Punditry StaffUS news hardly provides its readers the full picture of the impact of a President’s policies on American interests, and unless one reads tactful and shrewd opinions, most American stay in the dark. One such opinion that Christopher McCallion wrote entitled “Biden is making more foreign policy messes than he’s fixing” is a must-read. Besides providing an insightful look into a President making one blunder after the other, it also provides a glimpse of how Biden mistakes are going to cost the US dearly in the near future.
One good example highlighting such a Biden mistake is his disregard for human civilian life in Gaza as he arms an extremist Israeli government to the teeth. In addition to a blind support for Israel, which has only inflamed the region.
McCallion in his article writes: “Nor has regional stability been advanced by the United States’ partners, whose bad behavior has been enabled by unconditioned support from Washington. The US has consistently backed Israel despite its continued settlement-building in the occupied West Bank and long-standing blockade of Gaza, feeding the underlying Israeli-Palestinian conflict that now threatens to engulf the region.”
Rather, we should hold Israel accountable as we hold Iran accountable. Only then would a plausible and successful two-state solution emerge.
SUPPORTING ISRAEL TO EXIST OR SUPPORTING ISRAEL TO EXPAND?
There is a big difference between supporting Israel to exist peacefully and supporting Israel to expand at the expense of other people’s lives and lands. Something that the United States, given its history with the native Indians, may not fully comprehend or agree with. So on with more wars costing US taxpayers and on with tensions that may one day lead to World War III. Meanwhile, the two-state solution keeps rising to the surface every time wars break, and Israel keeps burying it right back after each war.
It seems that the United States Israel policy has shifted secretly after 9/11 in support of Israeli expansion, which explains Biden’s full commitment to Israel. One that might include ethnic cleansing of all Palestinians from Gaza.
While this is happening, we are watching in real time the damage to the United States as China, Russia, and Iran build a global BRICS coalition to upset the US balance of power. That coalition just condemned Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people. And this is just the beginning of a long list of damaging positions by countries who control 3.7 billion people. .
When it comes to Israel, our commitment should not shape our interests. Failure will be the outcome as BRICS deoxygenates America’s global influence because of Israel, among many other reasons.
Rather, we should hold Israel accountable as we hold Iran accountable. Only then would a plausible and successful two-state solution emerge. Like we said, Biden mistakes are going to cost the US dearly.
The country [China] is advancing its interests by confronting perceived threats, and not ideologies or long-lived commitments to allies [Israel] that time has rendered obsolete.
THE US UNITES ITS ENEMIES
One of the most compelling arguments McCallion makes in his Op-Ed is the degree to which the United States always finds ways to unite its enemies. He writes:
Second, the US should stop uniting its adversaries. By framing international politics as a fight between democracy and autocracy, the US is merely ensuring that it has lots of enemies arrayed against it. The growing security alignment between China, Russia and Iran is largely based on a common threat from the United States, rather than an attempt to export a given regime type (which they don’t share). The US itself has by far the most extensive record of trying to impose its own values on others by force. Prudent rapprochements with former adversaries should be made when there are no vital interests in dispute. CNN by Christopher McCallion - November 22, 2023
What McCallion is saying is to learn from China. The country is advancing its interests by confronting perceived national threats, and not ideologies or long-lived commitments to allies that time has rendered obsolete.
Yes, this doctrine would impact both Israel and Ukraine.
Biden Mistakes Are Going to Cost the US Dearly
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