
When you look at current retaliation from Ayatollah’s proxy groups, it show, as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said yesterday on “Fox News Sunday” that Iran no longer fears the United States. Graham, who, like Biden, is a Sen. John McCain (R-Az.)-styled war hawk, urged Biden to go after the Ayatollah directly. Biden’s handlers are concerned about a former President Jimmy Carter disaster during an Election Year. Carter ordered a hostage rescue mission in the summer of 1980 while running against President Ronald Reagan. When the hostage rescue mission backfired, Carter was repaid on Election Day, handing Reagan the biggest landslide in U.S. election history. Biden walks on thin ice for his reelection with recent polls showing his vulnerabilities. One mistake now could hand the election to presumptive GOP nominee, 77-year-old former President Donald Trump.
Ayatollah isn’t likely to change anything, allowing his proxy forces to attack the U.S. and its allies indefinitely until Biden acts decisively, hitting Iran. Biden fears a war with Iran, adding to his paralyzed foreign policy, funding a reckless proxy war in Ukraine against the Kremlin. Biden’s proxy war in Ukraine is on the line in the U.S. Congress where House conservatives led by 52-year-old House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) seeks to de-fund the Ukraine War. Biden’s proxy war against the Kremlin has paralyzed U.S. foreign policy and national security, destroying decades of diplomacy, détente and arms control with the Russian Federation. Biden could use 71-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin’s help in containing a rogue Iran trying to dominate the Middle East. Yet Biden continues his Ukraine War wreaking havoc on U.S. national security.
Striking various Iranian-backed proxy
groups doesn’t stop the Ayatollah from carrying out his hegemony in the
Middle East and Horn of Africa. Iranian armed-and-funded Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen have created mayhem for years, recently attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Hitting U.S.-backed Kurds in Syria with a drone strike today shows that no one is immune to Iranian-backed attacks. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said yesterday that the Ayatollah funds, arms and orders rebel groups to attack U.S. and allied targets. Cameron said the Ayatollah must accept responsibility, meaning he must pay for his state-sponsored terrorism. Without hitting Iran directly, the Ayatollah will continue funding-and-arming proxy groups to attack the U.S. and its allies, turning global commerce into a nightmare in international waters.
Biden’s handlers are too worried about the president’s reelection to do what’s right to stop Iran’s state-sponsored terrorism in the Middle East and Horn of Africa. No one knows the Ayatollah’s mischief more than 38-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader or Saudi Arabia. Since 2015, The Kingdom has been under constant Houthi attacks under orders from the Ayatollah. Bin Salman asked the Biden White House recently for a mutual defense treaty because of Iran’s constant state-sponsored terrorism. Ayatollah hides behind his fake “axis of resistance,” gaslighting Sunni Arab states into believing he’s pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel. Khamenei told Hamas leader in exile Ismail Haniyeh Nov. 5, 2023 that he would not rescue Hamas. Ayatollah maintains a fragile grip on Iran. Any war with the U.S. would topple his fascist mullah regime.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
