No Peace with Iran
On Iran, the superficial wisdom has it that Biden intends to restore the U.S. to the 2015 accord governing Tehran's nuclear programs, from which Trump withdrew in 2018. Why not? The nuclear agreement was Obama's work, and Biden scores off his association with Obama every chance he gets.
I doubt this logic will prove out, again for two reasons. First, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's obsessive hostility toward Iran not only foiled Trump's chances to negotiate a new nuclear agreement, as Trump signaled two years ago he wished to attempt; Pompeo significantly sharpened Capitol Hill's animosity toward Tehran in the bargain.
Biden won't risk wading into the Iran question in any such climate. Second, bringing the U.S. back into the nuclear accord would instantly ignite Israel's anti-Iran passions. Even before Biden won the election, Israeli officials warned that any move to rejoin the pact would push Israel into war with Iran.
Military Spending
Shrinking the Pentagon budget? We don't have even a hollow promise. "Rationalizing" is something different. And the military industry is unconcerned and welcomed Biden. More civilized relations with China based on a sober, balanced understanding of its aspirations? One does not wait for these things.
The Post quoted an industry consultant:
"Although defense manufacturers have benefited from increased spending, tax cuts and deregulation under President Trump, their executives have told investors that they expect the former vice president and longtime senator will largely maintain the status quo with respect to defense spending.
'Our industry knows Joe Biden really well, and he knows our industry really well,' said Arnold Punaro, a retired Marine Corps major general and Democratic Senate staffer who works as a defense consultant. 'I think the industry will have, when it comes to national security, a very positive view' of a Biden presidency, Punaro said."
The platform calls for an end to "regime change" ops, and bringing troops home? One does not wait for it.
One principle will guide the Biden regime's foreign policies. Biden is a man of empire and those around him empire's lieutenants. This will determine all of what is to come.
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