{"id":120896,"date":"2021-12-21T15:37:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=120896"},"modified":"2021-12-21T15:53:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:53:41","slug":"are-joes-handlers-angry-at-the-mad-mullahs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=120896","title":{"rendered":"Are Joe’s Handlers Angry at the Mad Mullahs?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPresident Hassan Rouhani, second right, listens to head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi while visiting an exhibition of Iran’s new nuclear achievements<\/em><\/p>\n

Surprising exactly no one, nuclear talks with Iran are not going well.<\/p>\n

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan<\/a> took this disturbing tone when speaking about efforts to put Iran’s nuclear genie back in a 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement bottle.<\/p>\n

Iran has refused to engage in direct talks regarding the JCPOA, of course. It’s position is it will not resume treaty agreements until the U.S. revokes all sanctions.<\/p>\n

Officials from France, Germany, the U.K and the U.S. have all repeatedly, recently warned that the time to negotiate is running out. What the consequences of that could be have been left unsaid.<\/p>\n

Now Joe’s Handlers have to deal with an off-the-leash Iran and its proxies.<\/p>\n

Tensions rising between U.S. and Iran; New Year\u2019s seen as potential flashpoint<\/h3>\n

The growing tension has sparked debate in the Biden administration about how to respond to attacks by Iran and its proxies, current and former U.S. officials said.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

By Courtney Kube and Dan De Luce<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Biden administration and U.S. military leaders are increasingly concerned about rising tensions with Iran, and they are looking at the new year as a potential flashpoint, according to two defense officials and two administration officials familiar with the matter. <\/p>\n

The growing confrontation with Iran has prompted a debate inside the administration about how to respond to attacks and provocative acts by Iran and its proxies in the region, current and former U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n

Tensions ratcheted up after the attack on the U.S. military base known as At Tanf Garrison in southern Syria on Oct. 20, when five so-called suicide drones packed with explosives and shrapnel were launched at the base. No U.S. troops were killed in the assault, but several structures were badly damaged.<\/p>\n

Three U.S. defense officials and two administration officials said that Iran was behind the attack and that it launched it through proxy forces with the intention of killing U.S. troops. In an interview with Time magazine, the commander of U.S. Central Command, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, did not blame Iran for the attack. He said whoever conducted it \u201cwas clearly trying to kill Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran launched the attack in retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed and wounded several Iranian citizens, the U.S. officials said. The Israeli strike targeted a shipment of advanced missile parts intended for Iranian-backed groups operating in Syria.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Biden administration called for options to respond.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not liking the first list of mostly kinetic options, or the second either, they decided on…<\/p>\n

NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n

Considering observed performance of Joe’s Handlers (of which Jake is one) failure to juggle even one ball, foreign or domestic, the outcome is pretty bleak- Israel will not tolerate a nuclear Iran. <\/p>\n

A saving grace is the 2\/3 Senate majority needed to approve the resolution of ratification of a treaty with a foreign State. After months of blood, sweat and arm twisting the Dems can’t muster 50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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