By Failing to Maintain Its Deterrence in the Middle East, the U.S. Is Emboldening Iran
The administration’s playbook to deter further escalation has not worked.
November 5, 2019
The fate of the Democrats as a pro-Israel party rests on Biden’s aging and uncertain shoulders.
After the Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Pete Buttigieg advocated withholding aid to the Jewish state to punish it for one infraction or another, Joe Biden, the current frontrunner, called the suggestion “absolutely outrageous.” Supporters of Israel from both parties should be relieved that Biden is willing to stand up to the party’s left wing on this issue, writes Jonathan Tobin. But the good news ends there:
The administration’s playbook to deter further escalation has not worked.
The fate of the Democrats as a pro-Israel party rests on Biden’s aging and uncertain shoulders.
The dangers of an obsession with “stability.”
By concocting a story of a homosexual affair.
Throughout his life, he remained a friend of Israel.
After the Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Pete Buttigieg advocated withholding aid to the Jewish state to punish it for one infraction or another, Joe Biden, the current frontrunner, called the suggestion “absolutely outrageous.” Supporters of Israel from both parties should be relieved that Biden is willing to stand up to the party’s left wing on this issue, writes Jonathan Tobin. But the good news ends there:
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