Biden has been a failure at every level as president—both foreign and domestic policy—and disaster has followed him most of his career. The Iran deal could have been reinstated in his first month in office if he had had a competent team in place, instead of the neocon idiocracy he appointed. Biden and the Democrats are circling the drain, or if you prefer, approaching the event horizon of a black hole from which they will never emerge.
“because he fears appearing “weak” against a foreign adversary, he ends up taking a watered-down version of the hardline position that he ran against. Determined not to appear “weak,” Biden is letting his domestic enemies dictate the limits of his foreign policy, which of course makes him look much worse than if they were bashing him as an appeaser.“
Could you explain this point a little more? Why does the watered-down version of what Biden ran against (maximum pressure) look worse than what he actually ran on (JCPOA revival) - and to whom?
What I'm getting at is that he ends up copying the policies he said he was going to overturn, and in so doing he displays weakness in the face of domestic opposition. That makes him appear less effective overall than if he took the political hit from following through on his campaign pledges.
It becomes more obvious with time that the Democrat donors have the same agenda as the Republican donors and so they do not really care if the Democrats lose both houses. The progressives did what was expected to get Biden elected and then get the usual reality check once in office. What is so disheartening is that the progressives have just abdicated and remained silent.
The Biden administration just got bipartisan backing for his $40B Ukraine package. Whatever one thinks of the wisdom of our unqualified and exit-strategy-free open military support for Ukraine, it’s a domestically popular position and certain one he’ll play up in the mid-terms.
We’re also out of Afghanistan and the shit-show spectacle of our exit (representative of the whole 20-year debacle but a rare case where Americans were actually paying attention) is fading from memory.
Biden has domestically-popular “successes” to point to and he and his coattails for Congressional Democrats are not so vulnerable as he thinks.
Biden has been a failure at every level as president—both foreign and domestic policy—and disaster has followed him most of his career. The Iran deal could have been reinstated in his first month in office if he had had a competent team in place, instead of the neocon idiocracy he appointed. Biden and the Democrats are circling the drain, or if you prefer, approaching the event horizon of a black hole from which they will never emerge.
“because he fears appearing “weak” against a foreign adversary, he ends up taking a watered-down version of the hardline position that he ran against. Determined not to appear “weak,” Biden is letting his domestic enemies dictate the limits of his foreign policy, which of course makes him look much worse than if they were bashing him as an appeaser.“
Could you explain this point a little more? Why does the watered-down version of what Biden ran against (maximum pressure) look worse than what he actually ran on (JCPOA revival) - and to whom?
What I'm getting at is that he ends up copying the policies he said he was going to overturn, and in so doing he displays weakness in the face of domestic opposition. That makes him appear less effective overall than if he took the political hit from following through on his campaign pledges.
It becomes more obvious with time that the Democrat donors have the same agenda as the Republican donors and so they do not really care if the Democrats lose both houses. The progressives did what was expected to get Biden elected and then get the usual reality check once in office. What is so disheartening is that the progressives have just abdicated and remained silent.
The Biden administration just got bipartisan backing for his $40B Ukraine package. Whatever one thinks of the wisdom of our unqualified and exit-strategy-free open military support for Ukraine, it’s a domestically popular position and certain one he’ll play up in the mid-terms.
We’re also out of Afghanistan and the shit-show spectacle of our exit (representative of the whole 20-year debacle but a rare case where Americans were actually paying attention) is fading from memory.
Biden has domestically-popular “successes” to point to and he and his coattails for Congressional Democrats are not so vulnerable as he thinks.