ANALYSIS – Communist China and Russia aren’t the only adversaries challenging President Biden in his first weeks in office, now add Revolutionary Iran to the mix. Monday night, two dozen rockets were fired at a U.S. military base at Erbil International Airport, in the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Most experts believe the attack was launched by an Iran-backed militia as a test for Biden. The rockets wounded an American soldier, killed one non-U.S. contractor, and wounded five others. The Mullahs and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran, and as importantly, America’s regional Arab allies, and Israel are awaiting Biden’s response.
Iran’s leaders have been champing at the bit to retaliate for former President Trump’s bold strike against its terror master, Qassem Soleimani in January 2020. However, they prudently waited until Trump was out of office before testing the waters for escalation.
With Team Biden eagerly trying to re-engage Iran to restart the failed Obama-Biden 2015 nuclear deal, this test takes on even greater importance.
So far, Biden has been cautious. On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated that the U.S. reserves “the right to respond at a time and manner of our choosing but we’ll wait for the attribution to be concluded first.” To many that sounds like an excuse for inaction. And that could mean a quick escalation by Iran.
As Michael Knights writes in Politico:
…the Erbil attack will not mark the end of militia provocations against the Biden administration but rather the beginning. This dynamic has to be quickly reversed before Americans are killed and maimed, before the U.S. is drawn into retaliatory actions, or before U.S. credibility takes a new hit in the eyes of our allies and partners in the region.
Knights adds that, based on his experience laying blame is not very difficult in this case:
As someone who has been at the heart of dozens of similar intelligence exercises, I know it is not difficult to tell who did the attack: Many factors suggest with high confidence that it was Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), a U.S.-designated terrorist group with gallons of U.S. blood on its hands from the years before the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq in 2011.
Even if Iran didn’t direct AAH to launch the attack, it would have been in the position to block it. Regardless, it is now a visible test, and Biden must respond. So, what should Biden do? Knights suggests:
A smart move would be to directly warn Tehran that the U.S. expects Iran to restrain all its proxies from taking destabilizing moves such as the Erbil attack or the January 23 drone attack on the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, which was also launched from Iraq. Such a message would alert the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that America is not fooled by facades, but rather remains clear-eyed about Tehran’s influence over anti-American militias.
In particular, the Biden team should publicly warn Iran that if another American is killed or wounded in Iraq or elsewhere in the Gulf, then the Biden administration will suspend efforts to restart nuclear negotiations.
However, any direct warning must be followed by a direct response if the warning is ignored. That is exactly what Trump did with his strike against Soleimani. And the message was clearly received.
Sadly, Biden does not appear willing to show similar resolve. Meanwhile, Iran and America’s allies are waiting.
Easy answer. He would pay out more bribes in cash like Obama did. And still get us in deep shit
Agree
He will do nothing to stop it only make it easier for them.
I’m afraid you’re right! The great appeasers! Tell us about being an appeaser, Chamberlain.
I agree he would wussie out give them more money like obummer and prolly apologize for making them bomb us. We are in for a load of crap. They’ll be coming at us from everywhere now!
He would probably send them more rockets so they could try again.
Iran is scaring Joe Biden on bowing down to Iran.
Is quid pro joe awake?
He was promoted to “SloJoe” and now upgraded to the genuine “JoeBama”
He will ask Iran how many more ROCKETS they need and backdoor furnish them !
Limp dick Biden will do nothing other than maybe send them a few more pallets of cash.
Biden won’t retaliate because the victims weren’t illegal aliens, just Americans.
This is some gospel !! I couldn’t have said it any better or accurate. Joe blows a terrorist to America in all reality.
Biden will do nothing, he has no balls. they would never had done this if Trump was president.
Spot on!!
How will Biden respond?
Pro Islamist marionette Biden will send in US troops to be martyred by the Jihadists
It’s the Obama way
Senile Democrat President sleepy Joe Biden has to prove to all of the USA’s population that he is not a WUS, when challenged with Iranian hostile actions?
Biden will use the Obama tactics of dropping trou and pallets of cash.
Well the answer is simple he’s not going to do anything because he’s doesn’t have a back bone where screwed let’s see if they step up
They should have taken them out. When the first missile hit. If you are going to fight make it hurt.
Biddey and his complete staff are too stupid to do what is required if they killed one of his family what would he do and how long would it take him to react
He is to dumb to handle
We have a senile man as president and a socialist b__ch as Vice President. I pray to god that he returns his hand of grace to this country or we won’t survive as the # 1 country in the world.
Step up Biden you either act NOW or run and hide in the basement of the WH like the coward you are, Man up dud or more will come!
“Biden has been cautious”. More likely, Biden is seen as weak and that’s not surprising. Our adversaries understand that Biden had no qualifications to be President, never ever having held a management positions requiring him to make important decisions. As a Senator, he held 1/100th responsibility for Senate actions and he wasn’t a particularly significant Senator.
yes he will play kiss a$$ with them instead of droppin a big one one them. Blow out their oil fields and let them eat sand….
Another 6 Billion on a pallet down the shitter
Dear Iran,
Please give us the coordinates of the airport where we can drop off the money. Barrack said that you like cash. I hope you don’t mind if we throw in a few gold bars to sweeten the deal.
Your friend,
Joe ( you may call me Joey ) Biden.
Knights’ answer is weak and inviting of another attack. If there is little doubt from whence came the attack, a strong military response is necessary—not bombing a milk factory.
Probably already has his tail between his legs.
Simple! The corrupt satanic Nazi democrat biden is a gutless communist POS, he will cower in his basement!
So…Michael Knights of Politico needs to advise biden on what to do on a serious foreign crisis. How Many msm & ‘friends ‘ of biden are going to need to help him out with running the country?‽? Biden is a MORON.
Just like the late great Charles Krauthammer said that Obama pulled off the biggest money laundering scam in the history of the world/Now look who’s back at it
Need more pallets of cash I guess.
Trump = Make America great again… biden= make America shame again
Level l the whole country Like we did with Japan in WWII, They must learn we will be friends BUT DO NOT KILL AMERICAN CITIZENS
DO NOT AWAKEN THE SLEEPING GIANT
All visceral, polemic, embellished, orchestrated warmongering, which Americans should realize is a Liberal Specialty. What do you folks want to bet that, due to ‘conservatives’ in congress putting pressure on that numb skull (Biden) he’ll finally ‘cave’ to their bellicose bantering, and send our troops into yet another Middle East banana war. Naturally, those ‘conservatives’ will have to shoulder the blame. This is probably a major factor for the ‘defeat’ (Spelled C-O-U-P..) of Trump, since he was dragging his feet on this conflict.
“A smart move would …”! Give me a break, he is NOT smart by any measure! Someone will tell him what to do. And with the people he has surrounded himself with It will probably be the wrong thing to do!!
Well Mr. President (and I use that term very loosely) 🤨
What are you going to do?
Turn tail and Run 😠😠😠😠😠
globalists and globalist puppet $oro$ are pissed, Trump refused to create and fund and fight a globalist war for 4 years and globalist puppet, chester the molester biden is too busy signing globalist executive orders for four weeks, to create and fund and fight a globalist war .
Biden will do nothing unless China says so, no balls.
BIDEN WILL RUN TO THE BASEMENT AND COVER HIS HEAD, AMERICA IS IN TROUBLE
I don’t think he is actually in control and I wonder when the others will finally put him away
It was my guess that “Commie-La” Harris was going to put the 25th Amendment hook around his turkey neck before the ink dried on his contract. Lord knows who has her by the short hairs.
Go ahead, Biden! Why not draw a line and see if they step over it like Obama did?
Trump would have bombed the shit out of these assholes. Biden would have missed their asses!
Does everyone smell that smell? That is the smell of weakness and every one of our enemies can smell it like a donut in the middle of the garbage dump! And Biden and the deep state will oblige us all into heading into armed conflict or giving away the farm to prevent it. Funny, I don’t recall any of this stuff happening while Trump was in charge and calling the shots. America Last is just getting into gear now, its a quick ride to the bottom.
If one particular caper was any indication, The Donald was expected to engage Iran after the video of Trump cavorting with Jeffrey Epstein materialized. Heck, they got Ol’ Bubba Clinton to bomb an aspirin factory.
Biden, leading from the basement. Miss Trump yet?
Biden and the rest of his buddies have no clue what they’re doing, ever!!!! We need Trump back, NOW!!!!! We lost enough of our soldiers in Iran already!!!
simple, oobidenn will not respond in a determinative way because he is chicken shit….
I must admit that the last comment was by Al Faria using my wife’s email. Cathy would not do so….
Biden is a coward and won’t do anything that his commie cabinet doesn’t want him to do.
Biden and the people pulling his strings are traitors to the U.S. They consider Iran and ally. They will give Iran $billions in cash and help them get nuclear weapons to use against us.
hiden biden won’t do sh_t cause he’s a POS!
And so it begins! It didn’t take long for Iran to challenge weak Biden. (just about 1 month). Iran would never threaten Trump like this and know they could get away with anything! I expect other adversaries will pull the same thing. Trump kept the US safe and out of wars, will Biden?
Biden, a do nothing President! American Deserves Better, Trump would have been all over Iran, Impeach Biden and Harris
It is most likely that Trump’s reluctance to attack Iran prompted the coup that put Numb Nuts into the White House, and filled congress with war-mongering liberals. Because the Donald was not financially obligated to conduct his duties in obeyance to his donors, he would not have to bow to their will. Big money backs our political candidates, and those donors are quite capable of steering our military and diplomatic policies by waving their Globalist IOUs.
He will say to the Mullahs: ‘COME ON, MAN!’
The cargo planes are being loaded with pallets of cash marked for iran.
Send Kerry over to visit family and carry a bag of money $$ !
He (Kerry) married money.
Let’s see! Iran sponsors terrorist groups that are killing Americans, killing our allies, sending rockets into American facilities and constantly chanting “Death to America” and some are suggesting we threaten to stop nuclear talks with Iran and tell the Revolutionary Guard, we are not going to tolerate that kind of action. Do you really think Iran cares what we say or ask them to do? They do not care and are blatant about it. Biden, what will he do? He will kiss their ass like Obama did and then boast to America he has done something in response to Iranian raids and threats. Better idea would be to level Tehran to the ground. The next incident by Iran would mean we would destroy all of Iran’s military operations and military sites. But we know Biden will only bullshit America while he waits for Iran, Russia and China to take over America and it’s allies. What a waste. God Bless America.
Let’s see! Iran has been in the cross hairs of warmongering factions in Washington and Israel for decades. I personally submitted the flight plans for B-52 aircraft from our base on Guam to attack that country, and that was waaaaaayyyyyy back in the 1980s. America needs to forge sovereignty, and stop deploying our forces into banana wars at the drop of a False Flag attack. (Read about the Gulf of Tonkin ruse. Better yet, Operation Northwoods) The U.S. does not need their oil, nor do we require Saudi Arabian oil. Our country can be made self sufficient with our domestic resources. Let those people fight each other for Holy bragging rights, and get our troops home to guard our own real estate.
Biden’s ready…just wake him when it’s over.
Commie Joe Panty Sniffer is totally lost on anything that’s not told to him or on a teleprompter. Toes Up Harris is just waiting to take over. Both of them are way in over their heads. Kiss Ass Joe wants to talk BS while our troops get killed waiting for him to sniff Harris’s panties. What a joke. Guess that’s one way to destroy America. Make America and troops sitting ducks while being attacked, then kiss ass to the attacker until they destroy you. GOD BLESS and PRAY for America and Israel.
I don’t know about panties, but”Creepy Joe” was seen sniffing the hair of little girls, and nuzzling the ears of his counterpart’s wives. He also let kids sit on his lap after they rubbed his hairy legs. (?……..)
How will he respond? He won’t. Iran already knows this.
BIDEN WILL RESPOND LIKE THE SENILE PANSY THAT HE IS
Biden be hiden.
Where’s Waldo? I mean our Commander-in-Confusion. He should be on top of this and giving briefs (If he knows what they are)on these breaking news situations instead of playing video games
Biden is too busy signing executive orders, doubling gas prices, putting thousand out of work, and “misplacing 200 million vaccine doses. Forget our troops and allies.
Milk Toast, and it is not going to be good.
Paul, your answer is BS. The reply must be a swift devastating attack taking out a significant asset. Not equal, substantially more than they bargained for. This is NOT cricket, this is not FAIR.