The world is on fire. You can thank the Biden-Harris administration for a lot of it.
And now Biden prepares for war with a massive deployment order.
The Biden administration’s Middle East strategy continues to falter as the Pentagon announced Monday that the US is sending thousands more troops to the region, while Israel is forced to conduct “ground raids” into Lebanon to target Hezbollah terrorists.
Instead of projecting strength, Biden’s weak foreign policy has emboldened threats like Iran, whose proxy Hezbollah poses a growing menace to the region.
The Pentagon’s vague declaration of adding “a few thousand” troops is part of an ongoing effort that now brings the total US presence in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and other Middle Eastern nations to around 43,000.
But Biden’s administration has yet to articulate a coherent strategy to address Iran’s influence, which looms large over these developments.
One Pentagon official, speaking to the New York Times, said as many as 3,000 troops could be deployed—but how does this number address the escalating aggression from Iran-backed militias?
Deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh tried to spin the deployment as an effort “to further enhance the defense posture of US forces in the Middle East region to deter aggression,” but the reality is this: Iran’s regime, unchecked by Biden’s disastrous nuclear deal attempts, continues to stoke regional instability, leading to an increased risk of wider conflict.
Singh mentioned that the troop increase involves units already in the Middle East, with others being extended, but this reactive approach merely highlights how ill-prepared the administration is to handle rising tensions.
Meanwhile, Biden’s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to stay in the region—a move that reeks of desperation more than strategic planning.
The military is also scrambling to boost defensive air support with F-16s, F-15es, A-10s, and F-22 fighter jets.
As Singh explained, the goal is to ensure the protection of US forces, but what about protecting American interests by countering Iran’s growing regional influence? Instead, Biden’s policies have empowered the very regimes that seek to harm us.
This flurry of military deployments comes just as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed its ground incursion into Lebanon.
The IDF, taking matters into its own hands amid the growing Hezbollah threat, stated that “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids” were initiated to destroy Hezbollah’s terror infrastructure, which poses an “immediate threat to Israeli communities.”
These are the consequences of unchecked Iranian influence.
Israel’s actions follow days of intense bombing campaigns in Lebanon, which have already neutralized several top Hezbollah commanders.
Yet, while Israel seeks to protect its citizens from daily rocket attacks, the Biden administration continues to fumble its role, failing to curb Iran’s power in the region.
Israel’s goal remains clear: halt Hezbollah’s terror and restore security to its northern communities—a far cry from the Biden administration’s muddled approach.
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