Despite retaliatory attacks against Iranian militant proxies and IRGC targets in Iraq and Syria during the past few months, President Biden has exerted restraint in the use of force to the extent, that as a result, the United States has not achieved any significant strategic victories during this period. The Houthis still have more control over the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait than the US Navy. The US is ready to pull out of Iraq while the country is run by pro-Iranian politicians, and Syria is seeing its gradual colonisation by Iran with Shiite immigrants replacing displaced Syrians.
Biden’s policy of maximum restraint in the Near East echoes that of President Obama who refused to retaliate effectively against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad when he gassed his own people with chemical weapons. Presidential candidate Nikki Haley is positioning herself as more hawkish on US foreign policy over Ukraine and the Near East.
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