Posted on 02/28/2021 9:04:29 AM PST by John Semmens
Despite vowing during a presidential debate in February 2020 that military action would be a last resort for problems in the Middle East, President Joe Biden’s first action in the region since taking office last month was to order an air strike on Syrian territory. This action was immediately criticized by the Senate’s most reliably anti-war member Rand Paul (R-Ken), who tweeted “I condemn meddling in Syria’s civil war. I also condemn attacking a sovereign nation. What authority does he have to strike Syria?”
Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who herself questioned former President Trump’s authority to order air strikes in the region back in 2018, defended Biden’s action, saying “times have changed. In 2018 a usurper occupied the presidency. He had no legitimate authority to do anything. President Biden won the election in 2020 with more votes than any other person has ever received for president. This gives him a mandate to do whatever he wants.”
As for Biden’s debate promise not to go trigger-happy in office, Psaki insisted that “no one remembers that now, not even the President himself. Everyone except Sen. Paul is unified behind President Biden on this issue now. I wonder if Paul has considered the seriousness of his effort to undermine this country’s ability to fight and win this war. Some might call his action treason.”
In related news, Biden issued an executive order cancelling a prior executive order issued by Trump that limited China’s access to American capital to help finance its military technology. Psaki explained that “the Trump policy stood as a barrier to unifying our two nations. If we allow them to get the weapons technology they want from us they will be less likely to attack our country because it would be nonsensical to cut its own supply line. The President hopes to divert China’s ambitions in another direction—maybe India or Australia—and thereby, keep America safe.”
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Biden has to carry out acts of war quickly, so he can get his Nobel Peace Prize.
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