Like Israel, the US was totally unprepared for events that turned American foreign policy on its head, and revealed the limitations of its intelligence agencies
The US President, Joe Biden, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in New York in September
Biden and Netanyahu have known each other for decades, and never enjoyed much bonhomie. They are not political soulmates, and in recent months, the White House has bluntly opposed the Israeli leader’s, fearing he wants to blunt checks and balances in Israeli democracy at precisely the time they may be needed the most.against Israel last weekend.
“We said….we want to de-pressurise, de-escalate and ultimately integrate the Middle East region”, claimed Sullivan. “The region today is quieter than it has been in two decades”, he observed in remarks that have now come back to haunt him. Days later, the White House moved into crisis mode, after Hamas gunmen shredded the Biden administration’s plan for the Middle East. The centerpiece of that effort – proddingMuch will depend on the immediate hours and days ahead. The President and his top officials spent the weekend engaged in a geopolitical contortion as they offered fresh declarations of Washington’s “rock-solid support” for Netanyahu, but simultaneously urged him to avoid putting civilian lives at risk.
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