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Iran Is Becoming More Dangerous than Ever

(Telegraph-UK) Jake Wallis Simons - Simply declaring that you want a ceasefire deal in Gaza, or a nuclear agreement with Iran, or "de-escalation" in the Middle East, or a Saudi-Israel deal to counter the Iranian threat, does not conjure it into reality. The U.S. administration seems to have forgotten that when you berate an ally in public, your foes listen carefully and adjust their tactics. When you telegraph your goals and your limits for pursuing them ("no American boots on the ground"), your enemies are taking notes. When you signal your desire to withdraw from the region, bad actors prepare for the vacuum. On Sunday, President Biden was asked for his message to Tehran as the region awaited an Iranian reprisal for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. "Don't," he replied. Had he forgotten that he had told the Iranians the same thing back in April? At that time, the president's "don't" precipitated a rain of hundreds of missiles and drones on the Jewish state. On that occasion, the U.S. masterminded an international coalition that impressively defended Israeli skies. The very next day, however, the White House demanded that Israel "take the win" and refrain from retaliating. The Ayatollah was left in no doubt about the extent of the American superpower's appetite for exacting a price for aggression. The writer is editor of the Jewish Chronicle-UK.
2024-08-13 00:00:00
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