President Biden can’t hide anymore. His past is catching up to him.
And now Joe Biden’s being forced to read the writing on the wall and confess to this gross mistake.
Ask anyone the worst part about Joe Biden’s administration so far and you’ll hear only a few different answers. Some will say it’s his handling of the economy, others will say his handling of illegal immigration (or not handling it, for that matter), and some others will point to his abysmal foreign policy.
That last one is what originally sank Joe Biden’s approval ratings just a few months after he took over control of the White House back in 2021.
The total fumbling of the Afghanistan pullout opened the eyes of millions of Americans who originally had no strong feelings about Joe Biden or were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt at the beginning of his tenure.
Now Joe Biden and company are being forced to acknowledge the huge mistakes they’ve been making on the foreign policy front, even if it makes them look absolutely awful as a result.
After the tragic October 7th attack on Israel at the hands of despicable Hamas terrorists, the Joe Biden regime was quick to make it clear that they would be defending the interests of Israel to defend itself against radical Muslim terrorists.
That attack kicked off a sort of domino effect that has led to a heating up of tensions in the Middle East, particularly as it pertains to Iran.
A terrorist group that is backed by Iran, the Houthis, has been waging a war on U.S. military personnel in the region. The Biden administration, after weeks of pressure, is now changing their tune about the Houthis.
The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that following the Houthis’ string of attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, the Biden administration is seeking to reclassify them as global terrorists.
The Houthis, a Yemeni militia group with Iranian backing, have been showing their support for Hamas’ fight against Israel by attacking commercial ships and U.S. coalition soldiers in the Red Sea on many occasions since October 7. Two anonymous sources familiar with the situation told the AP that the Biden administration is thinking about re-designating the Houthis as “specially designated global terrorists” in light of the group’s increasing belligerence in the Middle East. In 2021, the Houthis were removed from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list.
On Jan. 11 at 2:30 a.m. (Sanaa time), U.S. Central Command forces, in coordination with the United Kingdom, and support from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Bahrain conducted joint strikes on Houthi targets to degrade their capability to continue their illegal and… pic.twitter.com/bR8biMolSx
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 12, 2024
Concerned that the designation may hinder humanitarian assistance to Yemen, the Biden administration first removed the Houthis off the watchlists.
In the last several months, the Houthis have attacked more than twenty commercial ships in the Red Sea, causing international trade to suffer and discouraging businesses from using the region as a transit route. After the Houthis launched more raids, the United States and other Western forces in the Red Sea organized a coalition to repel them. They then launched retaliation strikes against the rebel group.
Reuters reports that President Joe Biden suddenly stated at a campaign event last week that he “thinks they are terrorists,” threatening further strikes if the Houthis continued their aggressive behavior in the region, even though Biden’s own administration does not officially label the organization as terrorists.
The U.S. is “not looking for a war in the Middle East,” and the attacks are simply designed to incapacitate the Houthis’ offensive capabilities, according to Axios, which White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby reaffirmed on Tuesday.
Reports from the last two weeks have demonstrated that Joe Biden’s approval is as low as it’s ever been during his tenure as the commander-in-chief of the United States.
No doubt, Joe Biden’s back-and-forth and flip-flopping on foreign policy issues is a major part of why his approval ratings is at its lowest point. The average American independent voter is very supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself after the October 7th attack and eliminate radical Islamic terrorists at all costs, as is much of the conservative Right of course, generally speaking.
The Left, however, is obsessed with demonizing Israel and U.S. support of the Israeli government going after Islamic terrorists in the Middle Eastern region.
They simply don’t want to see Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats doing anything other than sympathizing with the Muslims in Gaza, Iran, and any Islamic state in the region.
So Joe Biden is left ticking off everyone, which is only going to politically sink him further and further.
Stay tuned to the DC Daily Journal.
