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Biden's foreign policy actions aim to prevent conflict escalation by urging Israel to delay a ground offensive and employing parallel diplomatic and military strategies.
Foreign policy analysts
The full transcript provides a detailed explanation of Biden's approach to the conflict in the Middle East, offering insights into the diplomatic and military strategies employed to prevent escalation and prioritize peace.
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Well, howdy there, internet people.
Let's bow again.
So today we are going to talk about Biden and foreign policy and things that
seem to be contradictory when it comes to what the U S is doing and how the
U S is pursuing things, and we'll talk about parallel tracks and how things
work in conjunction, even though they appear to be in opposition, because basically there's a whole
lot of things going on from different aspects of the U.S. government and it is leading to
confusion. Okay, can you explain what Biden's doing? He's holding Israel to a ceasefire,
but then saying there won't be a ceasefire until they get the people who were taken back.
then he's moving the military in. Can you please explain this? Okay, first, there is
no cease-fire. Biden is trying, and again, Biden doesn't call the shots here. This
is Israel. Biden is trying to get Israel to delay any potential ground
offensive until the captives are returned. That's one thing that he's
doing. A ground offensive, delaying a ground offensive is not the same thing
as a ceasefire. There hasn't been a ground offensive this entire time. These
are definitely not ceasefire conditions. So there's that part. So he's on one hand
telling Israel, hey, we need to get those people back, don't go in yet. Then talking
to Palestinian forces, he's saying, hey, look, give me the people back and then we
can talk to them about a full-on ceasefire. That's what's going on there.
They seem contradictory, they're not. It's two very different things. Ground
defensive, that means tanks, artillery, APCs, boots on the ground inside
Palestinian territory. That's what that is. That's bad. My personal opinion is
that that should be avoided at pretty much all costs. To me it's a
horrible idea. The ceasefire is a complete stopping of all fire. It ceases
fire. So you have that going on. That is State Department, the Biden
administration, pursuing diplomatic foreign policy. Then you have the
military moving in, moving assets, stationing assets, turning like putting
advisors out, putting air defense stuff up, all of this. That is in case the other
stuff goes wrong. This is literally give peace a chance and I'll cover you in
case it doesn't work out. That's what's going on. Using diplomacy first is how
it's supposed to be done. We haven't seen that in a really long time, that's why
it looks so weird. So the risks associated with this. What he's doing now?
Not much. His main goal is to try to stop the conflict from widening. That's like
Like from a foreign policy perspective, that's the most important thing for the Biden administration,
for the U.S.
That's what is front and center.
The diplomatic efforts are aimed at doing that because if they could, let's say, get
the captives back, they get those people back, they can turn to Israel and be like, look,
there's no reason to go in.
don't need to do the ground offensive. Look, here they are. If they can delay the ground
offensive long enough, the Israeli military may start to kind of let cooler heads prevail.
And the ground offensive is the thing that is the most likely spark that would cause
it to widen. So there's a lot of focus on stopping that. And then all of the
military moves are to deter non-state actors from entering and to position in
case it does get wider. You know, the United States has just a massive maze of
military installations all over the world. And when things go regional, they're
lightning rods. They tend to take hits. Then you have the US diplomatic
presence all over the world that is also a frequent lightning rod as well.
So the US has a lot of exposure even though at least for the time being, you know, the US isn't
involved. That's his moves. That's what's going on. It's not contradictory. It's working parallel
tracks at the same time, hoping one works out so the other one doesn't have to be used.
And again, realistically, I know everybody in the world looks at the U.S. and they
call the shots. Not here. Not here. The opinions that matter are in Tel Aviv and
Tehran. That's where the critical decisions about this are
to be made. So there's also probably an element of the Biden administration
wanting to stop any potential ground offensive because that long-term
strategic plan for the Middle East that most of the world has where it's
It's deprioritized and the U.S. kind of focuses elsewhere and moves out.
If this sparks and widens, that's gone.
That's gone.
And again, it's bad for everybody.
There's a lot riding on the decisions that are being made right now, and I think it's
It's way more than most people really understand.
So I personally would like to see more pressure about not engaging in a ground offensive.
But maybe that pressure is behind the scenes.
The fact that some of it is coming out into the public when the US and Israel have the
the relationship that they've had for so long, that's kind of an indication that
there is a lot being said behind the scenes, but we don't know how much.
And short of somebody leaking it, we may never know.
But that's the rough sketch of what's going on.
Trying to appeal and say, look, if you give us the people, maybe we can stop it.
telling Israel, hey wait for us to get the people and then hopefully if the
people are actually retrieved then there's no reason to go in. But moving
in force is in case things do go sideways. It's all positioning. Anyway, it's
It's just a thought.
You all have a good day.
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